Name: Jeffrey E. Jarrett Phone: (401)874,4169 (Voice) (401)874,4312 (fax)
JEFF1@URI.EDU (E.MAIL)
Education: (highest earned
degree) Business Administration/ Areas of Managerial
Statistics and Managerial Economics,Ph.D..
New York University (Stern) ...
MBA at New York University (Stern)
...BBA at The University of Michigan
Honors: Sears Federal
Faculty Fellow, Faculty Research Fellowship and
Grant-in-aid, Ford Foundation
Fellowship in Management Science, Delta Pi Sigma
(Statistics Honor Society),
Certificate of Achievement-Sears Roebuck Foundation,
listings in many biographical publications including Dictionary of International
Biography, American Men and Women of Science and Who's Who in the East,
Int'l Directory of Business and Management Scholars and Research and participant
at American Telephone and Telegraph seminars at University of Chicago, Michigan
State, Stanford, and UCLA, Brookings Institution and SAS seminars. Beta Gamma
Sigma and Sigma Iota Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi honorary societies. Outstanding
Scholar, University of Rhode Island, College of Business Administration,
1991-92 Outstanding Research Award, and the Editorial Board for the Journal
of Concurrent Organization Science.
Professional Associations
(with offices held): American Statistical Association, Decision Sciences Institute
(Vice-President North East Region, Program Chairman, National
Council), Institute for International Forecasting, American Association of
University Professors (Executive Committee,
1997-99...).
Experience: Professor
of Management Science, University of Rhode Island, 1971 to
present, Chairperson, 1983-1989. Visiting Professor, Boston University Overseas
Programs, 1977-1978. Economist and Statistician, Social Security Administration,
Office of
Research and Statistics. Consultant to Social Security Administration, American
Petroleum
Institute, National Ocean Industries Association, Michigan Bell Telephone
Company, Abt
Associates, Ohio Savings and Loan League, Federal Paperboard, Inc., Eastern
Utilities, RI
State Health Planning Council, New England Telephone, Apple Memorial Program
in
Community Pharmacy Management, URI Academy for Quality, URI Foundation,
and
expert witness at Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission.
Books: Seven book length manuscripts including:
1. Business Forecasting Methods, Basil
Blackwell (2 editions, 1987 and 1991)
2. Statistical Analysis for Decision Making,
(Co-author Arthur Kraft) Allyn&Bacon (1989)
. Research: Published more than seventy-five refereed
articles in The Accounting Review, Decision Sciences, Journal of Business
Finance and Accounting, Journal of Accounting Research,Journal of Finance,
Management Science, OMEGA:The International Journal of
Management Science, Journal of Business Forecasting, Statistical
Software Newsletter, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics,
Journal of the American Statistical Association, Atlantic Economic
Journal, Review of Business and Economic Research , Statistics and Computing,
MidwesternJournal of Business and Economics, Financial Engineering and
Japanese Markets,Economic and Financial Modelling, International Journal
of Business and Economics,International Journal of Forecasting, Applied Economics
Letters, Technometrics and the Journal of Quality Technolgy, among
others.
Grants: Recipient of funds from The Ford Foundation, Sears Foundation, URI Foundation Faculty Development Fund, URI Foundation Competitive Grants Program, URI Foundation Faculty Assistance Fund,Wayne State University Foundation, Rhode Island Health Services Research, New England Telephone,Leading Market Technologies, and The International Institute of Forecasting.