Curriculum Vitae
Education:
Ph.D. Food and Resource Economics - University of Florida, Gainesville
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Robert D. Emerson
Dissertation overarching topics:
Methods:
Multi-market Analysis of the Fair Food Campaign by CIW to improve wages and working conditions in the food industry - using Floyd multi-level market model
Strategies by the Fair Food campaign and targeted firms - Game theory, event study, and probit model
Farm labor market demand and supply estimation including domestic and foreign - multiple equation model 2SLS using STATA
BA & MA in Economics - University of Puerto Rico
MA Thesis Chair: Dr. Ramón J. Cao
Thesis topic: Study of Applicable Alternatives to Eliminate Marriage Penalty Tax in P.R.
Academic Experience:
Assistant Teaching Professor (Fall 2014 – Present) - University of Missouri, Columbia (MU)
Division of Applied Social Sciences (DASS)
Teach applied economics and agribusiness management courses under various modalities and sizes (see details here)
Manage classroom, keep student’s academic records up to date, and under strict confidentiality
Design course level curriculum including learning objectives and strategies to meet those
Develop teaching materials and assessments for courses as needed
Hire and supervise teaching and research assistants
Develop funds to sustain teaching programs and research projects
Serve in department, campus, and systemwide committees (click here for the list of service)
Engage in scholarship (find the list of scholarship here and research dissemination list here)
Support students, faculty and administrators on other departmental efforts as needed (academic adviser, NAMA, and FDRS Case Study competition team)
Assistant Professor (2010 - 2014), Program Chair (2012 - 2014), and
Campus Director (2013-2013) of NSF project: Indiana Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) - Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette, Indiana (while working on my dissertation) School of Liberal Arts & Science/School of Applied Science & Engineering
Taught and developed undergraduate economics courses (see list here)
Served on committees and engaged scholarly (see more details here)
Advised, developed, and mentored students conducting undergraduate research
Coordinated course offerings and schedules
Managed farm lab (60 acres row crop) from splitting fields, contracting for preparing soil, getting seeds, and coordinating planting to the growing season.
Hired adjunct instructors, evaluated and supervised part-time and full-time faculty, coordinated professional development sessions; participated on faculty and staff search committees
Communicated with 4-year institutions to get articulation agreements, collaborated with Purdue University to maintain the Pathway to Purdue program, and supervised dual-credit courses offered at high schools
Presented program reports to the Regional Board of Trustees and Academic Advisory Board
Assisted, as needed, other academic programs, units, sites, and office of development, among other
Coordinated LSAMP undergraduate research programs and related events
Managed the Agriculture Program and LSAMP project’s annual budgets
Prepared end of year reports for the academic program and LSAMP
Research and Teaching Assistant (2003 – 2010) - University of Florida, Gainesville
Food & Resource Economics Department (FRE), Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences (IFAS)
Assisted principal investigators on research for two projects: Assessing Agricultural Labor Risk for Specialty Crops (PI: Dr. Robert D. Emerson) and Tropical and Sub-Tropical Agricultural Research on Invasive Species and Pest Control Management Systems (T-STAR) (PI: Dr. John J. Van Sickle)
Assisted professors teaching graduate level - Econometric Methods (Professor: Dr. Robert D. Emerson); undergraduate level - Principles of Agribusiness Management (Professor: Dr. Lisa House) and Principles of Food and Resource Economics (Professor: Dr. Evan Drummond)
Additional Experience:
Economic and Financial Analyst (1997 – 2002)
Department of the Treasury, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Fiscal Policy and Legislation Division, Economic and Financial Affairs Office
Applied economic theory to evaluate fiscal impact of legislative bills
Prepared reports to Puerto Rico’s Department of the Treasury Secretary and Legislative Branch
Represented the Secretary of Puerto Rico’s Department of the Treasury at legislative public hearings
Assisted in forecasting tax revenue and conducted economic analysis on income tax data
Skills:
Educational Technology
Textbook publisher’s platforms such as Pearson’s MyEconLab and Cengage MindTab
Classroom technology: projectors, Elmo, Clicker (REEF), SmartPodium, chalk and white boards
Interactive presentations: PowerPoint, Prezi, VideoScribe by Sparkol, and Articulate 360
Virtual conference and video presentations: Skype, Zoom, Panopto, Camtasia, and YouTube
Plagiarism detection: TurnItin and SafeAssign
LMS: Canvas, Blackboard, and Campusknot
Streaming equation development: Remarkable and LiveScribe
Other
Interpersonal relations: approachable, understand diversity and inclusion, patient, and work well in teams and individually
Communications: fully bilingual - Spanish and English, good writer (see posters and publication list) and vast experience teaching
Other: doer, creative, easily adjust to changes, enthusiastic economist, and have strong business and analytical skills
Advanced computer literacy:
MS Office Apps and internet browsers
Collaborative platforms: Box, Dropbox, and Google products (Docs, Forms, Slides, and Sites)
Empirical packages: Gauss, Stata, SAS, GAMS, and E-views. Beginning to work with R, Python, and other data analytics and visualization software.
Achievements, Grants, and Awards:
2021 – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award by Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics subcommittee of the AAEA.
2021 – Summer Research Fellowship by Campus Writing Program (~$5,000.00)
2020-21 – Huddle Professional Development and Mentorship Award ($500.00 each)
2020 - $21,000.00 funding for cooperative research agreement with ERS-USDA for “Revisiting the Drivers of On-Farm Food Loss at the Macro Level”
2016-2020 – Champion of online summer teaching generating teaching programing funds
2018-19 – Excellence in Writing Intensive Teaching Award, University of Missouri ($500.00)
2017 – Coached the Mizzou Team for Food Distribution Research Society Case Study Competition (winning 1st place with $500.00 prize)
2017 – $4,000.00 Cambio Fellowship for Research Assistant
2016 & 2017 – Ag 100 Endowment $1,000.00 and $750.00 Monsanto Student Development Funding for NAMA
2015-2016 - “Agrofood Marketing” graduate course author to assist Eurasian Center for Food Security $12,000.00 award funded by World Bank, to Monarch Media, IAMO, and MU
2013 - $30,000.00 LSAMP Indiana Alliance (sub-award for undergraduate research)
2013 - Best Dissertation (UF FRE department nominee to AAEA)
2009 – ASHE Summer Dissertation Fellowship Award
2002 - International Peace Scholarship Award, English Language Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville
2000 - Employee of the Year P.R. Department of the Treasury, Office of Financial and Economic Affairs
Memberships, Community Involvement, and Leadership:
Current Memberships:
Mizzou Cambio Center Fellow
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) intermittently since 2006
Food Distribution Research Society (FDRS)
Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences since 2019
American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE)
Posters, Presentations, and Publications:
Stuart Van Auken, Alexandre Magnier, and Jamille Palacios. Congruence relationships between the choice of major and stereotypes: The case for agribusiness programs within a business school setting, Journal of Education for Business, 2021
Jamille Palacios and Garret Wagener. HyFlex Teaching Methods as a Tool for Equitable Access to Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Selected Presentation for the 2021 Celebration of Teaching Conference, University of Missouri Columbia, MO.
Skyler Simnitt (presenter), Jamille Palacios, and Onel Gulcan. Revisiting Demand and Supply of Farm Labor in the United States: A Panel Data Approach, Selected Poster, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Conference, Virtual, August 2020.
Jamille Palacios, “Labels: Key to the Success of Consumer’s Boycotts”, (Chapter) Food Labeling Politics and Policies in the United States – Common Ground publication Spring 2020.
Jamille Palacios, “How to Write a Marketing Plan Workbook?” Preliminary textbook edition for New Products Marketing AG_EC 3224, Cognella Publishing, Spring 2020 (first edition forthcoming in the summer of 2021).
Skyler Simnitt, Jamille Palacios, and Onel Gulcan. Immigration and Migration Policy Proposal’s Impact Beyond Farm Labor Markets Across the United States. Cambio de Colores 17th Annual Conference Proceedings, Columbia, MO June, 2019.
Maria Rodriguez Alcala (presenter), Corinne Valdivia, Stephen Jeanetta, Jan Flora, and Jamille Palacios, “Latino Farmers in the Midwest: Preliminary Findings from a Survey Study Conducted in Iowa, Michigan and Missouri” Cambio de Colores 17th Annual Conference, KC, MO June, 2018.
Jamille Palacios, “Intangible Value: An Unquestionable Predictor of Boycott Terminations” Manuscript under review submitted to IFAMR.
Jamille Palacios, “Consumer Boycotts against the Food Industry, A Long-term Strategy to Deal with Vulnerable Farm Labor Market Issues” (manuscript).
Jamille Palacios and Jan Dauve “Applied Microeconomics” 3rd ed. text book for ABM1041, MU, fall 2018.
Jamille Palacios, “Agribusiness Social Responsibility Investments: the Fair Food Program Case” Presentation for the 17th Annual International Conference on Food Studies, Rome, Italy, October, 2017.
Jamille Palacios, “Multi-market Analysis on Fair Food Program, Food Distribution Research Society Annual Conference Selected Presentation, Honolulu, HI, October, 2017.
Jamille Palacios, “Lessons from Farmworker's Consumer Boycotts as Strategy to Address Harsh Working Conditions and Low Wage Rates” Cambio de Colores 16th Annual Conference Proceedings, St. Louis, MO, June, 2016.
Jamille Palacios, “Economics of the Fair Food Program” Lunch and Learn Seminar Series, Agricultural and Applied Economics Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, fall 2015.
Andrew Antonio and Jamille Palacios, “International Impact of Community College Undergraduate Research” 4th Annual Service Engagement Summit, Indianapolis, March 2014.
Jamille Palacios, “Eco-nomics in the Garden” Advanced Master Gardener Training, Madison COU, IN, 2013.
Aaron Tucker (Presenter) and Jamille Palacios, "Sustainable Pathway for Unskilled Foreign Laborers and Promoting Growth through STEM Education" LSAMP Indiana Annual Research Conference, Purdue University, April 19-20, 2013.
Jamille Palacios (Presenter), “Game Theory Application on Farm Labor Groups’ Wage Bargaining Boycott Strategy” Western Economics Association International, 85th Annual Conference, Selected Paper, Portland, Oregon, June 2010.
Jamille Palacios, “Preliminary Event Analysis Results on Third Party Agreements between Farm Labor Groups and Agriculturally Related Corporations” 8th Annual Food and Resource Economics (FRED) Graduate Research Symposium, November 2008.
Jamille Palacios (Presenter) and Robert D. Emerson, “Event Analysis on Labor Groups Boycott Efforts against Agriculturally Related Corporations” American Agricultural Economics Association, Selected Poster for Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, July 2008.
Lurleen M. Walters (Presenter), Robert D. Emerson, Nobuyuki Iwai, and Jamille Palacios, “The Florida Farm Labor Market” Immigration Reform and Agriculture Conference, Washington, D.C., June 13-14, 2007.
Jamille Palacios (Presenter), Robert D. Emerson, John J. Van Sickle, “Consumer Boycotts and Farm Labor Welfare: A Multi-Level Market Analysis” American Agricultural Economics Association, Selected Paper, Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, July 2006.
Jamille Palacios (Presenter), “The Taco Bell Agreement, Farm Workers and Florida Tomato Growers” 5th Annual Food and Resource Economics (FRED) Graduate Research Symposium, November 2005.
Carmen I. Álamo (Presenter) and Jamille Palacios, “Relevant Invasive Species for the Agricultural Sector in Puerto Rico: Identification of the Probable Economic Impact” T-STAR Technical Paper, August 2005.
Carmen I. Álamo (Presenter), M. Cortés, Juan Ortiz, and Jamille Palacios, “Análisis del Impacto Económico sobre el Cultivo del Plátano en Puerto Rico ante la Posible Introducción de la Sigatoca Negra (Mycosphaerella fijiensis)” Caribbean Food Crops Society, 40th Annual Meeting, July 2004. English translation: “Economic Impact Analysis of Possible Black Sigatoka Introduction to Puerto Rico’s Plantain Production.”
Jamille Palacios (Presenter), “Political Relationship between the U.S. and Puerto Rico and Trade Effects” Institute of Food and Agricultural Science (IFAS) Graduate Symposium, March 2004.
Jamille Palacios, “Eliminación de la Penalidad Tributaria a los matrimonios en Puerto Rico” Boletín de la Asociación de Economistas de Puerto Rico, Vol. XV, Núm. 1, enero 2002. English translation: “Marriage Penalty Tax Elimination in Puerto Rico”
Jamille Palacios, “¿Qué es Penalidad Tributaria a los Matrimonios?” Revista de Negocios, Periódico El Nuevo Día, 30 de septiembre de 2001. English translation: “What Is the Marriage Penalty Tax?”
Appendix
University of Missouri courses, scholarship, and service
Mizzou courses:
Applied Microeconomics under face-to-face modality with enrollment ranging from 96 to 350 students and online with enrollment between 25 and 55 students with two to four undergraduate teaching assistants (UTA) or graduate assistants
Applied Macroeconomics online enrolling 14 to 50 students
New Products Marketing online and face-to-face approved for writing intensive designation. Its size has varied from around 60 to 168 students split into three to six writing labs and two to three graduate teaching assistants (GTA))
Managerial Decision Making is face-to-face with around 45 students
Computer Applications for Agribusiness Data Analysis using Excel typically taught under hybrid mode with 30 to 75 students. I was involved in developing an online version of this.
Topics in Agricultural Economics this is for supervised undergraduate research in marketing or applied economics.
Mizzou scholarship:
2021 – Panelist at the Undergraduate Women in Economics
2021 – Panelist at the Cambio de Colores Annual Conference Graduate Student Professional Development Session
2020 to 2021 – Principal Investigator (PI) for Drivers of On-Farm Food Loss at the Macro Level research project under cooperative agreement with ERS-USDA and Mizzou
2021 - Serve as case study reviewer in the AAEA Applied Economics Teaching Resources
2018 & 2019 Grant application reviewer for NIFA Federal Grant Peer Review Panelist – K-14 Food, Agriculture, Natural Resource, and Human Sciences Education Grant Program
2018 Moderator at Cambio Center Conference
2018 Panelist at Women History Month Event (Dolores documentary screening)
Guest speaker at 2018 Seeds of Equity Rural Sociology Course
2018 Panelist at Writing Intensive Campus Program Event
2017 Peer review for FDRS Journal
PI Tracking Online Learner’s Response to Irrelevant Stimuli to Identify Competing or Complementary Online Activities Affecting Learning Outcomes (self-funded)
PI Converting Farm Labor Management Extension Training into Online (self-funded)
PI Lessons from the Fair Food Campaign – Cambio Center Fellowship in Spring 2016
Collaborator in developing survey and during focus groups for the Latino Entrepreneurship in Agriculture (LEAP) Project from 2017 to 2018
Mizzou service:
DASS – Founding member of the IDE Award Committee (2020 - 2021)
Cambio Center Sub-committee on Finances (2020 - present)
MU IDE Executive Search Committee (2020)
Cambio Center Conference Planning Committee (2019-2020)
CAFNR Committee on Inclusive Excellence (2018 to 2020)
MU Committee on Undergraduate Education (2017-2020)
MU Campus Writing Board Member (2017 to 2019; Chair of the Arts and Science Subcommittee 2019)
MU Council for Inclusive Excellence (Chancellor’s appointee since Spring 2017 to present – Chair 2019) and MU IDE Liaison (2020-2021)
AAE Undergraduate Policy Committee (2014 to 2018)
MU Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) (2016 to 2017)
AAE Ballot Committee (2015 to 2017)
Ivy Tech courses, scholarship, and service
Ivy Tech courses taught:
Economic Fundamentals (30 students)
Principles of Microeconomics (30 students)
Principles of Macroeconomics (30 students)
Introduction to International Business (Study abroad)
Introduction to Agricultural Business and Economics (30 students)
Agricultural Data Management (30 students)
Introduction to Agriculture (20 students)
Management Methods for Agriculture Business (30 students)
Agriculture Capstone Seminar (20 students)
Agricultural Commodity Marketing (15 – 25 students)
Marketing in Agribusiness (10 students)
Financial Records in Agriculture (20 students)
Agriculture Salesmanship (10 students)
First Year Seminar (30 students)
Ivy Tech scholarship and service:
Guest speaker at the First Pathway to Purdue University Graduate Celebration Banquet, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (2014)
Note speaker at the Hispanic Day on Campus, Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette, IN (2014)
Member of Ivy Tech’s Hispanic Heritage Month Planning Committee (2013 - 2014)
Member of the Purdue University Hoosier Agribusiness Science Academy (HASA) Planning Committee (2013 – 2014).
Coordinated and hosted “HASA Day on Ivy Tech Campus” Lafayette, IN (2013 -2014)
Member of Ivy Tech Community College International Committee and Diversity Council (2012 – 2014)
Agricultural program FFA Convention recruitment (2011 - 2014)
Department and campus wide open house event participant (2011 – 2014)
Member of various faculty and staff search committees (2010 - 2014)
Agriculture program advisory committee (2010 – 2014)
Developed various hybrid and online courses (2010 – 2014)
Guest speaker at Latino Center for Wellness and Education - Migrant Education Summer Program event at Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette, IN (2013)
Speaker at the Evening on the Farm Annual Event, Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette, IN (2013)
Speaker at the Bane Agriculture Technology Center Dedication Ceremony, Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette, IN (2013)