| University of Delaware | 178 Graham Hall | Newark, DE 19716 | <div class="ExternalClass2FF9D698D75748B6A906B17A23A95C7A">Eric Jacobson serves as an Associate Professor with the University of Delaware’s Biden School of Public Policy and Administration and Policy Scientist for the Institute for Public Administration. His teaching, service and research interests are primarily in the areas of health policy, public economics, and compensation management. Professor Jacobson has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses, including Health Policy, Economics in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors, Health Economics, and Economics of Health Policy. He is a recipient of the Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award from the National Association of Public Affairs and Administration (NAPSAA). <br> <br>Professor Jacobson’s public service and research activities have focused on healthy communities / the build environment, quality assessment, senior center funding, and health disparities. He has served as principle investigator on numerous projects sponsored by organizations such as the Delaware General Assembly’s Joint Finance Committee, the State of Delaware Office of the Controller General, the Delaware Division of Public Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Delaware Health Care Commission. He also consults with government and nonprofit agencies throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Professor Jacobson is the author or co-author of more than 70 reports and articles.<br></div> | <div class="ExternalClass3EA09EF6E63F46E0834AD63AC00F998C"><p>2011–present
<br>Associate Professor, School of Public Policy & Administration; Assistant Director and Policy
Scientist, Institute for Public Administration,
University of Delaware</p><p>2007–2010
<br>Associate Professor, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy; Assistant Director and Policy
Scientist, Institute for Public Administration,
University of Delaware </p><p>1997–2007
<br>Assistant Professor, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy; Assistant Director and Policy
Scientist, Institute for Public Administration,
University of Delaware</p><p>2001–2002
<br>Director, Master of Public Administration Program,
School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy, University
of Delaware</p><p>
</p><p>1987–1996<br>Assistant Professor and Assistant Director, Institute
for Public Administration, University of Delaware</p></div> | <div class="ExternalClass240894C042044990A297125276269F6B"><p><strong>Graduate Courses</strong></p><p>UAPP 834 – Economics in Public and Non-Profit Sectors
</p><p>UAPP 657 – Health Policy <br></p><p>UAPP 819 – Management Decision-Making in Public and Non-Profit Sectors</p><p><strong>Undergraduate Courses</strong></p><p>
</p><p>ECON 390 – Health Economics (Honors and non-honors sections)</p><p>
ECON 490 – Economics of Health Policy</p><p>
ECON 300 – Intermediate Microeconomics</p><p>
ECON 151 – Principles of Microeconomics (Honors sections)</p></div> | <div class="ExternalClass8165F9A7DE184D438690D87FD0CC8DB4"><p>“Measuring Health Disparities in Delaware (Scientific Article),” coauthored with Edward Ratledge, and Barbara Gladders, <em>Delaware Medical Journal</em>, September 2005, Vol 77 No 9. </p><p>“Health Disparities in Delaware 2004,” coauthored with John
Jaeger, Edward Ratledge, with Barbara Gladders. Prepared for the
Delaware Health Care Commission. Institute for Public Administration and
Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, CHEP (2005). </p><p>“Health Disparities in Delaware 2004: An Overview,” coauthored
with with John Jaeger, Edward Ratledge, with Barbara Gladders. Prepared
for the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, the Office of the
Lieutenant Governor, and the Department of Health and Social Services.
Institute for Public Administration and Center for Applied Demography
and Survey Research, CHEP (2005). </p><p>“Promising Programs to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health
Disparities,” coauthored with Sarah McCloskey, Erin Kennedy, and Michele
Sloan. Prepared for the Delaware Health Care Commission and the
Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League. Institute for Public
Administration, CHEP (2005). </p><p>"Demographics and Profiles of Delaware's Elderly," Institute for
Public Administration fact sheet/issue brief. Coauthored with Julia
O'Hanlon, Simon Condliffe, Carrie Bennett, and Michele Sloan, Institute
for Public Administration and Center for Applied Demography and Survey
Research, CHEP (2005). </p><p>"The Impact of Senior Centers and Geriatric Healthcare Policy,"
Institute for Public Administration issue fact sheet/issue brief.
Coauthored with Julia O'Hanlon, Carrie Bennett, and Sarah McCloskey.
Institute for Public Administration, CHEP (2004). </p><p>"What Delawareans Say about the Quality of Their Health Plans and
Medical Care: 2002 CAHPS Note," coauthored with Charles Whitmore, Sarah
McCloskey, and Edward Ratledge. Prepared for the Delaware Health Care
Commission. Institute for Public Administration and Center for Applied
Demography and Survey Research, CHEP (2004). </p><p>"What Delaware’s Uninsured Say about the Quality of Their Health
Care: 2002 Delaware CAHPS Notes,” coauthored with Charles Whitmore and
Edward Ratledge. Prepared for the Delaware Health Care Commission.
Institute for Public Administration and Center for Applied Demography
and Survey Research, CHEP (2004). </p><p>“Consumer Assessment of Health Plans in Delaware,” with
Lisa Schieffert, Wei Fan, and Ed Ratledge, IPA and the Center
for Applied Demography and Survey Research, University of
Delaware, 2002. Funded by the Delaware Health Care Commission,
the survey and study present a comprehensive analysis of Delawareans
experience with the health care system and health insurance
plans.</p><p>
</p><p>“Delaware’s Small Employers: The
Health Insurance Dilemma,” with Ed Ratledge, Tibor Tooth,
Amanda Litzau, and Lisa Schieffert, Center for Applied Demography
and Survey Research and IPA, 2002. Study, based on a survey
of small employers, analyzes strategies for expanding health
insurance coverage among small employers.</p></div> | <div class="ExternalClassD2C4CEC1B2ED4315AE6B5AF06B899D3A"><p>“Pathways to Communities of Color,” presentation at the Metropolitan
Wilmington Urban League racial and ethnic health care conference,
Stronger Together, November 2004. </p><p>“Understanding Delaware’s New Senior Center Funding Formula,”
presentation at a forum organized by the Delaware Office of the
Controller General, the Joint Finance Committee, and the Institute for
Public Administration, December 2003.</p><p>“Delaware’s Senior Center Funding Formula,” a typically
annual presentation of updates and recommended changes to the State
of Delaware Joint Finance Committee, most recent presentation–May
2002.</p><p>“Consumer Assessment of Health Plans in
Delaware (Del–CAHPS),” annual presentations to the
Delaware Health Care Commission, most recent presentation–January
2002.</p><p>“Evaluating the Health Care Residents
of Delaware Receive: Use of GIS and GLM Models,” Seventh
National CAHPS User Group Meeting, Las Vegas, Nev., March
2001. Conference sponsored by the (federal) Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality and the Health Care Financing Administration
(now Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services).</p><p>
</p><p>“Effective Employee Benefit Design,”
frequent presentations at regional conferences sponsored by
Towers Perrin and the Employer’s Council on Flexible Compensation,
1990-1996.</p></div> | <div class="ExternalClassACF80A369A6C472DAA8B1C3115D9AF28"><p>Health policy, Public economics, Management decision-making, Compensation management, Economics, Performance evaluation and management<br></p></div> | Experience | Courses Taught | Selected Publications | Selected Presentations | | | ericj@udel.edu | | Jacobson, Eric D. | Fax: 302-831-3488 | 302-831-1711 | <img alt="Eric Jacobson" src="/Images%20Bios/placeholder%20(portrait).png" width="288" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Associate Professor | Policy Scientist, IPA | | | | | | | | <div class="ExternalClass9962B838511849C982C086A1628541B6"><p>MPA, University of Delaware 1981, Public Administration</p><p>
</p><p>BS, University of Delaware 1978, Economics</p></div> | <div class="ExternalClass65557F022E7A4E54B33AC5DA65A8CBBE"><p>NASPAA Leslie A. Whittington National Excellence in Teaching Award, October 2004</p><p><em>The purpose of this award is to recognize faculty members at
NASPAA institutions who make outstanding contributions to education for
the public service through excellence in teaching. The annual award is
given to a NASPAA faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in
education for the public service over a sustained period of time. </em></p><p>University of Delaware Excellence in Teaching Award, 2001</p><p>
</p><p>University of Delaware Professional Merit Award,
1994</p></div> | | | | | | | | |
