Duane J. Rosa, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Regional Director, Texas Transportation
Institute
Contact Information
West Texas A&M
University
College
of Business
P.O. 60187
Canyon, TX 79016
(806) 651-2520
(806) 651-2514 (Fax)
(806) 670-6630 (Cell)
Office: Classroom
Center - 212C
Education
Ph.D. (Economics)
Texas Tech University,
1989
M.A. (Civil Engineering/Statistics)
University
of Oklahoma, 1984
M.A. (Economics)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1981
B.S. (Hotel Administration)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1979
B.A. (Economics)
University
of Oklahoma, 1968
Academic/Administrative
Experience
West
Texas A&M
University
Professor of Economics – 1984 to Present
Regional Director, Texas Transportation Institute – 1996 to
Present
Director of Planning and Analysis – 1990 to 2006
University
of Iceland
Fulbright Professor of Economics – 1992
Fulbright Research Professor, Geothermal Power Production –
1994
University
of Oklahoma
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics – 1981 to
1984
University
of Nevada, Las Vegas
Instructor, College of Hotel Administration – 1978 to 1981
Teaching Schedule and
Courses
Fall 2006
ECON 4312-01 Money, Credit and Banking
ECON 6305-01 Seminar in Advanced Microeconomic Theory
January Intersession 2007
ECON 4372/5372-40 Managerial Economics
Spring 2007
ECON/ENGR 3302-01 Fundamentals of Engineering Economics
ECON/AGBE 4355/5355-01 Environmental and Natural Resource
Economics
Professional Activity
Research Grants Received:
Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT), “Strategies to Reduce the Economic Impact of Right of Way
Delays
During the Project Development Process,” with Texas Transportation
Institute, San Antonio,
Award
Pending, 2007.
Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT), “Developing Sustainable Transportation Performance Measures
for
TxDOT’s Strategic Plan,” with Texas Transportation Institute, College Station,
awarded August 2006.
Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT), “Transportation and the Texas Economy,” with Texas Transportation Institute, College
Station, and Center for Transportation Research, University of Texas,
Austin, awarded August 2004.
Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT), “Best Practices in Rural Transportation
Planning,” with
Texas Transportation Institute, Arlington,
and Texas Southern University, awarded August 2001.
Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT), “The Railroad System of Texas: A Component of
the State
and National Transportation Infrastructure," with Texas Transportation
Institute, College Station, and Center for Transportation Research,
University
of Texas, Austin, awarded August 1998.
Potter Randall County Local
Emergency Planning Committee, “Potter and Randall County Hazardous
Material
Assessment - Trucks," awarded 1997.
Potter Randall County Local
Emergency Planning Committee, “Potter and Randall County Hazardous
Material
Assessment - Pipelines and Railroads,” awarded 1996.
Publications & Conference Presentations
Dr. Rosa has published and presented 65 articles in
professional engineering journals and at conferences in the area of
energy
production and water resources
