ERIC A. MORRIS CV
E-mail: eamorris@ucla.edu
www.ericandrewmorris.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Urban Planning, UCLA (2011)
Dissertation: Access and outcomes: Transportation, location, and subjective well-being (Committee: Evelyn Blumenberg; Matthew E. Kahn; Paul M. Ong; Brian D. Taylor, chair).
Master of Arts, Urban Planning, UCLA (2006)
Thesis: From horse power to horsepower: The external costs of transportation in the 19th century city.
Bachelor of Arts, History and Literature, Harvard University, magna cum laude (1989)
Thesis: The foundation of the Bank of England and the fiscal crisis of the 1690s.
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Lecturer, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Postdoctoral Researcher, Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and Institute of Transportation Studies, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Associate Editor, Access magazine
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Morris, Eric A. & Michael J. Smart (2012). Expert versus lay perception of the risks of motor vehicle-generated air pollution. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 17, 78-85.
Kahn, Matthew E. & Eric A. Morris (2009). Walking the walk: New tests of environmentalism’s association with green travel behavior. Journal of the American Planning Association, 75(4), 389-405.
Brown, Jeffrey R., Eric A. Morris, & Brian D. Taylor (2009). Planning for cars in cities: Planners, engineers, and freeways in the 20th century. Journal of the American Planning Association, 75(2), 161-177.
Smirti, Megan, Alexandra Evans, Michael Goughtery & Eric Morris (2007). Politics, public opinion, and project design in California road pricing. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1996, 41-48.
BOOK SECTION
Morris, Eric A. (2011). Why you’ll love paying for roads that used to be free. In N. Gregory Mankiw, Principles of Economics (6th ed., pp. 226-227). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
OTHER ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLES
Morris, Eric A. (2011). The Access almanac: Life in the fast lane. Access, 38, 41.
Brown, Jeffrey R., Eric A. Morris and Brian D. Taylor (2009). Paved with good intentions: Fiscal politics, freeways, and the 20th century American city. Access, 35, 30-37.
Morris, Eric. (2007). From horse power to horsepower. Access, 30, 2-9.
Morris, Eric. (2006). How privatization became a train wreck. Access, 28, 18-25.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Brown, Jeffrey R., Eric A. Morris, & Brian D. Taylor (in preparation). Driving for dollars: Fiscal politics, freeways, and the American city. Under contract for the University of Chicago Press.
FREAKONOMICS
Since 2008 I have been a regular contributor to the “Freakonomics” blog, first when it was part of the New York Times’ website and continuing on now that Freakonomics is an independent site. I published 78 mostly op-ed length articles for the Times, and have written 11 more since Freakonomics has migrated. In this role I have very broad latitude to write on any topic related to transportation; I use this platform to inform and engage the public about important issues, many of which otherwise receive scant coverage in the media. Topics I have written on have included:
· Oil, fuel economy, and electric cars
· Gender and travel
· Alcohol and driving
· The future of automobility worldwide
· High-speed rail
· Cities and walkability
· Taxing and pricing the auto
· Travel behavior, VMT, and the travel time budget
The link to the complete list of my posts is <http://www.freakonomics.com/author/ericmorris/>; I will be happy to furnish detailed citation information for the posts on request.
REPORTS
Morris, Eric & Mohja Rhoads (2007). Planning for growth: Demographics, employment, housing and resources. Conference proceedings summary for UCLA annual Lake Arrowhead symposium series. Los Angeles: UCLA Extension Public Policy Program.
Taylor, Brian D., Martin Wachs, Bill McCullough, Eric Morris, Alexandra Evans, Megan Smirti, Michael Gougherty, & Paul Sorensen (2006). Transportation pricing and finance options: Handbook for California decision-makers. The California Department of Transportation. Los Angeles: UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies.
Morris, Eric (2006). The congestion problem and potential solutions. The California Department of Transportation. Los Angeles: UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2011 Access and outcomes: Transportation, location, and subjective well-being. Accepted for presentation at the American Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT: October.
2011 Access and outcomes: Transportation, location, and subjective well-being. At the University of California Transportation Centers Annual Conference, Berkeley, CA: February.
2010 Planning for cars in cities: Planners, engineers and freeways in the 20th century. Presented in poster format at the American Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN: October.
2010 Planning for cars in cities: Planners, engineers and freeways in the 20th century. Presented in poster format at the University of California Transportation Centers Annual Conference, Irvine, CA: April.
2009 Planning for cars in cities: Planners, engineers and freeways in the 20th century. Presented in poster format at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC: January.
2009 Walking the walk: New tests of environmentalism’s association with green travel behavior. At the American Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Crystal City, VA: October.
2009 Walking the walk: New tests of environmentalism’s association with green travel behavior. At the University of California Transportation Centers Annual Conference, Riverside, CA: February.
2009 Walking the walk: New tests of environmentalism’s association with green travel behavior. At the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Research Showcase at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC: January.
2007 Politics, public opinion, and project design in California road pricing. At the University of California Transportation Centers Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA: January.
2006 Politics, public opinion, and project design in California road pricing. At the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC: January.
2006 The privatization of British Rail: How did it turn into a train wreck? At the American Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Fort Worth, TX: October.
