Jeta Rudi Polloshka Formerly Jeta Rudi Curriculum Vitae Agribusiness Department College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences California Polytechnic State University Building 10, Room 210 1 Grand Avenue San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA Email: jrudi@calpoly.edu Phone: 1-805-756-5021 CURRENT Assistant Professor, Agribusiness Department January, 2017 - Present APPOINTMENT California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Economics November, 2016 University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA Master of Science, Agricultural and Applied Economics August, 2012 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Mathematics (double-major) May, 2010 Berea College, Berea, KY, USA RESEARCH Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Peterson, Everett B., Jason H. Grant, Jeta Rudi-Polloshka i. 2017. Survival of the Fittest: Export Duration and Failure into U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Markets American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming. Bellemare, Marc F., Metin Çakır, Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, Lindsey K. Novak, and Jeta Rudi. 2017. On the Measurement of Food Waste American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming. Rudi, Jeta, Metin Çakır. 2017. Vice or Virtue: How Shopping Frequency Affects Healthfulness of Food Choices Food Policy, 69, 207-217. Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section (FAMPS) AAEA, Published Research Paper Award, 2017. Kuminoff, Nicolai V., Congwen Zhang, and Jeta Rudi. 2010. Are Travelers Willing to Pay a Premium to Stay at a Green Hotel? Evidence from an Internal Meta-Analysis of Hedonic Price Premia Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 39 (3), 468-484. Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 1
Manuscripts Pending Vazzana, Caryn M., and Jeta Rudi. Appalachia has got talent, but why does it flow away? A study on the determinants of brain drain from rural US Revisions submitted to Economic Development Quarterly. Working Papers Rudi-Polloshka, Jeta, Kaitlin Krumwiede ii, and Kate Martin ii. Students time in food-related activities: Evidence from the American Time Use Survey (2017) Bajrami, Egzon, and Jeta Rudi-Polloshka. School breakfast and lunch program, academic performance, and household food security (2017) Rudi-Polloshka, Jeta, Metin Çakır. Demand Spillovers of Food Recalls in Differentiated Product Markets (2016-2017) Rudi, Jeta. The impact of remittances on the intensity of job search: Evidence from Kosovo households (2016-2017) PROFESSIONAL Graduate Research Assistant Spring 2015 EXPERIENCE Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice Graduate Research Assistant August 2012-May 2013 & Summer 2014 Minnesota Population Center TEACHING EXPERIENCE Classes Taught AGB 301: Food and Fiber Marketing AGB 260: Agricultural Data Literacy APEC 3002: Applied Microeconomics: Managerial Economics APEC 3001: Applied Microeconomics: Consumers, Producers, and Markets Professional Development Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning; Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology California Polytechnic State University Introduction to StrengthsQuest (SQ100); University Academic Advising California Polytechnic State University Strengths-Based Mentoring, Advising, and Teaching (SQ200); University Academic Advising California Polytechnic State University Preparing Future Faculty, Teaching in Higher Education - University of Minnesota Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 2
GRANTS & California State University Agricultural Research Institute, $40,000 2017 FELLOWSHIPS grant (with Richard Volpe) The Economic Impacts of the California Grocery Industry: Regulation, Market Structure, and Food Safety Center for International Food and Agriculture Policy, $10,000 grant 2015 Jean Kinsey Fellowship in Consumer Economics or Food Systems 2015 Research, $17,565 fellowship Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics, $1,250 grant 2015 Center for International Food and Agriculture Policy, $1,000 grant 2015 Xi Chapter of Graduate Women in Science, $300 grant 2015 Minnesota Population Center, $3,300 in small grants 2013-2016 Applied Economics Dept., University of Minnesota, $3,200 2013-2016 in small grants Agricultural and Applied Economics Dept., Virginia Tech, $1,000 2011-2012 in small grants Olive Ruth Russell Fellowship, Berea College, $6,000 fellowship 2010 AWARDS & Published Research Paper Award, Food and Agricultural Marketing 2017 SCHOLARSHIPS Policy Section (FAMPS) of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Doctoral Dissertation Award, Applied Economics Department, 2017 University of Minnesota Young Economist Award, Central Bank of Kosovo, 700 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award for Undergraduate Teaching, 2014 University of Minnesota Joel Dean Scholarship in Economics, Berea College, $4,000 2010 Navy V-12/V-5 Memorial Scholarship, Berea College, $750 2009 Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 3
INVITED University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Saint Paul, MN) 2016 PRESENTATIONS Agricultural and Applied Economics Seminar Demand Spillovers of Food Recalls in Differentiated Product Markets California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo, CA) 2016 Agribusiness Department Vice or Virtue: How shopping frequency affects the healthfulness of food choices Graduate Women in Science Xi Chapter (Saint Paul, MN) 2015 Food Issues in the Land of Abundance: Choices, Safety, and Government Assistance Programs Universum College (Prishtina, Kosovo) 2014 Time and money as constraints on food choices a microeconomic perspective University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Saint Paul, MN) 2014 Colleges in the Schools Professional Development Workshop Using Economics to Understand Time Use and Food Choices Virginia Tech Agricultural and Applied Econ. Dep. (Blacksburg, VA) 2011 Nutrition in Central Uganda: An Estimation of a Minimum Cost Healthy Diet CONFERENCE 2016: Regional Research Promotion Programme Western Balkans, selected PRESENTATIONS paper (Tirana, Albania); American Agricultural Economics Association, poster (Boston, MA); Midwest Economic Association, selected paper (Evanston, IL); Population Association of America, poster (Washington, DC). 2015: Association for Slavic, East European, Eurasian Studies, selected paper (Philadelphia, PA); American Agricultural Economics Association, poster (San Francisco, CA); Population Association of America, selected paper (San Diego, CA); Joint EAAE-AAEA Seminar Consumer Behavior in a Changing World: Food, Culture, and Society, selected paper (Naples, Italy). 2014: Western Agricultural Economics Association, selected paper (Colorado Springs, CO) 2012: American Agricultural Economics Association, selected paper and poster (Seattle, WA); Southern Agricultural Economics Association, selected paper (Birmingham, AL) 2011: American Agricultural Economics Association, selected paper (Pittsburgh, PA) Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 4
2009: Kentucky Economic Association, selected paper (Lexington, KY) MEDIA We ve all heard the staggering statistics about food waste. A new study says COVERAGE they re wrong. The New Food Economy, June 21, 2017. Food waste estimates miss the mark? The Packer, July 7, 2017. Is food waste really such a waste? The optimal amount of waste is not zero The Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2017. PROFESSIONAL Board Member and Treasurer, Society for Albanian Studies, 2017-2020 SERVICE Referee Central Research Commission (CRC) at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano European Association of Agricultural Economics (EAAE) XV Congress Food Policy Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Review of Economics of the Household South African Journal of Economics United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service Member Agricultural and Applied Economics Association American Economic Association Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies European Association of Agricultural Economists Minnesota Population Center Population Association of America Society for Albanian Studies Western Agricultural Economics Associations UNIVERSITY SERVICE California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo Judge, Marketing Plan Contest, Future Farmers of America California, Spring Quarter, 2017. Member, Faculty Interview Committee, CSU International Programs, Winter Quarter, 2017. University of Minnesota Twin Cities Member, Search Committee for Associate or Full Professor, Applied Economics Department, February 2015. Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 5
International Students Representative, Applied Economics Graduate Club, 2014-2015. Member, Graduate Program Committee, Applied Economics Department, 2014-2015. Graduate Student Office Space Coordinator, Applied Economics Department, 2014-2016. LANGUAGES PERSONAL Albanian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (competent), Italian (basic) Kosovo Citizen i My last name appears hyphenated on publications. ii Indicates undergraduate student co-author. Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 6