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 2016 University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA Master of Science, Agricultural and Applied Economics 2012 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Mathematics (double-major) 2010 Berea College, Berea, KY, USA PROFESSIONAL Graduate Research Assistant 2015 EXPERIENCE Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice Graduate Research Assistant 2012-2014 Minnesota Population Center RESEARCH Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles [1] Vazzana, Caryn M., and Jeta Rudi-Polloshka i. 2018. Appalachia has got talent, but why does it flow away? A study on the determinants of brain drain from rural US Economic Development Quarterly, forthcoming. [2] Peterson, Everett B., Jason H. Grant, Jeta Rudi-Polloshka. 2018. Survival of the Fittest: Export Duration and Failure into U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Markets American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 100 (1), 23-45. Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 1
[3] 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, 99 (5), 1148-1158. [4] 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. [5] 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. Current Projects [1] Rudi-Polloshka, Jeta, and Metin Çakır. Demand spillovers of food recalls in differentiated product markets [2] Rudi-Polloshka, Jeta, and Richard Volpe. Food safety and the California grocery industry [3] Rudi-Polloshka, Jeta, and Egzon Bajrami. School breakfast and lunch program, academic performance, and household food security in Kosovo [4] Rudi-Polloshka, Jeta. The impact of remittances on the intensity of job search: Evidence from Kosovo households TEACHING EXPERIENCE Classes Taught Agribusiness Department California Polytechnic State University AGB 212: Agricultural Economics (Winter 2018, Spring 2018) AGB 260: Agricultural Data Literacy (Winter 2017, Spring 2017) AGB 301: Food and Fiber Marketing (Spring 2017, Fall 2017) Applied Economics Department University of Minnesota APEC 3001: Applied Microeconomics: Consumers, Producers, and Markets (Fall 2013) APEC 3002: Applied Microeconomics: Managerial Economics (Fall 2015) Professional Development Nuts & Bolts of Faculty Advising (FA 101); University Advising California Polytechnic State University, Fall 2017 Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 2
CeMENT Mentoring Workshop for Faculty in Non-Doctoral Programs; American Economic Association, Summer 2017 Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning; Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology California Polytechnic State University, Summer 2017 Introduction to StrengthsQuest (SQ100); University Academic Advising California Polytechnic State University, Spring 2017 Strengths-Based Mentoring, Advising, and Teaching (SQ200); University Academic Advising California Polytechnic State University, Spring 2017 Preparing Future Faculty, Teaching in Higher Education - University of Minnesota, Spring 2015 GRANTS & California State University Agricultural Research Institute, $5,000 seed 2018 FELLOWSHIPS grant California State University Agricultural Research Institute, $40,000 new 2017 investigator grant (with Richard Volpe) 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 Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 3
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 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award for Undergraduate Teaching, 2014 University of Minnesota Joel Dean Scholarship in Economics, Berea College 2010 Navy V-12/V-5 Memorial Scholarship, Berea College 2009 INVITED Demand Spillovers of Food Recalls in Differentiated Product Markets PRESENTATIONS Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO) 2018 University of Delaware (Newark, DE) University of California Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Saint Paul, MN) University of California Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) 2017 Policy Workshop, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Food Choices and Food Waste: Recent Findings and Implications for Policy 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 Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 4
Virginia Tech Agricultural and Applied Econ. Dep. (Blacksburg, VA) 2011 Nutrition in Central Uganda: An Estimation of a Minimum Cost Healthy Diet CONFERENCE 2017: Association for Slavic, East European, Eurasian Studies, selected paper PRESENTATIONS (Chicago, IL). 2016: Regional Research Promotion Programme Western Balkans, selected 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) 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. Waste not, want not wait? Re-assessing how much food we throw out Pacific Standard, December 22, 2017. Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 5
PROFESSIONAL Board Member and Treasurer, Society for Albanian Studies, 2017-2020 SERVICE Referee Central Research Commission (CRC) at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Economic Development Quarterly 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 Coordinator, Marketing Contest, Future Farmers of America California, Spring 2018. Member, Curriculum Committee, Agribusiness Department, 2017-2018. Member, Scholarship Committee, Agribusiness Department, 2017-2018. Judge, Marketing Plan Contest, Future Farmers of America California, Spring, 2017. Member, Faculty Interview Committee, CSU International Programs, Winter, 2017. University of Minnesota Twin Cities Member, Search Committee for Associate or Full Professor, Applied Economics Department, February 2015. International Students Representative, Applied Economics Graduate Club, 2014-2015. Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 6
Member, Graduate Program Committee, Applied Economics Department, 2014-2015. Graduate Student Office Space Coordinator, Applied Economics Department, 2014-2016. LANGUAGES Albanian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (competent) PERSONAL Kosovo Citizen i My last name appears hyphenated in publications. Jeta Rudi Polloshka, 7