Valentinas Rudys
Assistant Professor of Economics
Contact
Phone: 361-945-7982
Email: valentinasrudys@weber.edu
Office: Wattis Business Building, Room 237
About
Valentinas Rudys joined Weber State University faculty in 2022 and is an assistant professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Goddard School of Business & Economics.
Valentinas holds a double BBA degree in economics and finance from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, and earned his master's and Ph.D. in economics from Fordham University.
Currently, Valentinas teaches courses in macroeconomics and statistics. In the fall of 2023, he co-taught a Monsters and Markets course in the Honors College. In the spring of 2024 91风流, he will start teaching Global Macroeconomic Conditions course in the Master of Business Administration program. In his research, Valentinas studies macroeconomic, labor and financial issues.
Among his interests are portfolio allocation decisions over the lifecycle, Social Security reforms and their effects on the US economy through the labor markets, older worker labor market outcomes, and active labor market policies. In addition, he is interested in studying various aspects of financial markets' efficiency.
Education
PhD, Economics, Fordham University, 2022
MA, Economics, Fordham University, 2018
BBA, Economics and Finance, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Awards and Recognition
- Open Educational Resources ADAPT Grant, Library, Weber State University, 2023
- Presidential Teaching Innovation Grant, Weber State University, 2023
- Honors Eccles Fellowship, Weber State University, 2022
- 2021 Best Graduate Student Paper Award, MVEA, 2021
- Alumni Dissertation Fellowship, Fordham University, 2020
- Distinguished Research Fellowship, Fordham University, 2019
Hobbies
As a former student-athlete, Valentinas still enjoys competitive running. With his wife, Mairin, he enjoys biking, hiking and skiing.