Resume

1. Ph.D. (ABD) in Economics - 2019-2024 (Expected)

   • Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, WA. 

   • Dissertation: Three Essays on the Gravity Model of International Trade

2. M.S. in Agricultural and Applied Economics - 2017-2019

   • University of Wyoming (UW), Laramie, WY.

   • Thesis: Empirical Evidence of Changing Food Demand and Consumer Preferences in Russia

   • Minor: Statistics 

3. Certificate in Agribusiness, Marketing and Finance - 2014-2016

   • Agribusiness Teaching Centre (ATC), Yerevan, Armenia 

4. B.B.A. in Business Administration - 2011-2015

   • Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (BSU), Batumi, Adjara, Georgia

   • Minor: English Language and Literature

• Heboyan V., Hovhannisyan, V., and Kondaridze, M. (2024) An Empirical Assessment of Effectiveness of the US Tobacco Control Policies: A Smoothed Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression Approach. Forthcoming in Empirical Economics 

• Kondaridze, M. and Luckstead, J. (2023) Determinants of Dairy-Product Trade: Do Subsidies Matter? Journal of Agricultural Economics, 00, 1-17.

• Hovhannisyan, V., Kondaridze, M., Bastian, C., Shanoyan, A. (2020) Empirical Evidence of Changing Food Demand and Preferences in Russia. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 52(3), 480-501.

• Kondaridze, M., Liu, X., Luckstead, J. Navigating the Complexities of Dairy Trade: A Comprehensive Trade Policy and Frictions Analysis Using PPML and DR Methods

• Kondaridze, M. and Luckstead, J. Production Subsidies and Agricultural Trade

• Graduate Research Assistant - 2020-present

  • School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

• Lead Instructor, Global Capitalism Today, EconS428 - Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021

  • School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

• Lead Instructor, Intermediate Microeconomics without Calculus, EconS305 - Spring 2023, Summer 2021 

  • School of Economic Sciences, Global Campus, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

• Lead Instructor, Introduction to Macroeconomic Theory, EconS101 - Winter 2022

  • School of Economic Sciences, Global Campus, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

• Programming Committee Chair - 2022-2023

  • Graduate and Professional Student Association, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

• President, Graduate Student Association - 2021-2022

  • School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

• Co-Instructor, Managerial Economics, EconS555 - 2020 Oct.-Nov.

  • Carlson Business School, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

• Graduate Teaching Assistant - 2019-2020

  • Washington State University, Pullman, WA

• Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant - 2017-2019

  • University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

• Teaching Assistant -  Summer 2016

  • Agribusiness Teaching Center, Yerevan, Armenia

• Marketing and Accounting Department Intern - 2015 June-July

  • Ministry of Agriculture of Adjara, Batumi, Adjara, Georgia

• Sales Agent - 2015 June-August

  • The Caucasus Business Week (newspaper), Batumi, Adjara, Georgia

• Vice President HR, Co-founder - 2014

  • Ltd Revolution, Batumi, Adjara, Georgia

• Marketing Department Intern - 2013 June-July

  • Ltd GeoTechno, Batumi, Adjara, Georgia

• Secretary of District Election Commission - 2012-2014

  • Supreme Election Commission of Autonomous Republic of Adjara (SEC), Batumi, Adjara, Georgia

Awards:

• GPSA Committee Chair of the Year, WSU 2023

• Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantship, WSU 2019-2023

• Glenn P. Roehrkasse Scholarship, UWyo Fall 2018

• Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantship, UWyo 2017-2019

• Certificate in “My Finance Month,” a joint project of the European Youth Parliament (EYP) of Armenia and the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) 2016

• USDA/FAS hereby grants 2014-2016

• Local Government of Adjara, Honors Scholarship 2012-2015

Grants:

• Travel Grant, AAEA Annual meeting ($400) Summer 2023

• Travel Grant, School of Economic Sciences ($300) Summer 2023

• Travel Grant, AAEA Annual meeting ($500) Summer 2022

• Travel Grant, GPSA ($500) Summer 2022

• Travel Grant, School of Economic Sciences ($300) Summer 2022

• GPSA Grant, Graduate Student Association ($1,900) 2021-2022

• School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

• Travel Grant, AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting ($1,000) Summer 2021

• Travel Grant, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics ($1,500) Summer 2019

• Graduate Student Travel Funding, University of Wyoming ($350) Spring 2019

• Travel Grant, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics ($1,500) Spring 2019

• Travel Grant, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics ($1,500) Spring 2018