Tatiana (Tania) Andreyeva is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Connecticut since January 2015, where Tatiana (Tania) directs economic initiatives at the UConn Rudd Center and serves as Associate Director of the USDA-funded RIDGE program focused on economic research for food assistance. Previously, Tania held the position of Director of Economic Initiatives and Research Scientist at Yale University from October 2006 to December 2014, and worked as a doctoral fellow at RAND from September 2001 to September 2006. Tania began their career as an economist at Guide Star from 1998 to 2001 and as a research assistant at Booz Allen Hamilton in 1997-1998. Tania earned a PhD in Policy Analysis and Economics from the Pardee RAND Graduate School and an MA in Economics from the Economics Education and Research Consortium at NaUKMA.