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Shamar Stewart

Assistant Professor
Shamar Stewart portrait
250 Drillfield Dr.
202-A Hutcheson Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Shamar Stewart's recent research projects have focused on exchange rates stability and the synchronicity of economic growth. His broad research interests center on the fields of international finance, applied time series econometrics, and macro-finance.

Expertise:

Applied econometrics and economic analytics; international development economics

Education

PhD. Economics, University of Alabama (UA), Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2019

MA. Economics, University of Alabama (UA), Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2019

MSc. Economics, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, 2011

BSc. Economics & Statistics, UWI, Jamaica, 2009

Shamar Stewart's recent research projects have focused on exchange rate stability and the synchronicity of economic growth. His broad research interests center on the fields of international finance, applied time series econometrics, and macro-finance.

Courses Taught

  • Business Finance
  • Principles Macroeconomics
  • Fin. Analysis and Modeling
  • Business Finance

Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2019-Present
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Alabama, Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies, 2014-2019
  • Economist, Bank of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, 2012 - 2014

Awards

Culverhouse Business School Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Doctoral Student 2018, 2019

Synchronization of Regional Growth Dynamics in China (with Zhicun Bian, Jun Ma and Jinlan Ni), China Economic Review (2018)