Kerianne Rubenstein

Kerianne Rubenstein, Ph.D., (she/her/hers) joined the Department of Sport Management in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics in fall 2024 as an assistant professor. She will teach classes in Sport Analytics, primarily Sport Economics.

Prior to joining Syracuse University, Rubenstein was an assistant professor from 2021-24 at North Dakota State University, where she taught economics and was a fellow with the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth, and the Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise.

Rubenstein’s research focuses on a variety of topics in sport economics, including NCAA regulations and sanctions, the development of women’s professional sports, and incentivizing player performance and health in the NFL. Her work on the lasting impact of the NCAA “death penalty” on Southern Methodist University’s football team was published in the Journal of Sports Economics. Her most recent work examines the unintended consequences associated with the Guardian helmet mandates in the NFL.

Rubenstein earned a Ph.D. in Economics 2021 from West Virginia University, and a B.A. in Economics in 2017 from Southern Methodist University.