A.E. Rodriguez is professor and chair of the Department of Economics & Business Analytics in the Pompea College of Business of the University of New Haven. Dr. Rodriguez is an expert in forensic economics, competition policy and regulation.

Dr. Rodriguez is the founder of the University’s Economics Collective, an online, student-run blogging and teaching space and social network that aims to be a catalyst for creative solutions to today's economic challenges; and founder of the Economic Performance Laboratory (EPL), the Department's teaching laboratory; the EPL publishes the New Haven Economic Performance Index. He created the University of New Haven’s bachelor’s degree program in business analytics and the University’s B.A. in behavioral economics.

Co-author of the book The Limits of Competition Policy, Dr. Rodriguez is widely published in refereed journals, law reviews, and professional periodicals. A member of the National Association of Forensic Economists and the American Economic Association, he has lectured nationally on competition policy and regulation.

His publications include "The Causes of Competition Agency Ineffectiveness in Developing Countries" in Law and Contemporary Problems, "Something Old, Something New: MBA Program Evaluation Using Shift-Share Analysis and Google Trends" in Research in Higher Education, "Hacking’s Day in Court: Do Adjustments for Multiple Comparison Raise Ethical Concerns in Forensic Testimony?" in the Journal of Ethical and Legal Issues, and "On the Art of Slaying Dragons: The Case Against the International Competition Network" in Competition Law Insight.

A former U.S. Federal Trade Commission economist, Dr. Rodriguez served as an antitrust adviser to the office of the then Attorney General of the State of Connecticut Richard Blumenthal. He also previously was a senior manager with both KPMG and PwC. As an associate economist with (now) Sobel Tinari Economics Group, Dr. Rodriguez worked on forensic economic reports on wrongful death – including 100 wrongful cases for individuals killed on 9/11 – wrongful termination, and discrimination cases.

For the last 18 years, Dr. Rodriguez has been a principal in A.E. Rodriguez Consulting, providing economic services in support of litigation including domestic and international antitrust liability and damages, franchise termination, wrongful termination, race and gender discrimination, and other contractual disputes. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.