West College of Business at West Liberty University. She holds an AACSB Post-Doctoral Bridge to Business Certificate from Tulane University, and a Ph.D. in natural resource economics from West Virginia University. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Regional Research Institute at West Virginia University. Her research interest falls under the premises of sustainable enterprise, historic preservation, and corporate social responsibility. She has been awarded the Outstanding Doctoral Research Paper Award at West Virginia University, Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences, the Outstanding Scholarship Award at the College of Business, West Liberty University, and the Best Paper Award at Academy of Business Research.