She received her B.A./M.A. from the Catholic University of Milan (Italy), and her PhD from George Mason University. Dr. Paganelli works on Adam Smith, David Hume, 18th century monetary theories, and the links between the Scottish Enlightenment and behavioral economics. She is the author or numerous articles and the co-edited the Oxford Handbook on Adam Smith. She currently serves as the Vice President of the History of Economic Society and as the book review editor for the Journal of the History of Economic Thought.