Ph.D.–Auburn UniversityM.S.–Auburn UniversityB.S.–Auburn UniversityDr. Alison Keefe is a member of the graduate faculty of the Michael J. Coles College of Busniess and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership and Professional Development at Kennesaw State University (KSU). She teaches exclusively in the KSU Executive MBA program in the areas of mirco, macro, and international economics with a previously held academic position at Auburn University as a visiting assistant professor. Dr. Keefe's research activites are broad based with interests in the fields of international economics and commodities trade as well as aquaculture and fisheries economics, economic development and growth of small nations, and resource economics. Publication ventures have lead to several published articles in the journal of Aquaculture Economics and Management and most recently in the Journal of Economic Integration with conference presentations spanning the Southern Economic Association, World Aquaculture Society, and the International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management. Dr. Keefe is a graduate of Auburn University (B.S., 1995; M.S., 1998) earning her Ph.D. in agricultural economics in 2002 with specialization in the fields of international and resource economics.