Mariana Saenz, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Economics at Georgia Southern University. She completed her Ph.D. in economics and statistics at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Saenz holds an MS in statistics from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, an MS in finance and economics from West Texas A&M University, and a BS in industrial engineering from Universidad de los Andes at Bogotá, Colombia. Her research interests are in applied econometrics, economic development, and international economics. Saenz’s research has been presented at the Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meetings, the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meetings, the Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, and the Southwestern Society of Economics Annual Meetings. Her teaching experience includes courses in international economic development, regional economic development, international finance, principles of macroeconomics, principles of microeconomics, and introduction to international economics.