Dr. Neerja Aggarwal has earned her Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Irvine and master’s degree in economics from the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India. Her interests include quantitative economics, managerial economics, global business and innovative pedagogical methods. She has taught economics at UC Irvine for many years, and has been granted the lecturer professional development, social science merit fellowship and research fellowship awards by the university.