She is also the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Economics, a role in which she has significant contact with both undergraduate students and graduate students responsible for teaching in the undergraduate program. Rebecca holds a BA from Bond University in Australia and an MS in Finance from the University of Arizona. She earned her PhD in Economics from the University of Colorado in 2000 and has made UWM and Milwaukee her home since then. She has a passion for educating students at all levels on macroeconomics, money and banking, international finance, and personal finance. Her research interests center around international finance with an infusion of productivity, financial development and the use of financial markets, financial integration, and the impact of fiscal and monetary policy.