Manning School of Business at Acadia University. Her research focuses on hedonic consumption experiences, particularly related to wine consumers and wine tourism. She has presented her work at various conferences such as Advances in Consumer Research, Academy of Wine Business Research, Wine & Culinary Tourism Futures Conference, Society for Marketing Advances, and International Wine Tourism Conference. She has also chaired the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference (2017). Dr. Sears often works with organizations in the community and regularly presents her work to community groups.