Teacher-Scholar-Economist Alison Del Rossi finds meaning in everything she does.

The associate professor of economics, recently tenured in recognition of her accomplishments and promise, has found "a great balance between teaching and the opportunity to do meaningful research."

Alison Del Rossi earned the Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, after receiving her bachelor's degree in English and economics from the University of Delaware. She teaches all levels of economics courses, but her areas of expertise are in the interactions between individuals and government.

Del Rossi's current research focuses on smoking regulations and she taught a senior seminar about smoking, drinking and economics. She has also researched aspects of experimental economics, such as bargaining and law.

"I knew after graduating that I wanted to be a teacher," Del Rossi says. "The world of academia is where I am influential and where I can make an impact on the lives of others." Of St. Lawrence, she states, "There is a great balance between teaching and the opportunity to do meaningful research," adding that small classes and working with students of wide-ranging abilities are benefits of being at the University.