Dr. Amanda Countryman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University. Her research examines the economic implications of international trade, focusing specifically on the impacts of trade reform on agriculture. She teaches courses in international trade, agribusiness, and agricultural economics. Dr. Countryman completed her B.S. and B.A. at the University of Arizona, M.S. at Texas A&M University, and Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. She was an Agricultural Economist at the USDA Economic Research Service in Washington, D.C. prior to joining the faculty at CSU.