Dr. Siny Joseph is a Full Professor of Economics at Kansas State University’s Aerospace and Technology Campus. She has an experience of 10 years of teaching graduate and introductory undergraduate economics courses at K-State. She has won awards for teaching excellence based on innovations in teaching pedagogy and developing open textbook materials. Dr. Joseph has a multidisciplinary background with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, a master of business administration degree specializing in marketing and operations research, and a master’s and PhD degree in resource economics from University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research areas embody her multidisciplinary background with interests in the areas of agricultural trade, food policy, mobile computing, accessible and assistive technologies, and circular economy applications in space materials.