Dr. Anne Alexander

Senior Academic Lecturer | Interim Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs

Ph.D., University of Wyoming
M.A., New Mexico State University
B.B.A. New Mexico State University 

Teaching Interests
Economics of Decision Making
Global Macroeconomic Issues
Managerial Economics 

Research
International Economics
Health Economics
Energy Economics
Political Economy

Anne Alexander is Interim Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs for Undergraduate Education at the University of Wyoming. She earned her Ph.D. in Economics at UW, and her Master’s and BBA in Economics from New Mexico State University. Dr. Alexander’s research and teaching focus on the history of American capitalism, international economics, and health economics. She regularly speaks to statewide audiences and state and national media about the status of the Wyoming, US, and global economies. She produces an annual economic and statewide engagement report on the impacts of the University on the state, and she has authored several publications on the political and economic impacts of transboundary pandemics and the productivity effects of various diseases. Prior to her position in Academic Affairs, she was the Director of International Programs and Associate Dean of Outreach at UW. She has also served as a Resources Economist in the U.S. Department of State, Assistant Dean of the UW College of Business, and Director of the interdisciplinary Health Economics Policy Center at UW. She is an alumnus of Leadership Wyoming, Class of 2013.