Professor Zapalska's extensive and varied teaching experience spans 24 years in the U.S. and abroad. She has presented numerous academic papers at professional conferences, has published more than 200 articles in professional refereed journals, several book chapters, monographs, research projects, and papers and conference proceedings. She is currently working on an Economics textbook. Her primary teaching and research interests are in the areas of Macroeconomics, Experimental Economics, Economics of War, Business Ethics, Entrepreneurship, International Business, International Trade and Finance, and Transitional Economies, and Pedagogy. Her international work and study experience has enabled her research to be focused on analyzing economies of Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Thailand, China, New Zealand, Sweden, U.S., Australia, Bangladesh and South Korea 

Before coming to USCGA in July 2005, Lexington, Kentucky resident, Professor Alina Zapalska was at Marshall University (Huntington, West Virginia) from 1991 until 2000 as an Assistant and then Associate Professor, and from 2000 until 2005 as a full Professor. She was born in Krakow, Poland, received her permanent residence in the U.S. in 1991 and her U.S. citizenship in 2000.  

Professor Zapalska is an active president, member and chairperson of many national and international academic organizations. Further, in May of 1998, she was a consulting professor at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Auckland, New Zealand, that resulted in establishment of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies at AUT. Later, due to her success in consulting and joint research during a sabbatical in 2000 she was appointed Adjunct Professor of Economics at Auckland University of Technology from 2000 through 2006. 

In addition to the cooperative research that she conducted at Marshall University and AUT, she developed several exchange programs for Marshall University students. She has also been involved with organizing and running exchange programs and summer programs in Europe, China, Thailand, New Zealand, and Australia. 

During her three years at USCGA, she has developed an exchange program, the International Service Academy Program. The primary purpose of this program is to educate, inspire, and empower future leaders in the U.S. Coast Guard with a clear understanding of the Holocaust. The program focuses on the Holocaust and related contemporary moral and ethical dilemmas and provides an authentic learning experience for future military officers extending beyond what they are taught in the classroom. Participants are expected to become ambassadors of ethical behavior and take full responsibility to translate their understanding and knowledge of the Holocaust to their peers because of their close examination of this historical atrocity. Being of Polish origin she felt honored to be able to develop and run this program and provide this great experience to the cadets. 

Professor Zapalska developed and also become advisor for the USCGA International Council (IC) and the USCGA International Ballroom Dance Club (IBDC). The ICC plays an integral role in the hosting dignitaries, officers, and students from the other U.S. Service Academies as well as foreign countries. The Council also exposes the cadets to different cultures and provides them with positive experiences so that they can better prepare for their futures as Coast Guard officers in charge of a diverse workforce. The second cadet club she developed, the IBDC, provides the opportunity for cadets to develop social dancing skills and to compete in dance sport competition. Both groups have been extremely successful in creating diversity and expanding the moral, ethical, and intellectual dimensions of the academic, military, and athletic program at the Academy. 

Professor Zapalska has obtained several prestigious research, teaching and service awards at College and University levels here in the U.S. and abroad. She has been recognized at Marshall University in scholarship and research areas by receiving several awards, including a number of merit awards, as well as three outstanding research and teaching awards granted by West Virginia University, and nominations for the 2000, 2003, and 2005 Professor of the Year by the Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia. 

Professor Zapalska’s hobbies include family, classical music, downhill skiing, horseback riding, running, ballroom dancing, photography, and reading the WSJ and the Economist. 

Professor Zapalska's Resume 

• University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Ph.D. 1991 Economics
• University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY M.A. 1990 Economics
• University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY M.Sc. 1987 Agricultural Economics
• Agricultural University, Krakow, Poland M.Sc. 1982 Industrial Chemistry
• Krakow College #2, Krakow, Poland B.Sc. 1977 Physics and Mathematics

• Principles of Microeconomics
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Managerial Economics
• International Economics
• Macroeconomic Theory
• Global Macroeconomic Issues
• International Business
• International Finance
• Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
• Monetary Economics
• Experimental Economics
• Mathematical Economics
• Public Finance
• Personal Finance
• Industrial Organization
• Comparative Economic Systems
• Game Theory

• Refereed Journals 
• Book Chapters 
• Papers and Conference Proceedings  

• The 2006/2007 Cambridge Who's Who Among Executive and Professional Women "Honors Edition"
• The 10th Edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers ®, 2005-2006
• 2005 Outstanding Achievement in International Education, State of W.V. Office of the Chief Executive
• The 9th Edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers ®, 2004-2005
• 2004 Who's Who Among America's Teachers - recognized as top 5% of most respected teachers
• The 8th Edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers ®, 2003-2004
• FACDIS-West Virginia University Outstanding Research Award, Spring 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004
• 2002 Lewis College of Business Outstanding Researcher Award
• The 7th Edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers ®, 2002-2003
• The Professor of the Year - Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia, 2000, 2001 and 2002
• 2001 Marshall University Center for Teaching Excellence Award
• 1999-2000 Charles E. Hedrick Outstanding Marshall University Faculty Award
• 1999-2000 Marshall University Distinguished Arts and Scholars Award
• 2000 Teaching Innovation Award, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
• Multicultural /Social Justice Research Award, Summer 1998
• The 20th Annual Leavey Awards for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education
• HONOR Member of the Interfaces Institute - The Polish Economic Advising Committee, System Research Institute and Polish Academy of Sciences from June 1992

• Editorial Board - Journal of Business and Economics Research
• Editorial Bard - Problems and Perspectives in Management
• Reviewer - Journal of East West Business
• Reviewer - Tourism Journal
• Reviewer - Journal of Contemporary Business Issues
• Reviewer - Southwest Business and Economics Journal
• Reviewer - Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship
• Reviewer - International Small Business Journal
• American Management Association
• American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences
• American Economic Association
• American Economic Association, Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
• Allied Academies - A Global Community of Scholars Dedicated to Research and Teaching
• The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economies
• The Association of Private Enterprise Education
• Association for Business Simulation and Experimental Learning
• The Interfaces Institute, Polish Economic Advising Committee, System Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences