Jeanie Welch is a retired professor and reference librarian at UNC Charlotte and a former adjunct professor at UNC Greensboro.  She holds both a BA and MA from the University of Denver and a Master of International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management (AZ).  She is the author of numerous articles in professional journals, two books, and numerous presentations at professional conferences. She is a member of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies and Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.