General Business
Alicia Plemmons, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise
Dr. Alicia Plemmons is an Assistant Professor in the Department of General Business, Research Fellow and Coordinator of Scope of Practice Research in the Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation, and Resident Scholar of Data Driven West Virginia. She additionally is the program coordinator for both the Master of Business Administration and Online Master of Business Administration programs. Her research uses applied spatial and econometric methods to determine how policy changes affect labor markets by studying how to create environments that facilitate healthy economic growth and business development through research into the determinants of entry, operation, and exit decisions of firms, laborers, and consumers. Her research has been published in numerous academic journals, such as the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Health Economics, and Annals of Regional Science. Her work on medical licensure and certificate of need laws has been featured in several news outlets. She has regularly been asked to provide professional testimony on occupational licensing for both state and federal legislatures.