Rosemary Carlson Peavler is a college professor of Business Finance and a freelance writer in finance. She has taught at Morehead State University for 26 years. She has written for academic journals in finance for 25 years and about business and personal finance in the popular press for 10 years.

Experience:

Rosemary has 26 years of experience in teaching business finance on a university level. During her career as a college professor, she has done consulting for small businesses, income tax planning, and has served as an expert witness in federal court cases. Rosemary has also been a freelance writer in the finance area for 10 years. She has written for an online brokerage, an online magazine, several online websites, a number of print publications, and columns for newspapers. Her main topics are in business and personal finance, though she occasionally writes in other areas.

Education:

Rosemary has a doctoral degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Kentucky. She also has a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Kentucky. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from Morehead State University in Morehead, KY.

From Rosemary Peavler:

I am glad to be a Guide for About.com. I have spent my career teaching and writing about business finance. I am married, living on a mountain with my husband and four-legged friends. I am picking up the amount of my freelance writing because I am about to retire from teaching. After 26 years of teaching finance on a university level, it is time move on to my second career! I have dropped down to part-time teaching this year and, by next year, I hope to fully retire. My husband hopes to retire by then as well.

Since I cannot imagine not working and I am sure I will always want to work at something, I will continue to write about finance and, occasionally, about other topics. My husband and I hope to do some traveling. When I travel, my laptop goes with me, so I can write no matter where I am. We will also move to a warmer climate after we retire as we are both tired of winter. Luckily, I can write for About.com regardless of where I live!