Abeer Elshennawy received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Cairo University, a Master of Arts in Economics from The American University in Cairo and a PhD in applied economics from the University of Minnesota in the United States. She is currently a professor in the Mohamed Shafik Gabr Department of Economics in the Onsi Sawiris School of Business at The American University in Cairo. She has taught a variety of courses in the area of environmental economics, growth and development, and macroeconomic and microeconomic theory. Her research interests are in international trade, the environment, and growth and development. She has published several articles addressing the issue of adjustment costs to trade liberalisation and climate change.