Prof. Robyn Eversole is a Howard I. Scott Professor of Practice in Social Entrepreneurship at Bucknell University. She is an internationally recognized expert in rural regional development, a keynote speaker, and an author, with twenty years of experience linking universities with regional communities and leading applied research for social impact. Prof Robyn Eversole holds an MA and a PhD in Anthropology of Development from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. She is a former US Fulbright Fellow and current member of the Australian government's Council on Australia–Latin America Relations. She is also the author of the Bush Prof blog on rural regional development and six books for children. Prof. Robyn Eversole studies regional development in Australia, Latin America, and the Asia–Pacific region. Her work explores policies and practices of development as they play out in real-world settings, as well as the roles that local communities and their institutions play in creating socio-economic change. She uses insights from anthropology and other disciplines to address practical issues and understand how to create sustainable development from the ground up.