Dr. Pope took a position in the marketing department at Grand Valley State University in Michigan in fall 2003. She primarily teaches international marketing, sales and negotiation classes and has consulted with multiple companies and NGOs. She regularly teaches marketing classes at a Duale Hochschule in Bad Mergentheim, Germany and has taught in France, Mexico, Taiwan and Slovenia. Currently, Dr. Pope is working as a US Fulbright Scholar at IEDC-The Bled School of Management in Slovenia. She has travelled to over 30 countries and has lived in four countries outside the US. Dr. Pope received her MBA and PhD in International Business and Marketing from the University of Texas-Pan American.