Dr. Costea joined Saint Joseph's in 2014. She is an Associate Professor in the Health Sciences - Baccalaureate and Graduate Department and teaches undergraduate-level courses in Survey of Economics, American Healthcare System, and Economics of Health Care, and a graduate-level course in Quantitative Business Analysis. Beginning with August 2021, Dr. Costea is the Program Director for the Bachelor's in Healthcare Administration program, where she teaches the Intro to Internship, Internship, and Capstone courses.
Prior to joining Saint Joseph's, Dr. Costea was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Indiana University South Bend where she taught courses in Introduction to Microeconomics, Public Finance, Health Economics, and Managerial Price Theory.