Dr. Dolar received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2010. Dr. Dolar has a very rich international experience. She was born in Slovenia (at that time still under Yugoslavia), obtained her international baccalaureate (IB diploma) in Italy at the United World College of the Adriatic, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Dr. Dolar also worked at the Bank of Canada and taught at numerous universities and colleges including Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, and St. Olaf College in Minnesota.

Her current research interests include health economics focusing on eating decision, nutrition and obesity, as well as economic education and economics of education.

Dr. Dolar joined the department of Politics, Economics and Law at SUNY Old Westbury in the fall of 2017 where she is teaching Introductory Micro- and Macro-economics, and Health Economics.