Iowa State University

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Editorial

1999–Present • Practical Estate Planning

1996–1998 • Journal of Financial Planning, Member of Editorial Advisory Board

1995–1997 • Women’s Market Share

1995–1998 • Advancing Consumer Interest

1990–1995 • Financial Counseling Planning Journal

1989–1995 • Family Perspective

1987–1992 • Journal of Financial Planning

1987–1993 • Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Reviewer

2001–Present • International Journal of Consumer Studies

1998–Present • Financial Counseling and Planning Journal

1998–2001• Advancing Consumer Interest

1991–2003 • Journal of Consumer Affairs

1996–2005 • Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences

1993–2002 • Journal of Family and Economic Issues

1995 • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division - Collaborative Research Grant

1995 • Thematic issue focused on Asian households for the Journal of Family and Economic Issues

1992–1993 • Rural Sociology

1987–1990 • Home Economics Research Journal

1985 • Social sciences and humanities grant proposals, Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

1984–1993 • American Home Economics Journal

1984–1989 • Family Perspectives

Consulting

1998–2002 • Zayad Women’s University, United Arab Emeritus. Development of family economics curriculum for Family and Consumer Sciences College. Dubai, UAE.

1998 • Citicorp: Credit Card Services. Understanding and communicating with the overextended card member to prevent delinquencies and bankruptcies. Kansas City, Missouri.

1997 • College of Human Ecology, University of Putra Malaysia. Development of research and teaching program in family financial planning (summer). K. L.  Malaysia.

1997 • Citibank Recovery Unit. A move from debt collector to financial advisor. Kansas City, Kansas.

1996 • Citibank Credit Department. Understanding predictors of consumer delinquencies and consumer bankruptcies. New York, New York.

1996 • Department of Resource Management and Consumer Studies. Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. Development of undergraduate financial management curriculum. K. L. Malaysia.

1995 • Japan Consumer Finance Association. Development of financial counseling centers and training of financial counselors. Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.

1989 • Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada, Bankruptcy Branch. Development of proposal for major policy change in bankruptcy procedures. Toronto, Ottawa, Canada.

1989 • University of Minnesota, Department of Family Services. Evaluation of curriculum to develop a focus on financial counseling. St. Paul, Minnesota.

1983–1986 • Aid Association for Lutherans. Developing research directions and educational material in personal finance. Appleton, Wisconsin.

Reviewer for Research Papers at Regional and National Conferences

1984 - Present • American Council on Consumer Interest annual conference (juried papers)

1995, 1999 •  Eastern Family Economics and Resource Management Association’s annual conference (juried paper)

1993 • Massachusetts Avenue Building Assets Fund grant proposals for American Home Economics Association

1987, 1986, 1983 • Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education’s annual conference (juried paper)

1989, 1990 • Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education’s annual conference (student paper awards)

1985, 1986, 1989 •  Home Economics Association’s annual conference (research abstracts, student award papers, and research excellence awards for Iowa)

1989, 1986, 1985 • Family Economics and Home Management research sections at the annual conference of American Home Economics Association (juried papers)

1985 • Family Economics and Home Management sections pre-conference at American Home Economics Association’s annual conference (juried papers)

Participation in Program Review

2005 • Member of the review panel for the comprehensive review of the Department of applied Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (scheduled for March).

2001 • Member of the review committee for the comprehensive review of the Home Economics Department, Institute of Food and Agriculture Services, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

1992 • Member of the review committee for the comprehensive review of the Department of Family Resource Management at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

1991 • Member of the review committee for the comprehensive review of the Home Economics Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

1991 • Coordinator, CSRS-USDA program review team, Department of Home Economics, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

1991 • Coordinator, CSRS-USDA program review team, College of Home Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska.

1990 • Member of CSRS-USDA review team, College of Home Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

Citations in Regional/National/International Media

Selected List Only

• Business Monthly
• CBS Up To The Minute Show
• Cedar Rapid Gazette
• CFP Today
• Chicago Tribune
• Christian Science Monitor
• CNN News
• Des Moines Register
• Hattiesburg American
• Lincoln Journal Star
• Modern Maturity
• Money Magazine
• MSN.com
• National Public Radio
• NBC Today Show
• New York Times
• Nippon Deizai Shinbun
• Omaha Herald
• Parenting
• The Otago Daily Tribune
• The Tennessean
• Wall Street Journal
• Washington Post
• Women’s Market Share-National Newsletter
• Your Money
• Bankrate.com

 

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