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Fall 2009

Bi-weekly Seminars
All but one of the seminars will be on Thursdays, 12:30-1:30, Dawson Hall, Room 202 (South Campus). Dr. Yunhee Chang will have her seminar held on Friday 1:25-2:15, Dawson Hall, Room 312.
When Day Topic Presenter
September 2 Thurs EndNote for Beginners and Re-beginners Monica Perier
September 17 Thurs Getting to Know Professional Associations Swarn Chatterjee and Michael Rupured
October 1 Thurs The Impact of Adult Education on Workplace Financial Education: Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts M.J. Kabaci
October 16 Fri Gender Differences in Wealth at Retirement Yunhee Chang
December 3 Thurs Obesity in the Classroom: Raising Faculty Awareness of Students' Biases toward their Overweight Classmates Diann Moorman

All seminars are open to the public. For more information please contact Dr. Yoko Mimura at ymimura@fcs.uga.edu or 706.542.4758.

Washington, DC Study Tour: Summer 2009

Consumer and Housing Policy in Action: Exploring Policies and Programs in Washington, DC 
Decisions made in Washington, DC affect our lives in Athens, Georgia everyday. The purpose of this program is to provide an in-depth study of consumer and housing programs and policies at the Federal level. The emphasis will be on current issues. Students will meet and interact with a variety of private and governmental officials in Washington, DC.


Spring 2009

Bi-weekly Seminars
All seminars will be on Wednesdays, 11:15-12:05, Dawson Hall, Room 312 (South Campus).  

When Topic Presenter
January 21 Consumer Advocacy and Academia -- A Good Mix or Asking for Trouble? Dr. Brenda Cude
February 4 Regional Director of Southeastern States Jump$tart Coalition of Georgia, on Jump Start Bill Cheeks
February 18 Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Dataset for your research projects Dr. Russell James
March 18 Changing Demographics in Georgia Dr. Doug Bachtel
April 1 Non-thesis master’s student projects Paul Annis, Josh Waters, Lauren Shockley, and DeShunnon Thomas
April 8 Georgia Initiative for Community Housing:  Revitalizing Neighborhoods - Identifying Problems and Fashioning Solutions Dr. Karen Tinsley
April 15 A Woman's Place: Mary Creswell Home Economics and the University of Georgia 1902-1949 Gina Peek and Dr. Sharon Nickols
April 29 The Relationship Between Mortgage Debt and Health among Older Adults Leslie Green

All seminars are open to the public. For more information please contact Dr. Yoko Mimura at ymimura@fcs.uga.edu or 706.542.4758.

 

March 6, 2008

Dr. Emanuel Fiadzo, first HACE Ph.D. graduate, will deliver the annual Darl Snyder lecture, sponsored by the African Studies Institute.
Emmanuel Fiadzo is a 1998 graduate of the University of Georgia (Ph.D in Housing and Consumer Economics). His dissertation looked at how to estimate determinants of housing quality using standardized core welfare indicators, with a focus on the Ghanaian housing market. He was 2004-5 senior research fellow at the Joint Center of Housing Studies at Harvard.

Washington, DC Study Tour: Summer 2008

Consumer and Housing Policy in Action: Exploring Policies and Programs in Washington, DC 
Decisions made in Washington, DC affect our lives in Athens, Georgia everyday. The purpose of this program is to provide an in-depth study of consumer and housing programs and policies at the Federal level. The emphasis will be on current issues. Students will meet and interact with a variety of private and governmental officials in Washington, DC.

CFP® Review Course

CFP® Review Course will be offered for the July, 2008 exam.  Contact Dr. Lance Plamer at 706.542.4916 or lpalmer@fcs.uga.edu for more information.

Spring 2008

Bi-weekly Seminars
All seminars will be on Thursdays from 3:30-4:30, in room 202 Dawson Hall (South Campus).  Room 202 is the undergraduate computer lab. 

When Topic Presenter
January 17 Wealth Creation: Does Self-Esteem Matter? Dr. Swarn Chatterjee
February 7 Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: Inspecting the Mechanism Dr. Angela Fertig
February 21 An Analysis of the Meat Demand of the U.S. Hispanic Population Francisco Diaz
March 6 Clear Thinking, Sound Judgement, and Established Leadership: Helen W. Atwater Melissa Wilmarth
March 20 Residential satisfaction of military personnel living in privatized and non-privatized housing Katie Robinson
April 3 Illicit drug use and employment Ania Dudziak
April 10 The Persistence of Spatial Mismatch: The Determinants of Moving Decision among Low-Income Households Dr. Bulent Anil
April 17 or 24 The Role of Smokeless Tobacco in Smoking Cessation--Note time change 4:30-5:30 pm Jason Miller

All seminars are open to the public. For more information please contact Dr. Yoko Mimura at ymimura@fcs.uga.edu or 706.542.4758.

University of Georgia does not certify individuals to use the CFP®, Certified Financial Planner™ and  marks.  CFP® certification is granted solely by Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. to individuals who, in addition to completing an educational requirement such as this CFP Board-Registered Program, have met ethics, experience and examination requirements.
 
 

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