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

2004, 1986, 1985, 1984    •    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

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