UGA FCS | Housing and Consumer Economics

Fall 2011

Seminars
All seminars will be on Tuesdays, 3:40 to 4:40 in room 312 Dawson Hall (South Campus).

When	Topic	Presenter
August 30	The Effect of Wealth Impacting Events on the Retirement Preparedness of U.S. Households	Michal Polanowski
September 6	Academic Job Search in Housing and Consumer Economics	Job Search Panel
September 20	Private Rental Property Ownership across the 2000s	Martin Seay
October 4	Present with Confidence and Style: Effective Professional Presentations	Robin Henager-Greene
October 18	Achieving Normative Housing: The Experiences of Los-income Families using Tenant-based Housing Assistance	Kim Skobba
November 1	TBA	Lance Palmer
November 15	TBA	Vibha Bhargava
November 29	TBA	M.J. Kabaci

All seminars are open to the public. For more information please contact Robin Greene at rhgreene@uga.edu or 706.542.9013.

Spring 2011

Seminars
All seminars will be on Mondays, 3:35 to 4:25 in Dawson Hall (South Campus).

When	Topic	Location	Presenter
January 24	International Retiree Migrants' Impact on the Alicante, Span Housing Market	Dawson Hall, Room 310	Dr. Karen Gilber, Georgia State University
February 7	Time Orientation and Saving Horizon	Dawson Hall, Room 312	Dr. Sophia Anong, Assistant Professor, Department of Housing and Consumer Econoimcs, Griffin Campus
March 21	Increase Research Opportunities by Accessing Internal Files of the Census Bureau Seminar Slides	Dawson Hall, Room 312	Dr. Warren Brown, Applied Demography Program Director, Governmental Services and Research, Carl Vinson Institute of Government
April 4	Housing Type and the Social Contact of Older Adults Thesis Abstract	Dawson Hall, Room 312	Timera Temple, M.S. student, Housing and Consumer Economics
April 18	Case Analysis Studies and Comprehensive Financial Planning	Dawson Hall, Room 312	John Allen and James Stephen Gunter, M.S. Students, Housing and Consumer Economics
April 25	Proposed Research on Motivating Health Savings Account (HSA) Funding	Dawson Hall, Room 312	Anne Duke, Ph.D. Candidate, Housing and Consumer Economics

All seminars are open to the public.

Fall 2010

Seminars
All seminars will be on Wednesdays, 10:10 - 11:00, Dawson Hall, room 208 (South Campus).

When	Topic	Presenter
August 25	In Search of Value: Do Subdivision Names Influence House Prices and Marketing Duration?	Dr. Velma Zahirovic-Herbert, Assistant Professor, Housing and Consumer Economics
September 8	Home Economics and the Admission of Women to the University: A Comparison of the South and the Midwest	Dr. Sharon Nickols, Janette McGarity Barber Distinguished Professor
September 22	Senior Housing Options in Finland	Tanja Tyvimaa, Researcher, Department of Construction Management and Economics, Tampere University of Technology and Dr. Karen Gibler, Associate Professor of Real Estate, Georgia State University
October 6	Keeping Up, or Keeping Afloat? How and Why American Households Overspend Abstract	Jeff Lundy, Sociology graduate student, University of California, San Diego
November 1	Changes in Consumer Behavior in China, 2010 Brief Summary	Dr. Alice E. Simon, James Heisler Professor of Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University, Co-Director: Woltemade Center for Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship
November 10	The Employment Status of Mothers with Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Study Abstract	Melissa Casey, M.S. student, Housing and Consumer Economics
November 19	Taxes, Youth Smoking, and the Social Market for Cigarettes Abstract	Joseph Sabia, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy, West Point
December 1	Comprehensive Financial Planning: Understanding Your Financial Situation	Graham Brown and David Ward

All seminars are open to the public.

Spring 2010

Seminars
All seminars will be on Thursdays, 8:30 - 9:20, Dawson Hall, room 310 (South Campus).

When	Topic	Presenter
February 11	Computer Services Update FY10	Beth Woods
February 25	Understanding Financial Behaviors of Low-Income Employees	Crystal Hudson
March 25	On Buyers' Knowledge and Price in Internet Auctions	Dr. Genti Kostandini
April 1	Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010	Drs. Lance Palmer and Swarn Chatterjee
April 8	The Master's Non-Thesis Degree Program: An explanation of my portfolio and reflection on the most gratifying (and challenging) 2 years of my life	Meg Shepard
April 29	HACE doctoral student research	Martin Seay

All seminars are open to the public.

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.

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