Research:
Family financial planning; Financial behavior of youth and family communication about finances; Low-income consumers and poverty

Teaching:
Prior classes taught include: Intermediate family financial management, Family savings and investments; Family portfolio management; Family estate planning; Family financial planning, and Family financial analysis.

Education:

Selected Publications/Presentations:

Koonce, J., Mimura, Y., Mauldin, T., Rupured, M., & Jordan, J.  (2008).  Financial information:  Is it related to savings and investing knowledge and financial behavior of tteenagers?  Financial Counseling and Planning, (19)2, 19-28.

Linnenbrink, M., Koonce, J., Mauldin, T., Rupured, M., & Schlanger, K. (2008).  The Earned Income Tax Credit: Experiences from and implications of the Voluntary Income Tax Assistance Program in Georgia.  Journal of Extension, (46)1, available at www.joe.org.

Mauldin, T., Mimura, Y., Kabaci, M.J., Koonce, J., & Rupured, M.  (2008).  Communication among parents and youth about savings and investments:  Impact of parents’ marital status. Consumer Interests Annual, 54, 171, available at http://www.consumerinterests.org/files/public/57.MauldinRupuredMimuraKoonceKabaci .pdf.

Rupured, M., Koonce, J., & Turner, P. (2008).  The credit pyramid.  Proceedings  of the Eastern Family Economics and Resource Management Association Conference, 33, 27.

Linnenbrink, M., Rupured, M., Mauldin, T., & Moss, J. Koonce.  (2006).  The earned  income tax credit:  Experiences from and implications of the voluntary income tax assistance program in Georgia.  Proceedings of the Eastern Family Economics and Resource Management Association.