Research: Health insurance and health expenditures, savings behavior, financial literacy, cumulative disadvantaged groups

Outreach: Peer financial counseling (Griffin)

Interests: Financial services, e-platforms, and mobile banking the unbanked in developing countries; Financial literacy and consumer economics in developing countries

Address: 129 Stuckey Conference Center, 1109 Experiement Street, Griffin, GA, 30223
E-Mail: sanong@uga.edu
Phone: 770-229-3322

Research: Demographics, statistics, substance use, and program evaluation

Outreach: Providing local agencies, organizations, businesses, and the faith community with demographic data

Teaching: Family Demographics and Policy, Demographics of Special Populations

Address: 102 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4894
Fax: 706-542-4932

Research: Health and Health Care Decision Making, Obesity, Demand for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Health and Wealth dynamics

Teaching: Research Methods, Consumer Decision Making

Address: 104 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: vibha@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4851

Research: Residential Property Management, Homeownership, Mortgage Options, Mortgage Fraud

Teaching: Advanced Housing Theories, Housing in Contemporary Society, Housing Policy

Address: 203 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: carswell@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4867
Fax: 706-583-0313

Research: Identifying factors affecting personal financial decision making of households across the different stages of life cycle and studying personal financial decisions of immigrants as they integrate into their host society

Teaching: Survey of Financial Planning, Family savings and Investments, Family Portfolio Management, Research Methods II

Address: 106 Housing Research Center (House B), 407 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: swarn@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4722
Fax: 706-583-0313

Research: College students' financial literacy, online consumer behaviors, consumer information, consumer policy

Outreach: Director, UGA Center on Economic Education, funded consumer representative to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Peer Financial Counseling Program

Teaching: Consumer protection, consumer policy, online consumer behavior at the graduate level; Money skills for non-majors

Address: 201 Housing Research Center (House B), 407 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: bcude@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4857
Fax: 706-583-0313

Address: 111 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: idey@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4950

Research: Client Communication, Risk Tolerance, Financial Behavior Change, Financial Planning Education

Teaching: Survey of Family Financial Planning, Financial Counseling, Family Financial Planning Capstone

Address: 204 Housing and Demographics Research Center (House B), 407 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: goetz@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-2066
Fax: 706-583-0313

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

Outreach: Insurance and Risk Management; Savings and Investing; Retirement; Estate Planning; Taxes

Address: 228 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jkoonce@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4865
Fax: 706-542-1799

Research: Savings Behavior; Earned Income Tax Credit; Poverty dynamics; economic consequences of divorce and single-parenthood; financial hardship

Teaching: Family economics; consumer economics

Address: 203 B Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: tmauldin@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4854
Fax: 706-542-4397

Research: Personal Financial Management, Bankruptcy, Social Learning theory and Personal Financial Management, College students and Personal Financial Management, Low-income households, Single-parent households, Teenage-mother households

Teaching: Family Economic Environment, Introductory Consumer Economics, Consumer Decisions: Home and Market, Introduction to Personal Finance, Consumer Protection, Professional Seminar and Internship Orientation, Housing and Consumer Economics Internship

Address: 209 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dmoorman@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-5661
Fax: 706-542-4397

Research: History of home economics/family and consumer sciences

Outreach: Meeting families' basic human needs

Teaching: Family Resource Management

Interests: African Studies, International Development

Address: 203 Housing Research Center (House B), 407 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: snickols@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4849
Fax: 706-583-0313

Research: Financial Literacy, Financial Behavior

Address: 105 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: gianni@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-9013

Research: The economic well-being of families; economic hardship, material hardship, and poverty; and the methods researchers use to estimate these constructs.

Teaching: Consumer Decision Making; Consumer Protection; Research Methods

Address: 205 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: rnielsen@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-8885
Fax: 706-583-0313

Research: Expanding financial education and planning services to underserved populations through student provided education and planning services. Improving financial education through evaluation and joint deliver with other services.

Teaching: Family Retirement Planning & Employee Benefits, Family Income Tax Planning, Survey of Financial Planning Computer Lab, Survey of Financial Planning

Address: 204 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: lpalmer@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4916
Fax: 706-542-4397

Research: Resident Satisfaction Employee Engagement, Leadership, Resident Satisfcation in Residential Property Management

Teaching: Residential Property Management

Interests: Student Engagement, Career Planning and Leadership Development

Address: , 245 Country Club Drive, Building 200, Suite E, Stockbridge, GA, 30281
E-Mail: debbie@thequadrillion.com
Phone: 404-787-4409
Fax: 706-542-4397

Research: Workforce housing, barriers to developing affordable housing, community and economic development, manufactured housing

Outreach: Housing technical assistance program coordination for community-based planning teams, Employment-based housing demand analysis. Georgia Initiative for Community Housing, HDRC Director of Research, Chairman of the Housing Team for Partners for a Prosperous Athens.

Address: 262 Dawson Hall, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: rodgers@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4161
Fax: 706-542-4397

Research: Impact of financial literacy and fraud prevention educational programs on consumer behaviors

Outreach: Financial literacy for youth and low-income audiences, particularly the working poor; consumer fraud prevention; workforce preparedness

Address: 218 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mrupured@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0054
Fax: 706-542-1799

Research: Residential mobility patterns of low-income families, rental assistance programs

Teaching: Housing in Contemporary Society

Address: 104 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: kskobba@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4951

Research: Housing for the elderly; affordable housing; manufactured housing; household technology; and public policy

Teaching: Housing policy, Household technology, Internship orientation, Housing for the elderly

Address: 215 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: asweaney@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4877
Fax: 706-542-4397

Research: Workforce housing, barriers to developing affordable housing, community and economic development, manufactured housing

Outreach: Housing technical assistance program coordination for community-based planning teams, Employment-based housing demand analysis

Job Description: Georgia Initiative for Community Housing program coordinator, HDRC Associate Director of Research and Board of Advisors liaison, Grants coordinator and researcher

Address: 202 Housing and Demographics Research Center (House B), Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: klt@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4949
Fax: 706-583-0313

Research: Green and healthy homes; Lead poisoning and natural remedies; Weatherization

Outreach: Green Cleaning; Healthy Homes; Raducing Radon; Weatherization; Water Conservation; Rethinking Waste

Address: 224 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: prturner@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-9165
Fax: 706-542-1799

Research: Urban land use, the urban development process, property rights and land use regulation, housing and real estate brokerage markets, and issues in local government finance.

Teaching: Family Economic Behavior, Housing in Contemporary Society, Consumer Decisions, Consumers' Market Environment.

Address: 111 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: vherbert@uga.edu
Phone: 770-229-3322
Fax: 770-467-6092

Interests: My interests in Family Financial Planning are retirement planning and counseling.

Address: 326 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: kgirl07@uga.edu

Area of Focus: Financial planning

Address: 201 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: edwin@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4864
Fax: 706-542-4168

Interests: Green Building Technology

Advisory Committee: Andy Carswell, Anne Sweaney, Megan Lee

Address: 326 Hoke Smith Annex
E-Mail: colin517@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0564

Interests: Residential Property Management

Advisory Committee: Swarn Chatterjee, Velma Zahirovic-Herbert, Teresa Mauldin

Address: 262 (rm 1) Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dealrach@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4870

Interests: Financial Planning

Advisory Committee: Swarn Chatterjee, Lance Palmer, Joseph Goetz

Address: 375 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mdom29@uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0564

Interests: Financial Literacy and Financial Behaviors

Advisory Committee: Joseph Goetz, Brenda Cude, Swarn Chatterjee

Address: 262 (rm 1) Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: taragray@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4870

Address: 213 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: khollanduga@gmail.com
Phone: 706-248-0133

Address: 375 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: skutzman@uga.edu

Interests: Financial Planning Education

Advisory Committee: Joe Goetz, Robb Nielsen, Lance Palmer

Address: 109 Dawson Hall
E-Mail: r.alan.moore@gmail.com
Phone: 706-542-2935

Advisory Committee: Teresa Mauldin, Joan Koonce, David Okech

Address: 375 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: poutlaw@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4874

Interests: Student Housing

E-Mail: melissa.pou1@gmail.com

Interests: Affordable Housing

Advisory Committee: Andrew Carswell, Kim Skobba

Address: 262 (rm 4) Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: kqueen11@uga.edu

Area of Focus: Financial Planning

Advisory Committee: Swarn Chatterjee, Lance Palmer, Joe Goetz

Address: 201 Consumer Research Center, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: jwr7359@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4138
Fax: 706-425-2247

Area of Focus: My areas of focus are individual investing and rational.

Advisory Committee: Swarn Chatterjee, Joseph Goetz, Joan Koonce

Address: 107 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: smithjc0@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4138

Advisory Committee: Velma Zahirovic-Herbert, Andy Carswell, Anne Glass, Megan Lee

Address: 375 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: 21dostar@uga.edu

Interests: Housing that encourages and enables both community and independence in the elderly and people with disabilities. Intelligent design that promotes interdependence between all community members. GRADUATED Summer 2011. Congratulations! Thesis title: Housing Type and the Social Contact of Older Adults

Advisory Committee: Anne Sweaney, Robb Nielsen, Anne Glass

E-Mail: timera@uga.edu

Interests: Financial Planning, Financial Education, Poverty

Area of Focus: Financial Literacy, Consumer Economics, and Financial Planning

Advisory Committee: Sophia Anong, Teresa Mauldin, Swarn Chatterjee

Address: 375 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: towilli@uga.edu

Interests: Financial Planning: risk tolerance, financial literacy, investment suitability, plan design and delivery.

Advisory Committee: Joe Goetz, Brenda Cude, Lance Palmer, and Jerry Gale

Address: 262 (rm 4) Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: chrisw1@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4655

Address: 262 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: syoung89@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-0000

Interests: The impact of financial education on low-income and under-educated populations with respect to purchasing higher-order financial services products (i.e. mortgages, securities, insurance, etc.).

Advisory Committee: Andy Carswell, Joan Koonce, Lance Palmer, Joe Goetz

E-Mail: cwcphd@uga.edu

Interests: Women and wealth, financial institutions

Advisory Committee: Andy Carswell, Brenda Cude, and Swarn Chatterjee

E-Mail: ddanns@gsc.edu

Interests: Consumer Directed Health Plans (CDHP), Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Health Care Spending

Advisory Committee: Brenda Cude, Teresa Mauldin, Lance Palmer

E-Mail: anneduke@uga.edu

Address: 262 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dganguly@uga.edu
Phone: 706-248-6789

Interests: Consumer Economics, Financial Literacy; Family Budgeting and Finances; Personal Finance; Financial literacy and education across cultures

Advisory Committee: Brenda Cude, Sophia Anong, Swarn Chatterjee

Address: 109 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: rhgreene@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-2935

Interests: Consumer affair and marketing perfomance; decision making in family; physical and economic status of families who have diverse cultural background

Address: 101 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: icery960@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4936

Address: 102 Housing Research Center (House B), 407 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: whewitt@uga.edu
Phone: 706-424-1103

Interests: The education and transformation of communities into ones that build and retain wealth.

Advisory Committee: Lance Palmer, Joan Koonce, Joe Goetz, Brenda Cude

Address: 101 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: crhudson@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4936

Interests: Financial education programs and their effectiveness with youth; increasing awareness about financial education programs that target youth; and identifying financial education opportunities for work-based learning students.

Advisory Committee: Brenda Cude, Joan Koonce, Lance Palmer

Address: 109 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mjktex@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-2935

Interests: Homeownership, Community Development and Public Policy

Address: 262 (rm 4) Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mille022@uga.edu

Interests: Personal Finance, Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits, Personal Risk Tolerance and Investment Decisions, and Applied Behavioral Economics.

Advisory Committee: Robb Nielsen, Swarn Chatterjee, Lance Palmer

Address: 105 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: michalp@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4936

Address: 101 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: scottkw@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4936

Interests: To explore the concept of using reverse mortgages as a retirement planning tool.

Advisory Committee: Lance Palmer, Andy Carswell, Robb Nielsen

Address: 105 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mcseay@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-9013

Advisory Committee: Robb Nielsen, Teresa Mauldin, Ted Futris

Address: 201 Consumer Research Center (House C), 415 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: wilmarth@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4138

Job Description: Weatherization field monitor

Hobbies: Everything outdoors; Yosuff my dog; pickin' on the banger

Address: 329 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: matthewa@uga.edu
Phone: 706-612-6495

Address: 213 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: borgesi@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4856
Fax: 706-542-4397

Address: Stuckey Building, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA, 30223
E-Mail: bebyrd@uga.edu
Phone: 770-229-3322
Fax: 770-467-6092

Job Description: Accountant, Monitor and administer departmental, state and grant accounts.

Hobbies: Farming, gardening, camping, cooking

Address: 108 Housing Research Center (House B), 407 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: tracy@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-583-0560
Fax: 706-583-0313

Job Description: Help undergraduates to understand their degree requirements and to plan their course of study while making them aware of the different options and opportunities available.

Hobbies: Reading and gardening.

Address: 110A Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: dcostyn@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-8854
Fax: 706-542-4397

Address: 229 Hoke Smith Annex, 300 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: mmcbride@uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-8860
Fax: 706-542-1799

Job Description: Staff

Address: 213 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Dr, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: tietz3@uga.edu
Phone: 630-306-3141

Job Description: Provide administrative support for the undergraduate program, faculty and internship program.

Hobbies: Church activities, reading, and junkin' at yard sales

Address: 205 Dawson Hall, 305 Sanford Drive, Athens, GA 30602
E-Mail: ltoney@fcs.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-4655
Fax: 706-542-4397