ACCI Selects New Executive Director
We are pleased to announce that Ginger Phillips, EDD, CMM from Arden Solutions, will be joining ACCI as its new Executive Director and Administrator. It is with thanks that we say goodbye to Sharon Burns from Boiler Development, who has served us in this role for the past three years.
Ginger comes to us with a background in continuing professional education and strategic meetings management within university and association settings. Earning her Bachelor’s degree in Home Economics Education at Mansfield State University in Pennsylvania, she continued with a Master’s degree from Penn State, and a Doctorate in Education Program Planning with an emphasis in Adult Education from the University of South Florida. In addition, she holds a Certificate in Meetings Management from Meeting Professionals International.
She has worked with faculty in research-to-practice accredited, continuing professional education and with a number of not-for-profit associations as executive director, director of continuing education, and contract meeting planner. She has directed over 500 conferences in partnership with planning teams and committees.
Ginger says, “I am excited about the forward-looking approach voiced by the ACCI leadership, and though change is challenging, it will be my pleasure to work with leadership, committees and individual Members in centering ACCI as a tremendous resource to consumers – and the research and researchers that bring important information to them. I look forward to meeting everyone. Please let me know how I may help you.”
The transition from Boiler Development to Arden Solutions will be a process that will take place over the next two months.
2012 Conference Program Available!
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Latest News
JCA Now Using ScholarOne to Manage Manuscripts
Sharon Tennyson, the new editor of the Journal of Consumer Affairs, announced today that she and her editorial team will use the ScholarOne manuscript management software, beginning immediately. Tennyson, of Cornell University was named the new editor of the Journal of Consumer Affairs in April and assumed her duties June1, 2011, beginning work on the 2012 issues of JCA.
The ScholarOne system allows for the efficient submission, review, tracking and reporting of all manuscripts. Authors will be able to monitor their paper as it flows through the review process. Communication between the editors and her reviewers and authors will be direct. ScholarOne is a proven system and is evidence of how highly the journal is regarded and the importance of JCA to the future of ACCI.
You may submit articles for review for the 2012 issues of the Journal of Consumer Affairs by following the submission process and guidelines found here.
2012 Conference Location Announced
The ACCI Board of Directors has selected the Marriott Hotel in downtown Memphis as its conference facility for the 2012 ACCI Annual Conference. Jinhee Kim, of the University of Maryland, will serve as Chairperson of the Conference Committee.
Research News: Data, Calls, Grants
Eastern Family Economics & Resource Management Association Conference
The deadline for paper, poster, and educational program submissions for the Eastern Family Economics & Resource Management Association Conference (February 29 through March 2, 2012 in Charlotte, NC) is September 26. Submission guidelines and information about the new student scholarship program are available from the EFERMA web page (http://www.eferma.org). To date we've only had a few people volunteer to review submissions--contact Yoko Mimura (ymimura@fcs.uga.edu) to sign up.
NBER WORKING GROUP ON HOUSEHOLD FINANCE
Call for Papers: NBER WORKING GROUP ON HOUSEHOLD FINANCE
Brigitte Madrian, Nick Souleles, and Peter Tufano, Organizers
December 16, 2011
The NBER working group on Household Finance is organizing a one-day meeting
on Friday, December 16th, in Cambridge MA. The purpose of this working group is to provide a single, regular forum that
brings together the various researchers of household finance topics, in
order to advance our understanding of them.
The working group is interested in a wide variety of research approaches,
including empirical studies of existing or new datasets, laboratory or field
experiments, theoretical modeling, clinical research, etc. If you are interested in presenting a paper, please upload a pdf file using
the following website, no later than October 3rd, 2011. (We prefer completed
drafts, but abstracts will also be considered.):
http://www.nber.org/**confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=**HFf11
Journal of Personal Finance
The Journal of Personal Finance is seeking high quality manuscripts in topics
related to household financial decision making. JFP encourages submission of
both normative and empirical research.
see Call for Papers
The Journal of Consumer Education
The Illinois Consumer Education Association (ICEA), the first state consumer education association nationwide, was organized in 1973 to expand consumer education and foster professional growth in the teaching of c sumer education at all levels. The Journal of Consumer Education (JCE) is an official publication of ICEA. JCE is a refereed academic journal that publishes original applied research papers as well as conceptual and theoretical essays and position papers related to consumer and financial education. 2011 Submission Deadline Friday, February 25, 2011.
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BLS Releases CE Data Early
Historically Early Release of 2009 Tables and Microdata from the Consumer Expenditure Survey Program Includes Special Information on 2009 One-Time Economic Recovery Payments to Social Security Beneficiaries and Others
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NBER Household Finance Working Group Call for Research Proposals 2010
The NBER working group seeks to promote
new research in the field, especially by young researchers. To this end,
through a generous grant from the Sloan Foundation, we can make three
research grants of $10,000 each to help cover non-salary costs (e.g.,
travel, data, research assistants) directly supporting a household finance
project. Applications are especially welcome from untenured faculty members
and doctoral students.
for the complete call
The Ninth Biennial Conference of ACFEA
The Ninth Biennial Conference of Asian Consumer & Family Economics Association Conference will be held in Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea on July 6 through 8, 2011. The central topic of the conference is to improve the well-being of consumers and families. Professionals in economics, consumer/family economics, marketing, psychology, sociology, education and other related fields are welcome to submit papers, posters, and panel
session proposals addressing theoretical, empirical, pedagogical, and policy issues.
Now in its 9th biennium, the conference will bring together an Asian/international roster of academics, marketing practitioners, government officials, and consumer advocates to discuss current consumer issues and research. The Chair of the Organizing Committee is Dr. Jungsung Yeo (yeo@snu.ac.kr), Professor of Consumer Science at Seoul National University. More detailed information about programs and registration will be available in September.
In addition, authors of papers that are outstanding in quality will be invited to submit their work to a special issue of the Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Papers published in this special issue will be selected on the basis of a blind peer review that is separate and apart from the review process for the conference.
for the complete call.
Graduate Student Happenings
Student Preconference Materials
The University of Georgia hosted the Young Scholars preconference before the 2010 Annual Conference in Atlanta. Materials are available here.
Elsewhere in Consumerism
CFAnewsUpdate
The Consumer Federation of America releases its February 23, 2011 newsletter.
see newsletter
Consumers Union News
Member Happenings
Board Members Elected During April Meeting
At its Members' Meeting last Friday in Washington, DC, outgoing President announced the results of the annual elections. Debby Haynes of Montana State University will serve as President-Elect. Irene Leech of Virginia Tech University and Sandra Huston of Texas Tech University were elected to three-year terms on the Board of Directors. Sonya Britt of Kansas State University and Brenda Cude of the University of Georgia will serve two-year terms on the Nominations and Election Committee. Board members continuing their service include Teresa Mauldin as President, Michael Finke as Past-President, and Cynthia Jasper as Secretary/Treasurer. John Burton, Elizabeth Dolan, Margaret Fitzgerald, Hyungsoo Kim, and Jinhee Kim will continue their service as members of the Board of Directors.
External Relations Committee Releases First Issue Paper - Join the Conversation
The External Relations Committee is releasing, today, the first of its Consumer Policy Agenda series, a periodic "heads-up" from leading consumer policy advocates and practitioners about breaking consumer policy research needs and issues. In this kickoff piece, Ed Mierzwinski of U.S. PIRG (and our most recent Colston Warne lecturer) suggests a diverse agenda that is sure to resonate with many ACCI members. Have a question or comment for Ed? Want to start a dialog with advocates and fellow researchers? Doing work or know of relevant research-in progress? Let's use this page to start a lively and informative discussion of policy research in the consumer interest.
"At least every ten years or so, it is apparently worth a shout-out to academics that
Washington needs their help to make good public policy. In my own Colston Warne
lecture in April, 2010, I repeated the same clarion call. Quite frankly, here in
Washington, an information shortage has never been a problem. The problem, instead,
has been a shortage of good, academically-buttressed, independent information.
Washington is awash in self-serving �issue briefs� or �white papers� or �blueprints� from
corporate associations and from what some call �coin-operated� think tanks, since the
bulk of their funding comes from companies looking for an additional voice to help them
make their business case. Lobbyists peddle these papers as if they contain actual facts and
empirical data, instead of as what they really are: longer versions of lobbyist talking
points with slick color covers."
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Board Meeting Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The ACCI Board of Directors will hold its May meeting on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time. All members are welcome to attend. The Board hears from members during the first ten minutes of its meeting. Call in number: 1-877-346-9704; passcode: 8214701985.
Publications
Consumer Interests Annual 2010
The proceedings of the 56th Annual Conference, held April 14-16, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia have been released. Click below for the full proceedings.