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ASSOCIATION NEWS
Request for Proposals
The American Council on Consumer Interests is seeking proposals for administrative and management services.
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First Scholar-Activist Connect Winners Named
ACCI and Consumers Union are pleased to announce the winners of the first Scholar-Activist Connect program.
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Renew or Join for 2009!
Membership is open for 2009. Renew now to ensure continued member benefits!
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Call for Nominations
Please nominate yourself or your colleagues for service on the ACCI Board!
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Call for Awards Nominations
ACCI is soliciting for nomination for 2009 awards.
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Call for Papers
Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University is pleased to invite research papers for its conference:
"Improving Financial Literacy and Reshaping Financial Behavior"
May 14-15, 2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana
Conference papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Consumer Affairs (JCA) to be published in Spring/Summer 2010. Editors for the special issue are Professors Brenda Cude, Angela Lyons and John A. Tatom.
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Rotfeld to Continue as JCA Editor
The search committee for the editor of The Journal of Consumer Affairs requested the reappointment of Professor Herbert Jack Rotfeld to an additional two-year term as editor through 2011. In his two previous terms as editor, Dr. Rotfeld has served the journal well. Not only has his superb editorial expertise maintained excellence for the journal, he has also broadened the readership base through his promotional activities with other organizations. In addition, he has been timely in publishing the journal and responding to those who submit manuscripts, which is no trivial matter. Herb is a professor of marketing at Auburn University where he teaches advertising and consumer behavior courses plus a graduate course on the social legal ethical environment of business. He is widely published in journal articles dealing with consumer issues. In addition to his editorship of JCA, he holds various editorial positions, including as a guest editor for a special issue of Journal of Advertising, serving on editorial boards for several other journals and working as the Treasurer of the American Academy of Advertising. We are very pleased that Herb is willing to continue in this capacity, as it represents a major sacrifice of his time and energy. The JCA search committee consists of: Jessie Fan, Thesia Garner, Craig Gunderson, George Haynes, Frances Lawrence, Catherine Montalto, Robert Weagley, and John Burton, Chair.
ACCI has made a special arrangement with one of our sister organizations, Consumers Union (CU), to post a link to CU’s current job listings. In addition to full-time positions at CU's main office and regional advocacy offices, CU has posted internship and fellowship opportunities.
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2009 AAEA & ACCI Joint
Annual Meeting News
The 2009 AAEA & ACCI Joint Annual Meeting will be held July 26-28 in at the Midwest Airlines Center and the Hyatt Regency in Milwaukee, WI. The meeting will be held jointly with the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association. Make plans now to submit your paper, poster or special session, and join us at the meeting.
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Call for Submissions
ACCI promotes the consumer interest by encouraging, producing and communicating policy-relevant research. If you have papers, posters, or special session ideas addressing important economic and financial issues faced by consumers and families, please consider submitting them to the Joint Annual Meeting. We encourage submissions of researchers and educators from diverse fields such as consumer economics, personal finance, economics, psychology, sociology, business administration, education, human development, family studies, and related fields. ACCI will accept either full papers or an extended abstract. The deadline for submissions for competitive presentations and special sessions is January 15, 2009.
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Joint Track Proposals Due
December 5, 2008
ACCI encourages you to consider creating a joint session with an AAEA section. Each year, AAEA Sections are invited to propose an issue or interest track, consisting of 3-6 related sessions of interest to the members of that Section. These sessions are scheduled throughout the Joint Annual Meeting. ACCI members may want to consider partnering with one of the AAEA Sections to submit one or more session proposals focusing on research, educational programs, or policy analysis. Please contact ACCI Executive Director Terri Haffner at thaffner@consumerinterests.org if you are interested in pursuing a collaboration.
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