Swarnankur Chatterjee
Department Head and Bluerock Professor of Financial Planning
Areas of expertise
About
Research:My research focuses on three primary areas: Performance evaluation across different stages of the financial planning process; Examination of the association between financial well-being, welfare dependency, and health among under-served populations; and Identification of factors that improve financial decision making among transitioning young adults and the elderly households. My scholarly interests and expertise are in the areas of Measuring the value of financial advice across the different stages of the financial planning process; examining factors that are associated with greater financial resiliency among households recovering from an adverse financial event; and determining the association between household financial decision making and their food insecurity as well as food purchase behavior.Key words: Food Insecurity, SNAP, Behavioral Financial Planning, Financial Planning Performance Measurement
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Consumer Economics
Texas Tech University, TX, United States (2007)
Doctor of Philosophy, Environmental Design/Architecture
Texas Tech University, TX, United States (2007)
Master of Business Admin, Finance, General
Texas Tech University, TX, United States (2003)
Awards and Honors
- FACS Early Career Research Award Nominee (2015)
- ACCI Mid-Career Fellow (2015)
- Best Published Paper in Personal Finance and Consumer Economics (2013)
- HACE Undergraduate Academic Advisor of the Year 2013 (2013)
- Best Journal Article (2013)
- Best Published Paper Award in Personal Finance & Consumer Economics (2012)
- Outstanding Research Paper Award (2012)
- HACE Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advisor Award Nomination (2012)
- HACE Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advisor Award Nomination (2012)
- HACE Teacher of the Year 2010 (2011)
Scholarly Works
- Factors associated with financial independence of young adults, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSUMER STUDIES, (2014).
- Household Finance and Food Insecurity, JOURNAL OF FAMILY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES, (2014).
- Financial literacy: A comparative study across four countries, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSUMER STUDIES, (2013).
- Financial Socialization, Financial Education, and Student Loan Debt, JOURNAL OF FAMILY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES, (2019).
- Historic Preservation and Residential Property Values: Evidence from Quantile Regression, URBAN STUDIES, (2012).
Contact
Mailing Address
106 Housing Rsch Center (House B)
Athens, GA 30602
Shipping Address
407 Sanford Dr.
Athens, GA 30602
