SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: NCCC_OLD52 : Family Economics
- Period Covered: 10/01/2009 to 09/01/2010
- Date of Report: 10/22/2010
- Annual Meeting Dates: 10/21/2010 to 10/22/2010
Participants
Kristy Archuleta, Kansas State University Liz Gorham, South Dakota State University Clinton Gudmunson, Iowa State University Cathey Huddleston-Casas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cynthia Jasper, University of Wisconsin Christine Ranney, Cornell University Robert Scharff, The Ohio State University Kathy Solheim, University of Minnesota Tansel Yilmazer, University of Missouri
Meeting minutes are attached. The focus of this meeting was to orient members to the newly authorized proposal and to identify areas for further inquiry. Members heard from community members working in areas of personal finance and economic education and integrated this information into their discussion for future activities of the committee.
[Minutes]
Accomplishments
In 2009-2010, the primary focus of NCCC052 was to define the future directions of the committee through the reauthorization process. We submitted our proposal in December 2009 and received notice of approval in April 2010.
In tandem with our reauthorization efforts, participating institutions continued to disseminate cutting edge work through publishing and presenting. In total, NCCC052 participants accomplished 150 published works and 90 presentations. Among the 150 publications, 78 were refereed journal articles, 25 were book chapters or books, 23 were refereed proceedings, 8 were technical reports and briefs, and 16 were other publications. Additionally, NCCC052 participants laid the groundwork for future scholarship through the successful oversight of 22 completed theses/dissertations as well as the submission of 68 grants and contracts. Finally, the quality of the contributions made was recognized by 10 awards and honors.
Upon reauthorization of NCCC052, we planned and subsequently held a mini-conference in Omaha, Nebraska. The primary purpose of this conference was to create a context for NCCC052 members to holistically approach the goals laid out in the 2010-2014 proposal. To achieve this goal, we used our time together to highlight the differences in disciplinary backgrounds represented on the committee and explicitly recognizing the strengths brought from each represented discipline. We also acknowledged the diversity of university departments housing our colleagues and the opportunities and challenges posed by these differences. For example, some colleagues come from Family Studies departments while others come from Consumer Science departments or Applied Economics Departments. Each context offers distinctly different resources at the institutional level. Beyond the discussions intended to lay out our unique contributions to the group, we dedicated most of our time in interaction with community professionals and found spending our time this way to be extremely valuable in aiding us as we attempt to systematically assess emerging issues in need of research attention. See meeting minutes for specific details on meeting activities.
Impacts
- The impact of the efforts of NCCC052 to highlight the significance of multistate and multidisciplinary work on family economic issues is evidenced by the accomplishments reported by participating instutions. Of the 150 publications, 57(38%) were categorized as either multistate (n=21), multidisciplinary (n=8), or both multistate AND multidisciplinary (n=28). Similarly, 34 (38%) of presentations were either multistate (n=9), multidisciplinary (n=10) or both multistate AND multidisciplinary (n=15). Further, future efforts also indicate impact with 10 of the 68 grants and contracts (15%) being either multistate (n=1), multidisciplinary (n-4) or both multistate AND multidisciplinary (n=5).
- Another impact made by the committee addresses the importance of health to acheiving and/or maintaining economic security.Multiple committee members currently address the intersection of health and economic well-being in their work and, as a result of focused discussions among committee members, health questions have been added to the survey instrument for data collection on NC1172. This results in 2 multistate studies (NC1171 and NC1172) that will be collecting these data to supplement what is avaiable in national public use data sets.
- A third impact of the efforts of NCCC052 is the development of an agenda focused on the creation of bi-directional information transfer between professional working with clients in the field and researchers in the academy.
Publications
see attached file