Hui (Michelle) Wang
Hui Wang completed her Ph.D. in the Family Resource Management
Graduate Program at the Ohio State University in December, 1997.
She is working for E*Trade in California
as a statistical modeler (starting Oct. 23, 2000.) She
was a statistical analyst with Milliken in South Carolina until Autumn,
2000.
She won the $500 prize for the Best Graduate Student
Paper at the Family Economics/Resource Management Preconference of
AAFCS in 1995.
EDUCATION
- The Ohio State University, Columbus OH
- Ph.D., Family Resource Management Graduate Program, Consumer
and Textile Sciences December, 1997
Major: Family and Consumer Economics
Minors: Economics; Statistics
Dissertation An Empirical Analysis of Household Asset
Allocation Based on a Rational Expectations Model
Advisor: Dr.
Sherman Hanna
- The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL
- M.S., Department of Consumer Sciences, Summer
1992
Major: Consumer Economics
Thesis: “The Effect of Wife’s Employment on Family
Consumption Patterns”
Advisor: Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Ghany
- Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing, P.R.China
- B.B.A, Department of Business Administration,
Summer 1987
B.S., Department of Computer Science, Summer 1987
WORK EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Associate
Department of Family Resource Management
The Ohio State University
partial responsibility of class “Family Financial
Management II” computer section (FRM 560, 4 credits, Fall 1994). Giving
instruction and answering students’ questions regarding how to use financial
management software.
partial responsibility of class “Seminar in Consumer
Economics” computer section (FRM 895.01, 3 credits, Summer 1993). Helping
students get familiar with mainframe and SAS program and accessing the
consumer expenditure survey data.
Graduate Research Associate, Fall 1992 – present
Department of Family Resource Management
The Ohio State University
Data analysis (SAS, SPSS PC, SHAZAM) on research
projects based on Consumer Expenditure Survey, local time use data, Japanese
time use data, local marriage and divorce data, and local shopping bag
data by employing basic statistics, logit, probit, tobit, two-stage least
square, two-stage tobit and other statistic tools). Developed related code
books.
Merged 1990 and 1991 Consumer Expenditure Survey EXPN
tape. Merged 1990 and 1991 Consumer Expenditure Survey Interview tape.
Participated in software development of life cycle
savings pattern of households by using Power Basic.
Produced tables and graphic presentations of
family extension education program using Quattro Pro and WordPerfect Presentations.
Graduate Research Assistant, September 1990
– July 1992
Department of Consumer Sciences & Department of
Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies
The University of Alabama
Economic model simulation by using Fortran program
and analyzed Current Population Survey data with SAS.
Data analysis using SPSS on research projects
Lecturer, July 1987 – August 1990
Department of Business Administration
Beijing Polytechnic University
Sole responsibility for instruction class “Computer
application in business management” (Dept. of Business Administration,
4 credits, Spring semesters, 1988, 1989, and 1990; 35 students per semester).
Sole responsibility for instruction class “Introduction
to business management” (Dept. of Business Administration, 4 credits, Fall
semesters, 1987 and 1988; 60 students per semester).
Sole responsibility for instruction class “Specialty
English in business management” (Dept. of Business Administration, 4 credits,
Spring semester, 1988; 35 students).
Sole responsibility for instruction class “Financial
management” (2 weeks training class for local small business managers organized
by Dept. of Business Administration; spring 1988).
Publications
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Wang, H. with Lee, J.K., Hanna, S., and Mok,
C. F. J. (1997). Apparel expenditure patterns of elderly consumers: a life-cycle
consumption model. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 26(2),
109-140.
Wang, H. (1996). Estimates of income and wealth inequality
among elderly households. Consumer Interests Annual, v42, 65-72.
Wang, H. (1995). Income
and Expenditure Inequality: An Analysis Based on the Gini Coefficient,
Family Economics and Resource Management Biennial, 1, 179-184.
Wang, H., Mok, C. J. & Fox, J. (1995). Food
Expenditure Patterns of Elderly Consumers: A Question of Time Allocation,
Family
Economics and Resource Management Biennial, 185-192
Finke, M., Ismail, M., Chen, P., Jayathirtha, C.,
Wang, H., Park, S. & Hanna, S. (1995). How
much should consumers be willing to pay for information about quality and
price? Implications for cyberspace. Family Economics and Resource
Management Biennial, 1, 21-22.
Wang, H. (1995). Do marital status and presence
of children affect women’s wage rate? Consumer Interests Annual,
41,
62-68. Hanna, S. & Wang, H. (1995). The adequacy of emergency funds
to cover household expenditures Consumer Interests Annual,
41,
224-225.
Hanna, S., Wang, H., & Lindamood, S. (1994). Do elderly
households have rational financial plans?: evidence from consumer expenditure
data, Proceedings of the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning
Education, 272-288.
Wang, H. (1994). “Capital gains taxation and personal
investment decision,” in the Paper Abstracts of the 1994 Academy of Financial
Services Eighth Annual Program.
Wang, H., Mok, C. F. J. & Hanna, S. (1994). Are the
consumption patterns of elderly households consistent with a life cycle
model?, Asia Pacific Advances in Consumer Research, I, 237-245.
Wang, H., Mok, C. F. J. & Hanna, S. (1994).
Consumption patterns of elderly households: an empirical analysis using
a life cycle model, Consumer Interests Annual, vol. 40, 328-335.
Stafford, K., Wessel, J.A., Jayathirtha, C., Mok,
J., Park, S.Y., Sung, J., Wang, H., & Zuiker, V.S., (Invited Paper).
(1994). The effects of restructuring in higher education on the mission
of family economics resource management. The Proceedings of the 23rd
Annual Conference of the Eastern Family Economics and Resource Management
Association, 144-152.
Wang, H. and Mok, J. (1994). “Life cycle hypothesis and
consumption patterns of elderly households,” in the Proceedings of Eastern
Family Economics and Resource Management Conference.
Hanna, S., Bae, M., Martin, A. & Wang, H. (1993).
Patterns of household spending on major appliances, Proceedings of the
International Appliance Technical Conference, 137-146. Won award for
“Outstanding Technical Presentation.”
Wang, H., Abdel-Ghany, M., and Sharpe, D. L. (1993).
“Consumer expenditure pattern differentials between working-wife and non-working
wife families,” in the proceedings of 39th Annual Conference of American
Council on Consumer Interests.
Wang, H. with Guan, W. L., et al. (1989). “The renewal
factor.” China Economic and Finance Publishing House, Beijing PRC.
Wang, H. with Guan, W. L., et al. (1988). “Precis of foreign
classics on business management.” Jiangxi People’s Publishing House, Jiangxi
PRC.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Council on Consumer Interest
American Economic Association
Academy of Financial Service
REFERENCES
Professor Kathryn Stafford
Department of Consumer Sciences
The Ohio State University
1787 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-4564
Email: stafford.2@osu.edu
Professor Sherman D. Hanna
Department of Consumer Sciences
The Ohio State University
1787 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-4584
Email: hanna.1@osu.edu
Professor Nancy M. Rudd, Associate Provost
Academic Affair (also Department of Consumer and Textile
Sciences)
The Ohio State University
203 Brown Hall, Columbus, OH 432110
(614) 292-5881
Email: rudd.2@osu.edu”>