VITA Jan


VITA

Jan. 16, 2002





Jasook
Kwon





Education


1997
– Present: Ph.D. candidate in Consumer Sciences, The Ohio State University 


(defended dissertation on March 1, 2002.)


Major
Field: Consumer Sciences


Minor
Field: Economics 


(passed
master’s level qualifier examination administrated by Department of Economics,
The Ohio State University in 1999).


1993
-1995:M. S. in Consumer Studies,
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea


1989
– 1993: B. S. in Consumer Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea





 


Working Experiences


Spring
2001:Graduate Teaching Associate– 


FRM
660: Family Financial Management III (responsible for leading a discussion
class & grading assignments and comprehensive financial plans developed
by students for actual households)


2000-2001:Undergraduate
Academic Advisor for Consumer Affairs major & Family Financial Management
major, The Ohio State University 


1998-
2000:Graduate Teaching Associate– 


FRM
260: Family Financial Management I (responsible for grading) 


FRM
360: Family Financial Management II (responsible for teaching a computer
lab class)


1996-1997:Lecturer,
taught ‘marketing structure’ in Kijoen Women’s College, Chunju, Korea


1995-1996:Consumer
Behavior Researcher, worked for projects developing retailing & marketing
strategies in LSR Institute, LG Electronics, Seoul, Korea 



 



Awards


1994:
Human Ecology Fellowship, Seoul National University


1997
– 1998:Bower – Hunt Fellowship,
College of Human Ecology, The Ohio State University




Professional Organizations


1999-
present: a member of ACCI




Publication


Kwon,
J. & Rhee, K. C. (1998). Consumer’s needs for safety information about
imported food, Research Report of Human Ecology, SNU, 23, 23-35.
(Published in Korea) 




Research Interests


Personal
finance, & family financial management, consumer’s financial service
purchase behavior, consumer information, economics of information, consumer
decision-making, 


Doctoral dissertation in progress is about ‘U.S.
consumer’s pattern of information source use for saving/investment decision
making’.