Selected Former Ph.D. Advisees of Sherman Hanna (all degrees are from Ohio State University unless otherwise noted)
- Sunwoo Tessa Lee (PhD, 2021, advisor: Hanna) is an Assistant Professor at York University. Dissertation title: Financial Knowledge, Overconfidence, and Financial Behaviors of Individuals
- Congrong (Coco) Ouyang (Ph.D., 2019) is an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University. Dissertation title: Factors Related to the Financial Obligations of U.S. Homeowner and Renter Households
- Roderick Barnes (Ph.D., 2018, The American College, advisors: Hanna and Wade Pfau) is a Private Wealth Advisor at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.. Dissertation title: Mental Accounting: Behavioral Influences on Debt and Financial Asset Balances .
- Travis Mountain (Ph.D., 2015) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama. Dissertation title: Life Insurance and Financial Vulnerability.
- Eunice Hong (Ph.D., 2015) is an Associate Research Fellow
at the Korean Women’s Development Institute. Dissertation title: Just Before the Great Recession,
Who Could Have Expected a Substantial Income Decrease? Were They
Prepared for Emergencies? - Jae Min Lee (Ph.D., 2014, advisors: Stafford and Hanna) is an
Associate Professor, Minnesota State University-Mankato. Dissertation title: Households Saving and Reference Dependent Changes in Income and Uncertainty. - KyoungTae Kim (Ph.D., 2014) is an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. Dissertation title: The Impact of the 2007 Recession on the Retirement Decisions of U.S. Households: Evidence from the 2007-2009 Survey of Consumer Finances Panel Dataset.
- Lishu
(Lisa) Zhang (Ph.D., 2013) is a member of the Accounting faculty
at ShenZhen University. Dissertation title: Which Workers Expect
to Retire Late or Never? An Analysis of Couple and Non-Couple
Households. - HoJun
Ji (Ph.D., 2012) is a lecturer at the Ohio State University, and
a CPA at JC TaxPros Group, Inc. Dissertation title: Financial
Vulnerability of Small Business Owner-Manager Households. - Jiyeon
Son (Ph.D., 2012) is an Associate Professor at Chonnam National University. Dissertation title: Factors Related to Choosing
between the Internet and a Financial Planner. - Chijack
Lin (Ph.D., Economics, 2010, advisors: Hanna and Miyazaki) is a
Director at Integrated Financial Engineering Inc. Dissertation
title: Racial Discrimination in the Consumer Credit Market. - Jonghee
Lee (Ph.D., 2009) is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Consumer Studies at Inha University. Dissertation title: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in
Credit Problems. - Cong
Wang (Ph.D., 2008) Corporate Risk Management Associate,
Commercial Banking at JPMorgan Chase. Dissertation title: Household
Risky Assets Selection and Allocation. - Cheng-Chung
("Samuel") Chen, Ph.D., 2007, is a Statistics &
Modeling Manager with Paypal. Dissertation title: Changes in
Retirement Adequacy, 1995-2004: Accounting for Retirement Stages. - Lan
Bi (Ph.D., 2005, advisors: Hanna and Montalto ) is Senior
Quantitative Financial Analyst, Enterprise Capital Management at BAC
Charlotte, North Carolina. Dissertation title: The Influence of
Uncertainty and Liquidity Constraints on Liquid Asset Holdings of
Credit Card Revolvers. - Christine
Lai (Ph.D., 2003) is a Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan
Normal University. Dissertation title: Are U.S. Household
Portfolios Efficient? - Jing
Zhao (Ph.D., 2003) is Manager, Market Risk – Capital One.
Dissertation title: Household Debt Service Burden: An Exploration
on the Effect of Credit Constraints. - Rui Yao
(Ph.D., 2003) is Professor, University of Missouri,
Columbia. Dissertation title: Patterns of Financial Risk
Tolerance: 1983-2001. - Yoonkyung
Yuh (Ph.D. 1998, advisors: Hanna and Montalto) is a
Professor at Ewha Womens University, Seoul, Korea. Dissertation
title: Adequacy of Preparation for Retirement: Mean and
Pessimistic Case Projections. - Hui
Wang, (Ph.D., 1997) is VP, Predictive Modeling, Enterprise Fraud
Risk Management at WellsFargo Bank. Dissertation title: An
Empirical Analysis of Household Asset Allocation Based on a Rational
Expectations Model. - Peng
Chen (Ph.D., 1997) is the Chief
Executive Officer, Asia at Dimensional Fund Advisors.
Dissertation title: Household Saving and Portfolio Allocation. - Chandrika
(Jayathirtha) Rao, (Ph.D., 1997, advisors: Hanna and Montalto)
is Director, NC Central Cancer Registry. Dissertation title: Factors
Affecting Household Overspending Behavior. - Jaimie Sung (Ph.D., 1997) is a Professor, School of
Industrial Management, Korea University of Technology and Education.
Dissertation title: A Structural Analysis of Retirement Funds in
a Family Context: Participation and Investment in Stocks. - Joyce
Mok (Ph.D., 1995, advisors: Fox and Hanna) is a senior lecturer
at the National Institute of Education, Singapore. Dissertation
title: The Impact of Label Use on Dietary Quality: A Baseline
Study for Evaluating the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act. - Sun-Young
Park (Ph.D., 1995) is professor and chairperson of the Dept. of
Management of Technology, William F. Miller School, Konkuk
University. Dissertation title: Child Care Services: Two
Statistical/Econometric Approaches to Household Choice and Demand. - Hye-Kyung Lee (Ph.D., 1995) was previously a financial
planner with the Pinnacle Advisory Group, a researcher at Seoul
National University, and a lecturer at Konkuk University.
Dissertation title: Direct and Indirect Determinants of Stock
Ownership. - Y.
Regina Chang (Ph.D., 1993) is Senior Director, Strategic and
Analytic Consulting Services at Epsilon. Dissertation title: Income
Uncertainty and Household Saving Behavior: An Empirical
Investigation. - Sharon
DeVaney (Ph.D., 1993) is editor
of the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, and a
Professor Emeritus at Purdue University. Dissertation title: An
Empirical Analysis of the Predictive Value of Household Financial
Ratios. - Mi-Kyung Bae
(Ph.D., 1992) was Associate Professor, Department of Consumer
Information Science, College of Economics & International
Commerce KeiMyung University, Daegu, Korea. Dissertation title:
Analysis of Household Spending Patterns. - Kathy
Corpus, (Ph.D., 1987, Kansas State University, advisor: Hanna)
is co-chair of the Department of Business Administration and Family
and Consumer Sciences at Shepherd University. Dissertation title:
Contributions to Retirement: A Comparison of One-Earner and
Two-Earner Families.
- Carole Bozworth, (Ph.D., 1987, as Prather, Kansas
State University, advisor: Hanna) is a state extension specialist in
consumer and family economics at the University of
Missouri-Columbia. Dissertation title: Ratio Analysis of Personal
Financial Statements: Household Norms. - Chung-Sook Moon,
(Ph.D., 1986, Kansas State University, advisor: Hanna) is a
Professor in the Consumer Economics Department at Sookmyung Womens’s
University, Seoul, Korea. Dissertation title: An Economic Analysis Of Demand For Child Care As A Function Of Wife’s Labor Force Participation And Other Variables - Barbara J. Phipps (Ph.D., 1986, as Buell, Kansas State
University, advisor: Hanna) was a professor at the
University of Kansas. Dissertation title: Factors Influencing
Rates of Mobile Home Ownership: A Cross-Sectional, Aggregate
Analysis. Obituary, 2020 - Donna Bronner (Ph.D., 1985, Kansas State University,
advisors: Hanna and Lindamood). Dissertation title: Constraints
to Household Energy Conservation: A Study of Attitudes, Demographic
Variables and Housing Characteristics on Residential Energy
Consumption. - Lanita Carter (Ph.D., 1986, Kansas State University, advisor:
Hanna) was Director, Centre for Management Development, Faculty of
Business Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Dissertation title: An Analysis of the Interaction Effects of
Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics on the Consumption of
Food Away From Home.
- Karen
Perch (Ph.D., 1983, Kansas State University, advisors: Lindamood
and Hanna) has a JD and practices law in the Lexington, Kentucky
area. Dissertation title: Housing Quality, Preferences and
Satisfaction of Households With and Without a Disabled Member. - Janet
Wagner (Ph.D., 1982, Kansas State University: advisors: Hanna
and Elizabeth McCullough) is an Associate Professor in the College
of Business and Management at the University of Maryland at College
Park. Dissertation title: Family Clothing Consumption: A
Cross-Sectional Comparison of Family Life Cycle and Family
Composition Models.
Selected Other Former Graduate Advisees
Xiaoling Zhang, Ph.D. student. Senior Research Assistant, Medical
Center, University of Texas, Houston
Yan Sun, M.S., 2001.