Virginia Solis Zuiker, Ph.D.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 1997.


Ph.D. Family Resource Management, with a minor in Counseling, and a minor in Statistics. Advisor:Stafford


Dissertation Title: The Ability of Self-Employment to Support Hispanic
Households in the Southwest at a Level Above Poverty

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. 1988.


M.S. Home Economics with an emphasis in Consumer Studies and Management.


Thesis Title: The Use of Credit Cards Among Hispanic Consumers in the Rio
Grande Valley.

University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. 1982.


B.S. Home Economics Education.


Certification – Texas Provisional Secondary Certificate in Vocational Home
Economics Education.

PUBLICATIONS




Referred Conference Proceedings

Olson, P.D., Zuiker, V.S., & Montalto, C.P. (1996). Self-employment: A viable economic
alternative for the California Hispanic population. In K. F. Folk (Ed.), The Proceedings of the
American Council on Consumer Interests, 49-56.

Zuiker, V.S., Stafford, K., Heck, R.K.Z., & Winter, M. (1995). Home-based work: Gender
differences in management across domains. Family Economics and Resource Management
Biennial The Journal of the FERM Division of the American Association of Family and
Consumer Sciences, 97-98.

Zuiker, V.S., Stafford, K., Heck, R.K.Z., & Winter, M. (1995). Home-based work: Gender
differences in family management. The Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the
Eastern Family Economics and Resource Management Association, 30-42.

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.

Fan, J.X., & Zuiker, V.S. (1994). Budget allocation patterns of Hispanic versus non-Hispanic White
households. In T. Mauldin (Ed.), The Proceedings of the American Council on Consumer
Interests, 89-96.

Zuiker, V.S., & Seiling, S.B. (1994). The effects of divorce awards on financial well-being. In T.
Mauldin (Ed.), The Proceedings of the American Council on Consumer Interests, 282-283.

Zuiker, V.S., & Bae, M.K. (1993). Expenditure patterns of Hispanic versus non-Hispanic
households. In T. Mauldin (Ed.), The Proceedings of the American Council on Consumer
Interests, 388-389.

Solis, V.L. & Ater, C.E. (1989). Use of credit cards among Hispanic consumers in the Rio Grande
Valley of Texas. In C. Peck (Ed.), The 1989 Abstracts of Research Presentations American
Home Economics Association, 25.

Extension Publications

Solis, V.L. (1991, Revised). Credit: How much can we manage? Oklahoma State University
Cooperative Extension Service, Stillwater, OK.

Solis, V.L. (1991, Revised). Health insurance: When you are over 65. Oklahoma State University
Cooperative Extension Service, Stillwater, OK.

Solis, V.L. (1990, Revised). Using credit wisely. Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension
Service, Stillwater, OK.

Solis, V.L. (1990, Revised). Health insurance: Understanding your policy. Oklahoma State
University Cooperative Extension Service, Stillwater, OK.

Solis, V.L. (1989). Health insurance: Which policy to choose. Oklahoma State University
Cooperative Extension Service, Stillwater, OK.

Solis, V.L. (1989). Health insurance: Managing health care cost. Oklahoma State University
Cooperative Extension Service, Stillwater, OK.

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS NOT IN PRINT

Heck, K.Z., Olson, P.D., Owen, A.J., Rowe, B., Scannel, E., & Zuiker, V.S. (Featured Speakers).
Assessment tools for families in home business. Second National Home-based Business
Conference, Lincoln, NE, April 1995.

Zuiker, V.S. Divorce awards: Which are considered the most helpful? The Midwest Conference on
Divorce and Remarriage, Columbus, OH, October 1994.

Solis, V.L. Credit card usage and repayment practices among Hispanic consumers in Texas.
Oklahoma State University Graduate Student Research Symposium, Stillwater, OK, February
1990.

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ohio State University, College of Human Ecology, Department of Consumer Sciences,
Columbus, Ohio.

Graduate Associate (September 1991 to 1996).

Research Assignments:

NE167 At-Home Income Generation


Responsibilities included verifying and analyzing data, conducting literature searches,
preparing tables included in textbook Home-Based Employment and Family Life, preparing
transparencies and slides for national and local conferences, assisting with local
arrangements for the NE167 research workshop meetings, and participating in the NE167
research meetings.

Divorce Study


Responsibilities included verifying and analyzing data, conducting literature searches,
assisting with a pilot study by contacting potential participants, interviewing participants,
transcribing interviewed tapes, preparing transparencies and slides for national and local
conferences, and interpreting court record data from Franklin county court record data.



Data sets used: NE 167 At-Home Income Generation, Ohio divorce data, National
Longitudinal survey, and the 1990 Census of Population and Housing Public Use Microdata
Samples for California.



Software used: IBM, SAS Mainframe, Wylbur, SPSS Windows 7.1, Limdep, WordPerfect
Windows 7.1, WordPerfect Presentations Windows 7.1, Quattro Pro Windows 7.0, Minitab
Version 8.1.

Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service, Stillwater, Oklahoma.



Assistant Specialist in Family and Consumer Economics (1988 to 1991).