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Full Vita
2000 Ph.D. Family Life: Human Environments. Utah State University Dissertation: A model of factors correlated to homeownership: The case of Utah. 1996 M.S. Political Sciences. Utah State University Thesis: The 1994 presidential campaign in Costa Rica: An emotional approach. 1994 B.S. Communications: Journalism. University of Costa Rica 1991 B.A. General Broadcasting and Sociology. Murray State University, Kentucky
My current research interests include home ownership and financial well-being of first time home buyers, first time homebuyers counseling and educational programs, non-traditional mortgages and other housing issues including predatory lending, foreclosures, housing affordability, housing discrimination, bankruptcy and subprime lending, consumer policy and Latino families housing and financial well-being.
I see teaching as a service I provide to my students. I see the classroom as a laboratory, a learning environment where we all learn from each other. My main objective is to facilitate these processes so my students can apply what they have learned in the classroom to their lives. Courses Taught: HENV 1780 Introduction to Interior Design and Housing HENV 2280 Family Economics: Role, Gender and Work HENV 3320 Management and Decision Making FCHD 3310 Consumer Policy FCHD 3340 Housing: Societal and Environmental Issues FCHD 4250 Advanced Internship FCHD 4910 Creative Projects FCHD 5340 Housing Finance FCHD 6400 Seminar: Housing Policy FCHD 6400 Seminar: Housing Problems
