Professional Service

  • American Council on Consumer Interests. Fellow Awards Committee. 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2015
  • American Council on Consumer Interests. Role: Member. Editorial Search Committee for Journal of Consumer Affairs. 11/01/2010 - 05/31/2011

Internal Service

  • Ad Hoc Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee (chaired by Associate VP Ann Darling). Member, 09/01/2015 - present. University service.
  • Senior Vice President's Committee on Tenured Faculty Review Standards and Procedures. Member, 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015. University service.
  • Senior Vice President’s Committee on Tenured Faculty Review Standards and Proceduress, 2014-15. 12/01/2014 - 03/01/2015. University service.
  • Graduate Council. CSBS Representative, 09/01/2012 - 06/01/2015. University service.
  • MUSE Advisory Board. member, 09/01/2011 - 12/31/2015. University service.
  • Associate VP for Academic Affairs Search Committee. Comittee Member, 07/01/2011 - 10/01/2011. University service.
  • My U Signature Experience (MUSE) Advisory Committee. Member, 12/01/2010 - 12/31/2012. University service.
  • Undergraduate Council, Internal Review Team, Honors Program . Committee Member, 10/01/2010 - 05/01/2011. University service.

Community Partnership

  • Academic Advisory Board member for the Direct Selling Education Foundatoin. 09/01/2015 - present
  • AAA Fair Credit Foundation, Board Member. 10/01/2012 - present
  • DebtorWise, Board of Directors . 06/01/2010 - 06/30/2015
  • Better Business Bureau of Salt Lake City, Arbitrator. 01/02/2010 - 12/31/2010
  • Consumer Federation of America, Board of Directors, 2003-present . 06/01/2003 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Teacher Appreciation Award. Beta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity, 11/11/2014
  • Honors Professorship. University of Utah Honors College, 05/01/2013
  • Stewart M. Lee Consumer Education Award. American Council on Consumer Interests, 04/2013
  • Best Reviewer Award(first recipient). Journal of Consumer Policy, 2009
  • Research Fellow. Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, 2005
  • Distinguished Fellow. American Council on Consumer Interests, 2004
  • Distinguished Teaching Award. University of Utah, 2002
  • Superior Research Award. U of Utah College of Social and Behavioral Science, 1992
  • Superior Teaching Award. U of Utah College of Social and Behavioral Science, 1992

Affiliations

  • Consumer Federation of America (CFA), Board Member, 1998 - present
  • American Council on Consumer Interest (ACCI), Fellow, Committee Chair, Former Board Member, 1977 - present