2022

Fordham University’s Consumer Financial Well-being Initiative is pleased to announce the winner of the annual Consumer Financial Well-Being (CFWB) Emerging Scholar Competition. This year’s award is given to Ekaterina Kalantyrski, a doctoral student at the University of Guelph, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, for her research entitled Development of a retirement-related financial literacy scale. The competition was widely announced and attracted participants from across the globe. The competition seeks to support doctoral research across disciplines to improve consumer financial well-being. The award committee included Anthony Defrancesco, Hooman Estelami, Tim Malefyt, Hoori Rafieian, Mohammad Nejad, and Genevieve O’Connor.

2021

The winner of the 2021 Consumer Financial Well-Being (CFWB) Emerging Scholar Competition was given to Liang Huang, a doctoral student at the University of Arizona, for her research entitled Consumer Budget Management in the Age of Information Access.  The competition was widely announced and attracted participants from across the globe. The competition seeks to support doctoral research across disciplines to improve consumer financial well-being.  The award committee included Anthony Defrancesco, Hooman Estelami, Timothy Malefyt, Hoori Rafieian, Mohammad Nejad, and Genevieve O’Connor.