Joan Gray Anderson, Ph.D
  Director
  (Term 2008-2010)

Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Director of Research
University of Rhode Island
Center for Personal Financial Education
2 Lower College Road
Kingston, RI 02881
401.874.4567 | email

Joan has been a faculty member of the University of Rhode Island since 1984, and was promoted to the rank of Full Professor in 1997.  Her primary assignment at the University is teaching, and she has taught such courses as: Personal Finance, Consumer Economics, Debt Management, Retirement Planning, and Financial Issues across the Lifespan.  She has been instrumental in several program revisions as well as the development of new courses. She is responsible for the certificate program in Family Financial Counseling and Planning, which is available to graduate, undergraduate and non-matriculating students. 

In the area of research and outreach, her most recent focus has been on the impact of personal finance educational programs for changing financial behavior of consumers.  She is a Co-Director of the University of Rhode Island Center for Personal Financial Education, and has a 15% outreach appointment to focus on outreach projects in the area of personal finance through the Center.