Cathy F. Bowen
Associate Professor

Consumer Issues Programs

Experience

• Graduate Administrative Assistant, The Ohio State University
• Graduate Research Assistant, The Ohio State University
• Coordinator of Minority Student Services, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
• Teacher, public schools in Mississippi and North Carolina
• Extension Intern, Guilford County, North Carolina

Education

• Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Home Economics Education Emphasis Areas: Family Resource Management; Training and Development

  Dissertation Title: Financial Management Training Needs of Extension Home Economists

• M.S., Home Economics Education, The Ohio State University

• B.S., Home Economics Education, North Carolina A&T State University

Courses Taught

• AEE 590: Agricultural and Extension Education (AEE) Colloquium.

Office

8B Ferguson Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-7870
Fax: 814-863-4753
E-mail: cbowen@psu.edu

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for the development, implementation, evaluation, and promotion of programs in consumer education and basic financial matters for Pennsylvanians.
• Provide educational opportunities for county staff by in-service sessions and other methods.
• Teach occasional seminars or courses for undergraduate or graduate students.

Extension Programs

• 10 Ways to Reduce Debt (Consumer Credit Education Program)
• Consumers and the Year 2000 (Emergency Home Preparation)
• Fraud, Scams, and Rip-offs: Schemes to Separate You From Your Money

Selected Publications

• Bowen, C.F. (2000) Consumer Credit Mathematics. In: E.T. Garman, J.J. Xiao, and B. Brunson (Eds.) The Mathematics of Personal Financial Planning: Using Calculators and Computers (2nd edition) (pp. 163-179). Cincinnati, OH, DAME Thomson Learning.
• Bowen, Cathy. "How Consumers Prepared for the Year 2000: Preliminary Findings." The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues 4.3 (1999): 10 pars. 31 December 1999. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/pub/1999/y2k.html.
• Consumer Issues, Newsletter, 4 issues yearly, available in hard and electronic copies, http://consumerissues.cas.psu.edu/newsletter.html.
• Bowen, C. F., Lago, D., and Furry, M. (Fall 1997), Money Management in Families: A Review of the Literature with a Racial, Ethnic, and Limited Income Perspective. Advancing the Consumer Interest 9, 2, 32-42.