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Maurice MacDonald Professor Education: Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan, 1974 M.S., University of Michigan, 1971 A.B., University of California-Santa Cruz, 1969 A.A., Modesto Junior College, 1967 Office: 1321 Palmer Phone: (515) 294-1983 Email: mmacdona@iastate.edu Curriculum Vitae |
Research Interests:
- Socioeconomic resources and economic burden of support for the oldest old
- Family economics and public policy
- Financial literacy among college students
- Senior Seminar in Family Finance, Housing and Policy
- HDFS 588 Family Economics and Public Policy
- American Economics Association
- Population Association of America
- Gerontological Society of America
American Council of Consumer Interests, "Financial Well-Being among College Students in Malaysia" (with M. Fazli Sabri and Tahira Hira) Orlando, July 2008.
"Impact of Resources on Successful Adaptation Among the Oldest Old", U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation Conference on Adding Life to Years : Development of Sociological and Psychological Theories via U.S.-Israel Research. Tel Aviv, Israel. January 2008.
MacDonald, M. Social Support for Centenarians' Health, Psychological Well-Being, and Longevity. in T. Perls and L. Poon (Eds.) Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Centenarians' Longevity, and Methods of Studying Centenarians : Volume 27: Biopsychoscial Approaches to Longevity. New York: Springer Publishing, 2007 pp.107-127.
National Council of Family Relations, "Family Business: Vulnerabilities for Dual Role and Single Role Managers" (with An-Ti Shih and Linda Niehm) Pittsburgh, November 2007.
Martin, P., daRosa, G., Siegler, I.C., Davey, A., and MacDonald, M. Personality and Longevity: Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study. 2006. Age 28, 343-352.