Faculty and Staff

Joan Gray Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Director of Research, Center for Personal Financial Education
grayanderson@uri.edu

JOAN GRAY ANDERSON, Ph.D.  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.

Claudia M. Kerbel, M.S.
Director of Outreach, Center for Personal Financial Education
cmkerbel@etal.uri.edu

Claudia M. Kerbel serves as the Director of Outreach at the University of Rhode Island Center for Personal Financial Education.  She is also an adjunct faculty member and academic advisor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University.  Over her career as a financial educator, she has managed numerous outreach programs, most recently, a workplace financial education project, community-based personal finance workshops for women, and financial literacy trainings for teachers.  Her background also includes teaching, program administration, and Cooperative Extension work at two other universities.  She holds a Master of Science degree in Consumer Economics from Cornell University.

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