{"title":"Lived Experiences with Payday Loans: African American Single Mothers and Employees","authors":"Lane Riley, Leslie E. Green, Virginia S. Zuiker","doi":"10.1111/fcsr.12441","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fcsr.12441","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Payday loans are disproportionately used by African Americans and women including single mothers. Little empirical research exists incorporating data from payday loan employees. This exploratory study used a phenomenological approach and in-depth interviews to examine the lived experiences of two groups: African American single mothers who used payday loans and former payday loan employees who extended and collected on payday loans. The interviews resulted in four themes from the single mothers' experiences including “right decision at the time” and “it's addictive” and five themes from the former employees including “help the customer come back” and “relating to the customers.”</p>","PeriodicalId":46383,"journal":{"name":"Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal","volume":"50 4","pages":"301-316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fcsr.12441","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49636252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Review of Best Papers in Personal Finance: 2008–2020","authors":"Sharon A. DeVaney, Jae Min Lee","doi":"10.1111/fcsr.12442","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fcsr.12442","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Since 2009, the <i>Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal</i> (FCSRJ) has annually selected the Best Papers published in each of the subdisciplines of FCSRJ. The authors are honored at the June annual conference of the <i>American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences</i> (AAFCS). This paper focuses on the 13 Best Papers in Personal Finance for the time period of 2008 to 2020 and also includes five additional papers in Personal Finance in which the author was designated as an Emerging Scholar for that specific year. The results demonstrated the importance of the history of home management, food insecurity, college student financial behavior, college student loans, housing, and retirement and saving decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":46383,"journal":{"name":"Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal","volume":"50 4","pages":"317-335"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41551829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do Households Use Food Budget Stretching to Alleviate Food Insecurity?","authors":"Yunhee Chang, Swarn Chatterjee, Jinhee Kim","doi":"10.1111/fcsr.12438","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fcsr.12438","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study assesses whether households buy foods of low nutritional value and use coupons and store savings as effective budget-stretching measures to alleviate food insecurity. Interview and food-acquisition data for a sample of 4,235 households from the National Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey and mediation regression models were used. The study found little evidence of compromised nutritional quality as a budget-stretching practice. Stretching budget through coupons and store savings negatively predicted food insecurity, but it was not associated with income, suggesting that the poorest households might not consider coupons and store savings a viable option to maintain food access.</p>","PeriodicalId":46383,"journal":{"name":"Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal","volume":"50 4","pages":"288-300"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41939993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jose-Francisco Diaz-Valenzuela, Marlena Holman, Yu Zhang, Kim Skobba
{"title":"Local Leaders' Perceptions of Housing Access and Segregation in their Communities","authors":"Jose-Francisco Diaz-Valenzuela, Marlena Holman, Yu Zhang, Kim Skobba","doi":"10.1111/fcsr.12439","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fcsr.12439","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research on housing discrimination and segregation usually focuses on federal-level actions, yet access to housing is determined locally. Local government leaders influence whether or not their communities provide housing to meet all residents' needs. This study uses a statewide survey of local leaders from 240 different municipalities in one Southeastern state to better understand their perceptions of local housing opportunities. The findings, which present areas for future research, suggest that the perceptions of some local leaders may be shaped by the housing needs of an idealized community. Additionally, the needs of some residents may be less visible to local leaders.</p>","PeriodicalId":46383,"journal":{"name":"Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal","volume":"50 4","pages":"272-287"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fcsr.12439","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42387735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Panel of Reviewers for 2021","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/fcsr.12430","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fcsr.12430","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46383,"journal":{"name":"Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal","volume":"50 3","pages":"259-260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42888076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Articles Published in the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal in 2020","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/fcsr.12432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/fcsr.12432","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46383,"journal":{"name":"Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal","volume":"50 3","pages":"261-263"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137954675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Articles Published in the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal in 2021","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/fcsr.12431","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fcsr.12431","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46383,"journal":{"name":"Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal","volume":"50 3","pages":"264-265"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46058906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring How FCS Educators Teach Interior Design in Idaho, Utah, and Washington","authors":"Alana Pulay, Susie Tibbitts","doi":"10.1111/fcsr.12429","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fcsr.12429","url":null,"abstract":"<p>University students learn about interior design through secondary Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) classes; however, it is unknown what interior design content is taught given the flexibility in FCS curriculum. An online survey was administered to FCS educators in Idaho, Utah, and Washington to uncover if and what interior design content is taught. The study revealed that residential interior design and historical content is taught, educators took one interior design course, and educators would utilize interior design resources if available. Including interior design content in FCS courses can broaden students’ understanding of how interior design impacts occupants and clarifies misconceptions about the profession.</p>","PeriodicalId":46383,"journal":{"name":"Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal","volume":"50 3","pages":"231-243"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48301193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"V. P. Jackson, J. M. Holland, & J. R. Miller Arline (Eds.) (2021). African Americans in the human sciences. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-7936-4894-5 (hardcover). 306 pp.","authors":"Laura VanWaardhuizen","doi":"10.1111/fcsr.12433","DOIUrl":"10.1111/fcsr.12433","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The scholarship and achievements of Black home economists/human scientists have long been marginalized. In that vein, <i>African Americans in The Human Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities</i> is an essential body of work. The editors themselves are examples of strong Black female leadership. Vanessa P. Jackson is the Department Chair for Retailing and Tourism Management at the University of Kentucky. Jaqueline M. Holland, CFCS, serves as the interim director for the Family and Consumer Sciences department at Morgan State; notably, she was honored with the AAFCS Distinguished Service Award in 2020. Julia R. Miller Arline was a founding member of the National Coalition for Black Development in Family & Consumer Sciences (NCBDFCS) and is a Dean and Professor Emeritus from Michigan State University. All three have served in multiple leadership roles, too numerous to mention here, throughout their careers, providing this text with the authority of their collective expertise.</p><p>The book is organized into five sections with a short introduction by the editors for each. Part I includes seven chapters on <i>Women, Education, and Careers</i>. The first chapter, <i>Quest for Education: Empowerment of Women of Color</i>, is a collaboration between editor Julie R. Miller Arline, Debra L. Mayfield, and William H. Whitaker Jr. exploring the unique challenges that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) women have had and continue to face in the arena of higher education, including combating stereotypes that they are unfit for leadership. “(D)espite struggles encountered, women of color have made unbelievable advancements in their educational journeys. Personal attitudes, families, and communities have significantly supported women of color in reaching the heights of their educational visions” (p. 12). Understanding this perspective is essential for anyone in higher education, particularly those that can influence policy and culture to become more inclusive.</p><p>In the next chapter, Miller Arline and co-editor Vanessa P. Jackson offer a field guide to resilience for Black women who aspire to leadership in <i>African American Women’s Pathway to Leadership Success: Resilience to Challenges Built on Mentoring and Spirituality</i>. Interviewing ten African American women in Human Sciences leadership positions, they identified common factors they believe allowed these women to preserve through systemized challenges to achieve their dreams. Participants described finding and establishing mentors outside the higher education system when mentors who looked like them were nowhere to be found.</p><p>Interviewing participants identified through the “snowballing method” was also the research that informed Chapter 3 <i>Professional Working Women: A Qualitative Look at African American Mothers</i>. Author Nina Lyon Bennett illustrates the historical complexities surrounding motherhood for Black women, including forced parenthood by slave masters who reg","PeriodicalId":46383,"journal":{"name":"Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal","volume":"50 3","pages":"255-258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/fcsr.12433","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47392554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}