Wi$eUp Experts

Financial experts respond to questions from Gen X'ers registered for the Women's Bureau demonstration project. Representing a broad cross-section of financial expertise from across the United States, these professionals have volunteered their time and knowledge to support the Wi$eUp project.

Notice to our Experts: To update your biography and contact information, please send an email to: wiseupwomen@wiseupwomen.org

Return to list

Areas of Expertise:

Work and family, consumer economics, healthy indoor environments, resource management, personal finance and investing behavior.

Her research interests are personal finance specifically investing behavior and women and money, the functioning of homes including the White House, and work and family issues. During her 1992 sabbatical she was a researcher at the Smithsonian Institution and the White House. In 1999, she conducted White House research at the JFK Presidential Library and in Ireland. In 2006 she was a Fulbright Scholar, lecturing and researching at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago through the U.S. Dept. of State. Now, she serves on the Fulbright National Screening Committee. Dr. Goldsmith has had dozens of research grants from the Smithsonian, Duke University, the Hoover Presidential Library, and others. She has published 45 journal articles and several college textbooks including Consumer Economics: Issues and Behavior (2nd edition in press, Prentice Hall), Resource Management for Individuals and Families (3 editions, Wadsworth), and Personal Finance (2 editions, Wadsworth). She has been an advisor to the United Nations, the U.S. Dept. of Justice on debtor education, and the U.S. Dept. of Labor where she is a mentor in their Wi$eup Program for women ages 22-35. She served as Associate Editor to the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences and is a theme editor for Kappa Omicron Nu Forum. She serves on numerous editorial and government boards. Dr. Goldsmith was a policy advisor to the White House on women’s and girl’s economic education. She has given speeches in Australia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Malta, Mexico, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Sweden, Wales, Trinidad, Japan, and the Bahamas.

• University Teaching Awards (1996, 2001, 2007)
• Fulbright (2006)
• Fulbright National Screening Committee (2006 & 2007, first invited to serve from FSU)
• U.S. Delegate to IFHE Council Meeting, South Africa (2006)
• University Teaching Incentive Award (1995)
• Named Outstanding Alumna at Michigan State University