Consumer Sciences Professional Development

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • The American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) (www.consumerinterests.org)
    Membership organization for academics and other professionals involved in consumer and family economics
  • Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE) (www.afcpe.org)
    AFCPE is a non-profit, professional organization comprised of researchers, academics, and financial counselors, educators and planners.
  • National Institute for Consumer Education (NICE) (www.nice.emich.edu)
    NICE is a consumer education resource and professional development center for K-12 classroom teachers, business, government, labor, and community educators. NICE conducts training programs, develops teaching guides and resource lists, and manages a national clearinghouse of consumer education materials, including videos, software programs, textbooks, and curriculum guides.

SELECTED JOURNALS

  • Journal of Consumer Policy (www.wkap.nl)
  • Journal of Consumer Affairs (www.consumerinterests.org)
  • Financial Counseling and Planning (www.afcpe.org)
  • Family Economics and Resource Management Biennial, the Journal of the FERM Division of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences

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