AREERAT LERTCHAIPITAK 2400 Glenna Goodacre Blvd. Apt # 4110 Lubbock, Texas 79401 806-382-8041 a.lertchaipitak@ttu.edu Education: August 2008 – Current Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Doctor of Philosophy in Personal Financial Planning (ABD) Expected Graduation Date: May 2014 Cumulative GPA: 3.77/4.00 December 2011 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Master in Personal Financial Planning. May 2008 West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas Master of Science in Finance and Economics GPA: 4.00/4.00 March 2004 Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand Bachelor Degree of Business Administration in Finance GPA: 3.26/4.00 (with Second Class Honors) Areas of Interest: Research: Gender Difference, Behavioral Finance, Financial Satisfaction Teaching: Corporate Finance, Asset management, Behavioral Finance, Financial Counseling, Risk Management Working Papers: Lertchaipitak, A. (2013). “Gender Difference in Financial Information Search” Lertchaipitak, A. (2011). “Reasons Why U.S. Households Underuse Comprehensive Financial Planners” Conference Presentations: 2013 Graduate Poster Session at CFP Board’s 2013 Registered Program Conference, Presenter 2013 Women and Global Change: Achieving Peace through Empowering Women, Part II. The 29th Annual Conference on the Advancement of Women. 2012 Graduate Poster Session at CFP Board’s 2012 Registered Program Conference, Presenter 2011 College of Human Sciences (COHS) Research Poster Presentation, Presenter Teaching Experience: Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Co-Instructor PFP 3376: Asset Management 1 Associate Instructor PFP 3381: Investment Service: A reviewer for the 5th annual TTU Undergraduate Research Conference 2012 A Vice President of Thai Student Association, Texas Tech University 2011&2013 A Treasurer of Thai Student Association, Texas Tech University 2009-current A volunteer of client-based and outreach-based, Red to Black, Texas Tech University 2013 Academic Awards: 2013 TTU Personal Financial Literacy Program: Excellent Associate Instructor Award 2013-2014 TTU Helen DeVitt Jones in Human Sciences Scholarship, Recipient 2012-2014 TTU Ann and Bill Fisher Graduate Scholarship, Recipient 2012 FPA DFW Merit-Based Scholarship, Recipient 2012-2013 TTU ING Family Financial Planning Endowed Scholarship, Recipient 2012-2013 TTU Boeer-Wolf Endowed Fellowship, Recipient 2011-2012 TTU Haggerton HS Scholarship, Recipient 2010-2011 TTU Lowder HS Scholarship, Recipient 2009-2010 TTU CJ Davidson HS Scholarship, Recipient 2008-2009 TTU Financial Planning Grant, Recipient 2007-2008 West Texas A&M University Institutional Scholarship, Recipient Continuing Education: 2013 The Groundwork Program: Summer Teaching Training for Graduate Students Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center (TLPDC) Texas Tech University 2013 Critical Thinking Value Rubric Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center (TLPDC) Texas Tech University 2013 Grant Writing Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center (TLPDC) Texas Tech University 2013 Blackboard (9.1) Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center (TLPDC) Texas Tech University