Conference
Opening Address: Tahira Hira
Author
- Tahira Hira (Iowa State University)
Abstract
Tahira Hira is Executive Assistant to the President at Iowa State University and a professor of Personal Finance and Consumer Economics. She is internationally known as a leader in the field of Personal Finance and Consumer Economics. She has served as the Associate Vice Provost for ISU Extension and has taught and conducted research in family financial management, investing, consumer credit, gambling and consumer bankruptcy in the United States and abroad. Dr. Hira received B.A. and M.A. degrees in Economics from Punjab University, Pakistan, and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics and a Ph.D. in Family and Consumer Economics from the University of Missouri–Columbia. She joined Iowa State University in 1980.