Vickie Bajtelsmit is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Finance and Real Estate at Colorado State University where she has taught insurance and finance since 1991. She holds a Ph.D. in Insurance and Risk Management from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law, and a B.A. from the University of Virginia. Vickie has published in a variety of academic and professional journals, including the Journal of Risk and Insurance, Risk Management and Insurance Review, Journal of Insurance Regulation, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Benefits Quarterly, Journal of Financial Services Professionals, and Financial Services Review. She is the author of The Busy Woman’s Guide to Financial Freedom (AMACOM, 2002), Personal Finance: Skills for Life (John Wiley & Sons, 2006), and Personal Finance: Managing Your Money and Building Wealth (John Wiley & Sons, 2008). Her research has focused on personal finance issues related to retirement, real estate, investments, and insurance. In addition to reviewing for many academic and professional journals, she serves on the editorial boards for Benefits Quarterly, Journal of Financial Service Professionals, and Financial Services Review. She currently is the Vice President-Program for the American Risk and Insurance Association’s 2008 meeting. She is also a Past President of the Academy of Financial Services, for which she has also served as Program Chair and on the Board of Directors. Vickie is also a member of the Risk Theory Society and is the Local Arrangements Chair for the 2008 meeting.

Office Hours Spring 2008

• 1:45-3:30 T Th or by appointment

Current Courses

• FIN342 Principles of Risk and Insurance(Fall 2007)

• BUS641Financial Markets and Investments (Fall 2007)

• FIN350 Professional Financial Planning (Spring 2008 3:30 -4:45 T Th)

Education

• Vita

• The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. 1994. Major field: Insurance and Risk Management; Minor Field: Finance

• Rutgers University School of Law, J.D., May 1982.

• University of Virginia, B.A. 1979. Double Major: Linguistics; Russian Language and Literature
   

Memberships

• American Risk and Insurance Association (1987-present)

• Academy of Financial Services (1990-present).

• Financial Management Association (1990-present)

• Risk Theory Society (1999-present)

Recent Publications

• "The Busy Woman's Guide to Financial Freedom (AMACOM, 2002)

• Women and Pensions:  A Decade of Progress?"

• Personal Finance: Skills for Life (John Wiley & Sons 2006)

• "Gender, the Family and the Economy" In The Oxford Handbook of Pensions and Retirement Income, Oxford University Press (2006)

Research

• Retirement Planning

• Gender Differences in Investments

• Auto Insurance Pricing

• Pensions