Symposium on Financial Resilience and Mental Health

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Symposium on Financial Resilience and Mental Health, an academic forum dedicated to examining the essential connection between financial literacy and mental well-being. This symposium seeks to illuminate the ways in which financial knowledge influences mental health outcomes across diverse populations. It is sponsored by the State University of New York (SUNY) Conversations in the Disciplines (CID) Grant and locally hosted by Farmingdale State College.

 

About the Symposium:

Financial stress and mental health challenges among college students are significant obstacles to academic success and well-being. The urgency for financial literacy is increasing, as many students enter higher education with limited knowledge of personal finance, making them vulnerable to financial stress, particularly those from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

This symposium aims to facilitate a collaborative exchange of insights and educational practices among faculty, researchers, practitioners, and administrators in higher education. It will serve as a platform for presenting research findings and innovative teaching methods to enhance financial literacy and mental health support for students. Ultimately, the goal is to establish comprehensive support systems that improve the financial resilience and well-being of college students both on campus and in the wider community.

The symposium invites professionals, educators, and researchers to submit their papers for consideration. Submissions should be made electronically by filling out the form.

We invite submissions on a range of topics, including but not limited to:

• The psychological impacts of financial literacy
• Behavioral finance and decision-making
• Financial education interventions and their effects on mental health
• Economic inequality, mental health disparities, and access to financial education
• The role of technology in promoting financial literacy and emotional resilience
• Financial literacy among vulnerable populations (e.g., students, seniors, low-income households)
• Cross-disciplinary frameworks for addressing financial and mental health together
• Policy approaches to integrating mental health and financial literacy in public programs

Confirmed Panelists

We are honored to welcome the following speakers who will share their expertise at the Symposium on Financial Resilience and Mental Health:

• Adam Brown, PhD – Professor of Psychology, The New School for Social Research, and Director of the New School Center for Global Mental Health
• David Glodstein, PhD, CPA, CFE – Associate Professor, Department of Accounting, Taxation, and Business Law, SUNY Old Westbury
• Braeden Mayrisch – Vice President, Impact and Culture and Vice President, Voya Foundation

For information about the symposium such as list of presentations and their times please refer to the Symposium Agenda.

For questions or further information, please contact the lead of the conference organizing committee, Dr. Xu Zhang, at Xu Zhang.

Organizing Committee

• Xu Zhang, Ph.D.
  Professor of Economics, Economics Department, Farmingdale State College
• Ying Chen, Ph.D., CFP®
  Assistant Professor of Finance, Finance Department, Central Connecticut State University
• Abeba Mussa, Ph.D.
  Department Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Department, Farmingdale State College
• Katarzyna (Kasia) Platt, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Finance, Department of Marketing, Management, and Finance, SUNY Old Westbury
• Dona Siregar, Ph.D.
  Professor of Finance, Business Department, SUNY Oneonta

 

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