Patti J. Fisher

• Household saving behaviors
• Financial behaviors of women
• Financial behaviors of minority groups
• Financial education and program evaluation
• Financial risk tolerance

• PhD, Family Resource Management, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2006
• MS, Family Resource Management, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2003
• BS, Consumer Affairs, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2000

• Member, VT 1stGenAllies, First Generation Faculty/Staff Group
• Member, Board of Directors of Virginia Tech Services, Inc.
• Chair, AHRM Curriculum Committee
• Chair, ACCI Membership Committee

• Exemplary Department Experiential Learning Award, 2017
• Finalist, Best Refereed Paper Award, IFHE World Congress, 2012 & 2016
• Virginia Tech Scholar of the Week, April 18, 2011

Journal Articles

Read, D., Fisher, P.J., & Juran, L. (forthcoming). How do women maximize the value of mentorship? Leadership & Organization Development Journal.

Fisher, P.J. (2019). Black-white differences in financial risk tolerance. Journal of Financial Service Professionals, 73(4), 70-82.

Fisher, P.J., & Yao, R. (2017). Gender differences in financial risk tolerance. Journal of Economic Psychology, 61, 191-202.

Fisher, P.J. (2016). Differences in credit card use between White and Hispanic households. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 27, 199-214.

Loibl, C., & Fisher, P.J. (2013). Academic discipline and personal finance instruction in high school. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 24, 15-33.

Fisher, P.J. (2012). Is there evidence of loss aversion in saving behaviors in Spain? Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 34, 41-51.

Fisher, P.J., & Hsu, C. (2012). Differences in household saving between White non-Hispanic and Hispanic households. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 34, 137-159.

Fisher, P.J., & Montalto, C. P. (2011). Loss aversion and saving behavior: Evidence from the 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 32, 4-14.

Fisher, P.J. (2010). Black-White differences in saving behaviors. Financial Services Review, 19, 1-16.

Fisher, P.J. (2010). Gender differences in saving behaviors. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 21, 9-19.

Fisher, P.J., & Montalto, C. P. (2010). Effect of saving motives and horizon on saving behaviors. Journal of Economic Psychology, 31, 92-105.

• Hwang, E., Parrott, K., Fisher, P.J., Hopkins, E., Kincade, D., & Beamish, J. (2018). Inclusive Communities for Diverse Consumers: A Year of Study. College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Departmental Diversity Grants, Virginia Tech.
• Fisher, P.J. (2018). International Travel Supplemental Grant – Travel to London, England for the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics/International Association for Research in Economic Psychology. Sponsored by Office of the Vice President for Research, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and AHRM Department, Virginia Tech.
• Fisher, P.J. (2017). International Travel Supplemental Grant – Travel to Freiburg, Germany for International Journal of Arts & Sciences Conference. Sponsored by Office of the Vice President for Research, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and AHRM Department, Virginia Tech.
• Fisher, P.J. (2014). Grant-writing incentive grant. College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech. Awarded $5,000.
• Fisher, P.J. (2012). Entrepreneurship among U.S. households. Jerome Niles Dean’s Faculty Research Grant. College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech. Awarded $4,000.
• Fisher, P.J. (2011). Summer Institute on the Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology of Aging. RAND Corporation. Received funding to attend the two-day workshop in Los Angeles.