Carol Young

Instructor & Extension Specialist, Financial Management (.4), School of Family Studies and Human Services

Departments & Academic Units:

• Family Studies and Human Services

Contact Info:

343E Justin Hall
(785) 532-5773

Personal Web Site

Areas of Specialization:

• Personal and family financial management
• Program design and implementation
• Collaboration to build community or system capacity
• Cross-cultural and multi-ethnic proficiency development
• Leadership development

Education:

• B.S. in education, vocational emphasis, Emporia State University
• M.Ed. in educational administration, Wichita State University

Short Biography

I currently give subject matter support to K-State Research and Extension agents who teach financial education in all regions of the state. The work identifies current financial concerns of Kansans; develops educational strategies to help people strengthen financial knowledge and skills to improve current and future personal financial security.

Previously I held an Associate Professor (Emeritus), College of Agriculture appointment in the K-State Research & Extension Center, Garden City. I advised and trained off-campus Extension personnel and volunteers in the southwest quarter of Kansas to support educational programs targeting families, youth and communities. The SW Kansas region leads national growing diversity trends in rural America due primarily to food production jobs. This community capacity building experience gave me personal growth, rich interaction with noteworthy researchers, a base of information to work with as an educational practitioner, and a renewed commitment of the critical need to help people strengthen personal financial competencies.