E-mail: Chandrika.Jayathirtha@ncmail.net
Ph.D. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, August 1997
Major: Consumer Economics Minor: Statistics & Research Methodologies
Dissertation Title: Factors Affecting Household Overspending Behavior
MS Ohio State University, March - 1995
Major: Family Resource Management
MA Bangalore University, India, August - 1984
Major: Economics Minor: Agricultural Economics & Public Policy
BA Bangalore University, India, July – 1982 (Economics, Political Science & History)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
02/00 – Present Statistical Analyst, Center for Urban Affairs and Applied Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC
10/99 – 01/00 Statistical Analyst, Foveon Corporation, RTP, North Carolina
09/97 – 09/99 Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
04/94 - 08/97 Research Associate, Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, Ohio State University
06/92 - 03/93 Research Associate, Ohio State University Libraries
09/91 - 08/97 Graduate Research Associate, Department of Family Resource Management, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
06/89 - 05/90 Lecturer, Department of Economics, Bangalore University, India
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:
Operating Systems: WINDOWS 95/98/NT, MVS
Languages: SAS/SQL/Macro Version 8.0, HTML
Software: MS Word/Excel/Power Point, SPSS
Databases: MS Access, Sybase
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES:
SAS Programming, SAS/SQL and SAS Macro Language (SAS Institute).
MS Access 2000 Programming and Application Development (CTU, NC State University).
MS Excel 2000 Customizing Excel and Using Macros, Excel Programming (CTU, NC State University).
Continuous Quality Improvement ProcessesTraining.
Seminar on Council on Accreditation for Area Programs.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Statistical Analyst, NC State University.
Collaborate on joint projects between the Program Evaluation Section, Division of MH/DD/SAS, North Carolina State Government and The Department of Urban Affairs, NC State University.
Access multiple databases of clients' medical and diagnosis information/Public Health Data.
Apply statistical procedures and computer applications for data management.
Create reports and graphical presentation.
Provide technical assistance to clients.
Respond to ad-hoc requests for data and analysis from the Executive and the Legislative Committees, Universities, and Researchers.
Check survey instruments for accuracy in data collection.
Provide assistance to team members on various projects.
Created a pre-disaster database to maintain demographic data on North Carolina’s MH/DD/SAS populations.
Analyzed and prepared Consumer Satisfaction Report for Area Programs and Institutions.
Statistical Analyst, Foveon Corporation
Analyzed consumers’ online behavior and Internet traffic to various websites.
Consumers’ preference to local versus national network websites.
Internet activities and market share of a local bank and their competitors.
Affinity index of consumer’s for the top 50 e-commerce companies.
Internet Service Provider’s transactions on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Used multiple large national datasets such as The Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), the National Longitudinal Survey (NLS), the Survey of Consumer Finances, and the Nationwide Food Consumption Survey (NFCS).
Analyzed factors affecting spending/overspending and credit behavior of consumers.
Critiqued works of graduate students, researchers and peers and mentored undergraduate students.
Research Associate, Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Performed descriptive cataloging of Mathematics and Science curriculum materials of various formats.
Instructor, Ohio State University Libraries.
Instructed students on how to access online library information services/resources and the Internet.
Graduate Research Associate, Department of Family Resource Management, Ohio State University
Analyzed data using multivariate statistical methods for research projects based on National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, Survey of Consumer Finances, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey and other local data sets; Assisted faculties in their research projects.
Extensively used SAS, MINITAB, SPSS for analyzing data.
Lecturer, Department of Economics, Sri Vasavi Vidyaniketan, Bangalore University, India
Taught Principles of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics Theory, Public Finance
PUBLICATIONS
Jayathirtha, C. & Hanna, S. (1998). The spending-income ratio and measurement of impacts of policies on low-income households. Consumer Interests Annual, 44, 219.
Jayathirtha, Chandrika (1997). Factors affecting household overspending behavior, Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University.
Jayathirtha, C., Fox, J. & Hanna, S. (1997). Overspending behavior of households with and without vehicle purchases. Proceedings of The American Council on Consumer Interests 42nd Annual Conference.
Jayathirtha, C. & Fox, J. (1996). Home ownership and the decision to overspend. Financial Counseling and Planning, 6, 97 - 106.
Finke, M., Jayathirtha, C., Ismail M., Cheng Peng, Wang H., Park, S.Y., & Hanna S. (1995). How much should consumers be willing to pay for information about consumer products. Family Economics and Resource Management Biennial, Volume 1, 21 - 22.
Stafford, K., Wessel, J.A., Jayathirtha, C., Mok, J., Park, S.Y., Sung, J., Wang, H., & Zuiker, V.S., (Invited Paper). (1994). The effects of restructuring in higher education on the mission of family economics resource management. The Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Eastern Family Economics and Resource Management Association, 144-152.
Bae, M., Hanna, S., & Jayathirtha, C. (1993). Tobacco Consumption Patterns: Implementation for Consumer Education. Proceedings of The American Council on Consumer Interests 38th Annual Conference.