Hofner D. Rusiana

Dr. Hofner D. Rusiana serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences within California State University, Long Beach's College of Health & Human Services. Her academic work bridges consumer affairs, financial planning, and agricultural economics with practical applications for farming communities.

Her educational background includes a PhD in Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics from the University of Georgia, complemented by dual Master's degrees in Statistics and Agricultural and Applied Economics from the same institution. Her undergraduate training was completed with a BS in Economics from the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Research focuses on Household Finance and Consumer Analytics with specialized attention to Financial Well-being in agricultural contexts, intersecting with Health Economics and Behavioral Economics. Her methodology emphasizes quantitative analysis of financial resilience and policy impacts on vulnerable farming populations.

Recent publications (2015-2024) reveal consistent expertise in agricultural finance, particularly farm credit systems and labor policy. Trends show increasing emphasis on econometric modeling of financial resilience during economic downturns and policy reform needs for agricultural labor markets.

Dr. Rusiana maintains active office hours (Mondays 11am-12:30pm, Wednesdays 2pm-3:30pm) in FCS-FA-5 and is accessible via email and phone for student and research inquiries. No information regarding student advising or grant activities was provided in the source material.