Assistant Professor Stephen McGarity was the recipient of the 2021 Richard L. D. Morse Applied Consumer Economics Professional Paper Award at the American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) Annual Meeting.

McGarity, along with three others, presented their paper titled “The Extra Costs Associated with Disability in the U.S.” which garnered the top award.

The mission of the ACCI is to enhance consumer and family economic well-being.

ACCI fulfills its mission through activities that include a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal that publishes cutting edge scholarship focusing on consumer and family economic issues; a multidisciplinary conference where high-quality scholarship on consumer and family economic issues is presented and discussed; awards that recognize research as well as service in the areas of consumer science; and special projects that promote the exchange of ideas among those interested in consumer and family economic issues.

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https://www.consumerinterests.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=338:2020-21-award-winners&catid=22:awards&Itemid=214