Senior Director & Head of Data Science
Convoy Inc.
Areas of Research Interest: Household Finance, Health Economics, and Labor Economics
Maximilian Schmeiser
J. Michael Collins Speaks about k-12 Schools as a Growing Arena for Financial Education in WPR’s Literacy in Wisconsin Series
Collins discusses a recent study conducted by a team of researchers, including Max Schmeiser and Carly Urban both CFS Affiliates, that saw positive results in states that mandated financial
literacy curriculum. Dave Mancl, of the Wisconsin Office of Financial Literacy, speaks about the model that Wisconsin uses.
J. Michael Collins, Jason Houle and Max Schmeiser awarded the 2015-2016 Health and Society Research Prize
Their winning paper, entitled “Flu and 
Finances: Influenza Outbreaks and Loan Defaults in US Cities, 2004-2012,” was selected as the awardee of the 2015-2016 campus-wide Health and Society Research Prize sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Webinar: Family Financial Security – Consumers Use of Mobile Phones for Financial Management and Financial Decision-Making
Date: February 12, 2013
Description: Maximilian Schmeiser from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, presented a webinar on consumer use of mobile telephones for financial management and decision making. Also participating in the discussion were Jim Gatz from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Sara Gordon from the Center for Financial Services Innovation.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security 