Sonya Lutter

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Sonya Lutter is a professor of finance, including finance therapy and family finance. She serves as the director of Financial Health and Wellness in the School of Financial Planning at Texas Tech University [1] and the Executive Director of the Institute for Systemic Financial Professionals. [2]

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Education and academic career

Lutter graduated from Kingman High School in 2000. [3] She graduated in 2003 from Kansas State University with a bachelor's degree in personal financial planning. She earned her master's degree from Kansas State University with a degree in marriage and family therapy. Her PhD was earned in 2010 from Texas Tech University in personal financial planning. [4] Texas Tech University School of Financial Planning named her a Distinguished Alumni (2023). [5]

Lutter co-founded the Financial Therapy Association and served as the inaugural president in 2009 [6] . [7] In 2014 the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education gave her an outstanding journal article award. [8] In 2017 the Financial Planning Association awarded her with the Best theoretical research paper award. [9]

From 2018 to 2021 she was a professor at Kansas State University and served as the Director of the School of Family Studies and Human Services. [10] The school changed names to the Department of Applied Human Sciences under her leadership in 2020. [11] She served as the director of research and education for Herbers & Company for one year. [12]

She held the position of Mary L. Vanier Professorship (2019-2021) at the Kansas State University College of Health and Human Sciences. [13]

She has served as associate editor for the Journal of Family and Economic Issues, on the editorial board of the Journal of Financial Therapy and on the international scientific board of the Italian Journal of Sociology of Education. [4]

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ "Sonya Lutter, Ph.D., CFP, LMFT". Texas Tech University. Retrieved 2025-10-31.She
  2. ↑ "About Us". Institute for Systemic Financial Professionals™. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  3. ↑ "Kingman High School Graduates 1991-2000". ksgenweb.org. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  4. 1 2 "Researcher Profile: An Interview with Sonya Britt, Ph.D., CFP, AFC". Journal of Financial Therapy. 4 (1). 2013.
  5. ↑ "Alumni Award Descriptions". Texas Tech University. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  6. ↑ Kahler, Rick (2023-12-08). "Talking with Sonya Britt Lutter - Part One - AW Financial". advanced-wellbeing.com. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
  7. ↑ "The Financial Therapy Association: A Brief History". Journal of Financial Therapy. 1 (1). 2010.
  8. ↑ "Outstanding Research Journal Article". AFCPE. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  9. ↑ "The Financial Implications of Cohabitation Among Young Adults". Financial Planning Association. 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  10. ↑ "Sonya Lutter named director of the School of Family Studies and Human Services". k-state.edu. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  11. ↑ "A Message From The Department Head – Department of Applied Human Sciences". enewsletters.k-state.edu. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  12. ↑ "Herbers & Company hires financial therapist". Financial Planning. 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  13. ↑ "Thankful for our Professorships – Department of Applied Human Sciences". enewsletters.k-state.edu. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
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