Byram’s research examines financial planning and behavioral finance issues and the financial behaviors of married couples.

She has published in leading financial planning and consumer sciences journals and contributed to books and other professional publications. She is currently the financial editor for Top Dollar, a money management newsletter from Ebix.

Byram has taught at the University of Missouri, the University of Southern Mississippi, and the University of Georgia. As a doctoral student, she was recognized with several teaching and service awards. She also won a competitive position in the Future Faculty Fellows program at the University of Georgia.

Before attending graduate school, Byram worked for nine years in corporate finance for Compass Bank in Birmingham, Alabama. She currently owns a financial counseling practice, Peace Within Financial Counseling.