Mar 28, 2024  
2015-2016 Graduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Gerontology


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Faculty

Ellen Birchander, MS, Tufts University, MSW, Boston College

  • Experimental Psychology

Kathrin Boerner, PhD, Free University of Berlin

  • Adult Development and Aging (coping with chronic illness, end of life, bereavement)

Ellen A. Bruce, JD, Northeastern University

  • Law (Emeritus)

Jeffrey A. Burr, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

  • Sociology

Francis G. Caro, PhD, University of Minnesota

  • Sociology (Emeritus, N/A)

Yung-Ping Chen, PhD, University of Washington

  • Economics (Emeritus, N/A)

Elizabeth Dugan, PhD, University of North Carolina Greensboro

  • Human Development and Family Studies

Len Fishman, JD, University of Maryland

  • Law (long-term services and supports, senior housing)

Lillian Glickman, PhD, Brandeis University

  • Public Policy

Edward Miller, PhD, University of Michigan

  • Political Science and Health Management and Policy

Jan E. Mutchler, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

  • Sociology

Pamela Nadash, PhD, Columbia University

  • Public Health and Political Science

Frank Porell, PhD, Carnegie-Mellon University

  • Urban and Public Affairs

Nina M. Silverstein, PhD, Brandeis University

  • Social Welfare

Barbara F. Turner, PhD, University of Chicago

  • Human Development (Emeritus, NA)

Robert Weiss, PhD, University of Michigan

  • Sociology (Emeritus, NA)

Eligibility for Courses

Graduate courses in gerontology are open to regularly matriculated PhD and master’s students in the program, to certificate students, and to other graduate students with the permission of individual course instructors and the graduate program director.

Programs

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