Selected Presentations & Appearances
Mental Health and Aging: Debunking Myths and Meeting Challenges
· December 16, 2009
Lecture
Florida State University,
Tallahassee, FL
Brave New World: Education and Aging Well
· November 11, 2008
Lecture
Indiana University
The Longevity Boom: Opportunities for Medical Technology Innovation
· September 21, 2008
Lecture
ADVAMED Conference, Washington D.C.
Service to the Profession
Harriet B. Presser Award Committee
·
2014
- 2015
Committee Service
PAA (Population Association of America)
Associate Editor
·
2014
- 2017
Editorial Activities
Social Psychology Quarterly
Nominations Committee
- Section on Life Course and Aging
·
2014
- 2015
Committee Service
ASA (American Sociological Association)
Member
- Ad Hoc Panel
·
2013
Other
NIH
Board of Directors
·
2013
- 2017
Other
International Association of Gerontology
Program Committee
·
2012
- 2017
Committee Service
International Association of Gerontology
Editorial Board
·
2010
- 2012
Editorial Activities
Society and Mental Health
Member
- Ad Hoc Panel
·
2010
- 2011
Other
NIH
Chair
- Awards Committee, Sociology of Mental Health Section
·
2010
- 2011
Committee Service
ASA (American Sociological Association)
Member
- Program Planning Committee
·
2009
- 2012
Committee Service
International Congress of Gerontology
Chair : Sociology of Mental Health Section, American Sociological Association
·
August 2008
- July 2009
Editorial Activities
Associate Editor : Demography
·
2008
- 2010
Editorial Activities
Chair
- Sociology of Mental Health Section
·
2008
- 2009
Other
ASA (American Sociological Association)
Member
- Committee on Honors
·
2008
- 2010
Committee Service
Southern Sociological Society
Deputy Editor
·
2007
- 2010
Editorial Activities
Demography
Member
- Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award Committee
·
2007
- 2008
Committee Service
ASA (American Sociological Association)
Member
- Ad Hoc Panel
·
2007
Other
NIH
Member
- Ad Hoc Panel
·
2005
Other
NIH
Chair
- Awards Committee
·
2004
- 2008
Committee Service
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Member
- Ad Hoc Panel
·
2004
Other
NIH
Member
- Panel examining the Quality of Palliative Care
·
2002
Other
NIH
Member
- Board of Advisors
·
2001
- 2003
Other
International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality
Section Chair
- Aging and the Life Course
·
2001
- 2002
Other
ASA (American Sociological Association)
Member
- Minority Fellowship Committee
·
2001
- 2004
Committee Service
ASA (American Sociological Association)
Chair
- Task Force on a National Academy for an Aging Society
·
2000
- 2001
Other
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Secretary-Treasurer
- Medical Sociology Section
·
2000
- 2003
Other
ASA (American Sociological Association)
Member
- Board of Advisors
·
2000
- 2001
Other
National Institute for Healthcare Research
Member
- Advisory Council
·
2000
- 2005
Other
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
Editorial Board
·
2000
- 2007
Editorial Activities
International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
Program Chair
- Annual Meeting
·
2000
Other
Southern Sociological Society
Member
- NIH Panel on Spirituality and Health
·
1999
- 2001
Other
NIH
Member
- Social Science Research Council on Innovative Interdisciplinary Research
·
1999
- 2001
Other
NIH
Editorial Board
·
1998
- 2000
Editorial Activities
The Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Board of Advisors
·
1998
- 2000
Other
John Templeton Foundation
Editorial Board
·
1998
- 2000
Editorial Activities
Contemporary Sociology
Editorial Board
·
1997
- 2005
Editorial Activities
Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences
Member
·
1997
- 1998
Other
NIA Scientific Counselors (for review of intramural and extramural behavioral and social sciences programs)
Member
- Search Committee for Chief of Behavioral and Social Research
·
1997
- 1998
Other
NIA
Member
- Panel on Spirituality and Science
·
1996
- 1997
Other
Templeton Foundation
Member
- NIA-Fetzer Foundation Work Group on Spirituality and Health
·
1996
- 1998
Other
Chair
- Development Task Force
·
1996
- 1997
Other
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Editorial Board
·
1995
- 1997
Editorial Activities
American Sociological Review
Executive Committee
- Section on Aging
·
1995
- 1997
Committee Service
ASA (American Sociological Association)
Nominations Committee
·
1994
- 1999
Committee Service
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
President
·
November 1993
- October 1994
Other
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
President-Elect
·
November 1992
- October 1993
Other
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Chair, Publications Committee
- Mental Health Section
·
August 1992
- July 1994
Committee Service
ASA (American Sociological Association)
Chair, Awards Committee
- Behavioral and Social Sciences Section
·
December 1991
- November 1992
Committee Service
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Guest Editor
·
1991
Editorial Activities
Generations, Vol. 15, No.1
Issue Theme: Aging Well
Board of Trustees
·
1991
- 1997
Other
Boettner Institute of Financial Gerontology,
Bryn Mawr, PA
Chair, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section, and Vice President
·
November 1990
- October 1991
Other
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Member
- Planning Committee
·
1990
- 1991
Committee Service
NIH/NIMH Consensus Conference on Geriatric Depression
Chair-Elect
- Behavioral and Social Sciences Section
·
November 1989
- October 1990
Other
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Executive Committee
·
1988
- 1991
Committee Service
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Editorial Board
·
1988
- 1991
Editorial Activities
The Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences
Editorial Board
·
1988
- 2004
Editorial Activities
Journal of Aging and Health
Publications Committee
·
1988
- 1991
Committee Service
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Member
- Research Advisory Committee
·
1988
- 1990
Committee Service
Boettner Research Institute, American College,
Bryn Mawr, PA
Member
- Study Section: Services Research
·
1986
- 1988
Other
NIMH
Associate Editor
·
1986
- 1989
Editorial Activities
The Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Member
- Special Panel to Evaluate Research Training in Mental Health Services Research
·
1985
- 1986
Other
Member
- Ad Hoc Study Section
·
1984
Other
NIH
Member
- Research Committee
·
1982
- 1984
Committee Service
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Member
- Grant Review Panel
·
1982
Other
National Science Foundation
Member
- Ad Hoc Study Section
·
1982
Other
NIH
Board of Directors
·
1982
- 1983
Other
Southern Gerontological Society
Editor
- Social Sciences Section
·
1982
- 1984
Editorial Activities
The Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences
Executive Committee
- Behavioral and Social Sciences Section
·
1981
- 1983
Committee Service
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Member
- Program Planning Committee, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section
·
1981
Committee Service
Gerontological Society
Member
- Study Section: Life Course Review
·
1981
- 1985
Other
NIMH
Member
- Special Publications Committee
·
1981
- 1983
Committee Service
GSA (Gerontological Society of America)
Member
- Program Planning Committee, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section
·
1981
Committee Service
Gerontological Society
Member
- Grant Review Panel
·
1981
Other
National Science Foundation
Member
- Governor's Task Force on Health and Mental Health
·
1980
- 1981
Other
State White House Conference on Aging
Member
- Review Panel
·
1980
- 1988
Other
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Editorial Board
- Social Sciences Section
·
1980
- 1981
Editorial Activities
The Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences
Member
- Governor's Task Force on Older Americans as a Growing National Resource
·
1980
- 1981
Other
State White House Conference on Aging
Member
- Program Planning Committee, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section
·
1980
Committee Service
Gerontological Society
Member
- Ad Hoc Study Section
·
1979
Other
NIH
Member
- AoA Review Panel
·
1979
Other
Member
- Grant Review Panel
·
1978
- 1979
Other
Social Security Administration
Member
- Research Task Force
·
1977
- 1978
Other
North Carolina State Division on Aging
Member
- Program Planning Committee, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section
·
1975
Committee Service
Gerontological Society
Member
- Task Force on Educational Needs of Ohio's Older Citizens
·
1972
Other
Ohio Administration on Aging, 1972
Case Worker
- Children's Protective Services, Butler County Welfare Department
·
April 1969
- August 1972
Other
Hamilton, OH