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By Caitlin Connelly Imagine an online LGBT senior center. What would that look like and how would it serve visitors? These are questions on Shiva Prasad’s mind. The third-year gerontology PhD student at UMass Boston recently presented preliminary research findings… Continue Reading →
This is another in an occasional series of stories about the academic experiences of a first-year UMass Boston gerontology PhD student. By Caitlin Connelly One semester down, many more to go. Looking ahead, I need to make an important decision… Continue Reading →
Chae Man Lee, a 2017 graduate of the UMass Boston Gerontology PhD program, is one of the department’s first two postdoctoral fellows. He recently talked with Saadia Ahmad of the McCormack Graduate School about his experience. This article first appeared… Continue Reading →
Wendy Wang, a recent graduate of the UMass Boston Gerontology PhD program, is one of the department’s first two postdoctoral fellows. She recently talked with Saadia Ahmad of the McCormack Graduate School about her experience. This article first appeared on… Continue Reading →
A new report authored by a research team from the University of Massachusetts Boston provides a comprehensive examination of the health of a million older people living in the Commonwealth, including detailed profiles of every city and town. The 2018… Continue Reading →
By Martin Hansen-Verma Jeffrey Stokes, a quantitative sociologist who specializes in aging, families and health, has joined the UMass Boston Gerontology faculty as an assistant professor. Stokes, who earned his PhD in sociology from Boston College, most recently served as… Continue Reading →
By Caitlin Connelly I walked into the Gerontology Department for the first time as a new PhD student on Sept. 4. I don’t remember feeling any one thing at that moment. It was more like a combination of emotions: nerves,… Continue Reading →
By Taryn Hojlo Two gerontology students researching a multi-generational approach to community senior centers and property tax relief programs for older homeowners have been selected for the 2018 Capstone awards. Students Beth Duggan Rouleau and Norma Strack were selected by… Continue Reading →
By Saadia Ahmad The first time that Dr. Shuangshuang Wang learned of the gerontology field was from a professor in college who mentioned that while there are many researchers interested in child development, far fewer are focused on the development… Continue Reading →
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