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Editorial Board

Rachel Pruchno, PhD, Editor-in-Chief
The Gerontologist
UMDNJ-SOM
42 East Laurel Road, Suite 2300
Stratford, NJ 08084-1504
E-mail: pruchnra@umdnj.edu

Megan McCutcheon, MA, Managing Editor
The Gerontological Society of America
1220 L Street NW, Suite 901
Washington, DC 20005
Email: tg@geron.org

Nancy Schoenberg, PhD, Editor: Qualitative Research
University of Kentucky

Kimberly Van Haitsma, PhD, Editor: Practice Concepts
Abramson Center for Jewish Life

Frank J. Whittington, PhD, Editor: Book Reviews
George Mason University

Helen Kivnick, PhD, Editor: Humanities & Arts
University of Minnesota

John B. Williamson, PhD, Editor: Policy Studies
Boston College

EDITORIAL BOARD

Steven M. Albert, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

Rebecca S. Allen, PhD
The University of Alabama

Jacqueline L. Angel, PhD
The University of Texas at Austin

Tamara A. Baker, PhD
University of South Florida

Daniel Béland
Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

Jennifer Bellot, PhD, RN, MHSA
Thomas Jefferson University

Mercedes Bern-Klug, PhD, MSW
The University of Iowa

Richard Birkel, PhD
National Council on Aging

Christine E. Bishop, PhD
Brandeis University

Jamila Bookwala, PhD
Lafayette College

Hayden Bosworth, PhD
Durham VA Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center

Barbara J. Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Margaret P. Calkins, PhD
IDEAS Consulting Inc.

Francis Caro, PhD
University of Massachusetts Boston

Nicholas G. Castle, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

Barbara B. Cochrane, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of Washington

Constance L. Coogle, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University

Teresa Cooney, PhD
University of Missouri

Katrina Cubit, PhD
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council, Australia

Sara J. Czaja, PhD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Jeanette M. Daly, RN, PhD
The University of Iowa

Kara Bottiggi Dassel, PhD
Arizona Association of AAAs

Adam Davey, PhD
Temple University

Howard B. Degenholtz, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

David J. Ekerdt, PhD
University of Kansas

Connie Evashwick, PhD, ScD, FACHE
Saint Louis University

Richard H. Fortinsky, PhD
University of Connecticut Health Center

Lisa Fredman, PhD
Boston University

Helene H. Fung, PhD
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD
University of Minnesota

Laura N. Gitlin, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Kathy E. Green, PhD
University of Denver

R. Turner Goins, PhD
West Virginia University

Leslie K. Hasche, PhD, MSW
University of Denver

William E. Haley, PhD
University of South Florida

Jon Hendricks, PhD
Oregon State University

Pamela Herd, PhD
University of Wisconsin

Robert B. Hudson, PhD
Boston University
Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP
University of South Florida

Marshall B. Kapp, JD, MPH
Florida State University

Brian Kaskie, PhD
University of Iowa

Nancy Kelley-Gillespie, PhD
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Mary Ann Kluge, PhD
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Peter A. Lichtenberg, PhD, ABPP
Wayne State University

Phoebe S. Liebig, PhD
University of Southern California

Rebecca G. Logsdon, PhD
University of Washington

Ronald J. Manheimer, PhD
The Manheimer Group

Graham J. McDougall Jr., PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
The University of Texas at Austin

Lisa C. McGuire, PhD
Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Kate de Medeiros, PhD
Miami University

Suzanne Meeks, PhD
University of Louisville

Claudia Meyer, MPH
National Ageing Research Institute

Edward Alan Miller, PhD, MPA
University of Massachusetts Boston

Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, MSW, ACSW
Washington University in St. Louis

Naoko Muramatsu, PhD, MHSA
University of Illinois at Chicago

Linda S. Noelker, PhD
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging

Frank Oswald, PhD
Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Patricia A. Parmelee, PhD
The University of Alabama

Julie Hicks Patrick, PhD
West Virginia University

Loretta Pecchioni, PhD
Louisiana State University

Nancy J. Petersen, PhD
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston

Carl F. Pieper, DrPH
Duke University Medical Center

Larry Polivka, PhD
Claude Pepper Center

Thomas R. Prohaska, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago

Jill Quadagno, PhD
The Florida State University

Anna Rahman, PhD, MSW
University of Southern California

Ruth E. Ray, PhD
Wayne State University

Virginia E. Richardson, PhD, MSW
The Ohio State University

Sara E. Rix, PhD
AARP Public Polcy Institute

Karen A. Roberto, PhD
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Miriam S. Rose, MEd
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging

Michael J. Rovine, PhD
Pennsylvania State University

Laura P. Sands, PhD
Purdue University

Andrew Scharlach, PhD
University of California- Berkeley

Rick J. Scheidt, PhD
Kansas State University

Richard Schulz, PhD
University of Pittsbugh

Debra Sheets, PhD, MSN, RN
University of Victoria

A. Lynn Snow, PhD
University of Alabama

Avron Spiro, PhD
VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University Medial Center

Maximiliane E. Szinovacz, PhD
University of Massachusetts-Boston

Jeanne A. Teresi, EdD, PhD
Columbia University and Research Division, Hebrew Home, Riverdale

Jennifer L. Troyer, PhD
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Jim Vanden Bosch, MA
Terra Nova Films

Hans-Werner Wahl, PhD
University of Heidelberg

Dana Beth Weinberg, PhD
Queens College and The Graduate Center - City University of New York

Maureen Wilson-Genderson, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University

Jacqueline S. Zinn, PhD
Temple University

HONORARY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Oscar J. Kaplan, PhD
1961-1966 (deceased)

Donald P. Kent, PhD
1967-1969 (deceased)

Jerome Kaplan, PhD
1970-1975

Elias S. Cohen, MPA, JD
1976-1981

Hiram J. Friedsam, PhD
1982-1984 (deceased)

Sheldon S. Tobin, PhD
1985-1988

Rosalie A. Kane, PhD
1989-1992

Rose C. Gibson, PhD
1993-1996

Vernon L. Greene, PhD
1997-1999

Laurence G. Branch, PhD
2000-2001

Linda S. Noelker, PhD
2002-2006

William J. (Jim) McAuley, PhD
2007-2010

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

Richard H. Fortinsky, PhD, Chair
University of Connecticut Health Center

Debra Bakerjian
University of California, Davis

Marla Berg-Weger
St. Louis University

Rafael de Cabo
National Institute on Aging

Lauren Donorfio
University of Connecticut

Karen Fingerman
The University of Texas at Austin

Zachary Gassoumis
University of Southern California

Judith Howe
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Robert Hudson
Boston University

Matt Kaeberlein
University of Washington

Robert Kane, MD
University of Minnesota

Bob G. Knight
University of Southern California

Stephen Kritchevsky
Wake Forest University

Christopher Phillipson
Keele University

Rachel Pruchno
UMDNJ-SOM

Victoria Raveis
New York University

Merril Silverstein
University of Southern California

Zoltan Ungvari
University of Oklahoma

Noah Webster
Case Western Reserve University