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

