Gerontology

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GRN brochure(Program Brochure - PDF)

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Personal Narrative for Applicants: UNCW Master of Science in Applied Gerontology Program (PDF)

Cost of Attendance (PDF)

Financial Aid

Occupations for which graduates are prepared (PDF)

CAREERS IN AGING
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 CURRICULUM INFORMATION

Outstanding Students

StephanieNmashie

Congratulations to Stephanie Nmashie, one of six student winners of the 2012 Making a Difference (MAD) to NC Award. Stephanie won for her research poster presentation at this year's Graduate Research Symposium entitled: "The Ghanaian Aging Experience: Comparing and Contrasting Aging in Place and Migrating to the U.S." Additionally, Stephanie will be presenting her research work on April 20 at the 2012 Southern Gerontological Society Conference in Nashville, TN.

 

 

Rhonda A. Smith was a recipient of a graduate summer (2011) research award for her project on "Impact of Combat on Adult Children of Vietnam Veterans".

Our Faculty

EleanorCovan

Dr. Eleanor K. Covan
Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Program Coordinator/Professor
NB 2041
covane@uncw.edu
910.962.3435
Covan Vitae (PDF)


Research Interests:
Impact of combat experience on the aging process
Process of preminiscing to create meaning in aging
Impact of disasters on older adults
Cross-cultural study of aging

ElizabethFugateWhitlock


Dr. Elizabeth Fugate-Whitlock
Ph.D., Medical College of Virginia,
Virginia Commonwealth University
Lecturer
NB 2047
whitlocke@uncw.edu
910.962.7816

Research Interests:
Natural Disasters & Older Adults
Access to Health Care for Older Adults
Health Policy

Candace Ashton, LRT/CTRS
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Focus: Older Women, Retirement, Widowhood, Leisure, Recreation Therapy and Geriatrics

Tim Ballard
Department of Biology and Marine Biology
Ph.D., Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University
Focus: Skeletal Development

Karen Daniels
Department of Psychology
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Focus: Cognitive Psychology

Milan Dluhy
Department of Public and International Affairs
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Focus: Social Policy, Urban Policy, Quality of Life Indicators

Candace Gauthier
Department of Philosophy and Religion
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Focus: Informed Consent, Confidentiality, Medical Ethics

Joseph Kishton
Department of Psychology
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Focus: Psychobiography, Self-Concept Development

Barbara Waxman
Department of English
Ph.D., City University of New York
Focus: Aging and Literature, Women’s Studies in Literature, Multicultural U.S. Literature,
Autobiography

Alissa Dark-Freudeman
Department of Psychology
University of Florida
Focus: Adult Development and Aging, Self-Regulation, Self-Concept

Dr. Angela Wadsworth
Department of Sociology & Criminology
University of North Carolina Wilmington

Dr. Judy Kinney
School of Health & Applied Human Sciences
Focus: Research Methods, Educational Psychology

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