Faculty Associates

Katherine L. Beissner
Professor and Chair, Physical Therapy, Ithaca College
Exercise, health, and functional abilities

Peter S. Chi
Professor, Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell
Housing and health care

Donna Dempster-McClain
Associate Director, Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center, Cornell
Social integration of individuals in various living environments

Mary Turner DePalma
Professor, Psychology, Ithaca College
Health psychology, social motivation, judgment, and decision making

Mary Ann Erickson
Assistant Professor, Gerontology Institute, Ithaca College

Paul Eshelman
Associate Professor, Design & Environmental Analysis, Cornell
Housing design and implications for life quality

Gary Evans
Professor, Design & Environmental Analysis, Cornell
Environmental psychology, stress

Nina Glasgow
Research Associate, Rural Sociology, Cornell

Bruce Halpern
Susan Linn Sage Professor of Psychology and Professor of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell
Changes in sensory and perceptual systems as a result of aging

Charles R. Henderson, Jr.
Senior Research Associate, Human Development, Cornell
Statistical and computational methods, research methodology, program evaluation

Marilyn A. Kane
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy, Ithaca College
Driver rehabilitation, lifestyle design and management

Carol Knight
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy, Ithaca College
Environments enabling meaningful occupations, physical fitness

John A. Krout
Director, Gerontology Institute, Ithaca College
Professor, Sociology and Health Services Administration, Ithaca College
Predictors and consequences of relocation

Pamela Mayberry
Associate Director, Gerontology Institute, Ithaca College
Home and community based long-term care, consumer-directed home services, and geriatric training needs of rural providers

Phyllis Moen
Ferris Family Professor of Life Course Studies, Cornell
Director, Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center, Cornell
Decision making, social integration, and well-being

Susanne Morgan
Associate Professor, Sociology, Ithaca College
Integration and isolation of elders in social networks

Karl Pillemer
Professor, Human Development, Cornell
Intergenerational relations and social supports

Joel Savishinsky
Charles A. Dana Professor in the Social Sciences, Ithaca College
How elders attach meaning to their experiences as they age

Dawn Schrader
Associate Professor, Education, Cornell

Nancy Wells
Assistant Professor, Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell

Elaine Wethington
Associate Professor, Human Development, Cornell
Life turning points, life events and adjustments

Andrea S. White
Assistant Professor, Psychology, Ithaca College
Cognitive aging, modeling skill acquisition, life-span development

David V. Williams
Associate Professor, Psychology, Ithaca College
Communication - setting analysis, intergenerational communication