Graduate Students

In the Department of Sociology of Case Western Reserve University, students are able to pursue graduate education in an environment in which both faculty and fellow students share interest in the sociology of aging and the life course, and in medical sociology. Our department provides unique opportunities for early professional socialization and meaningful hands-on involvement in research projects. Students are viewed as junior colleagues, collaborating with faculty members and conducting independent research. Please feel free to ask questions you may have about any of us, our research areas, our program, or CWRU.

Scott Adams Melinda Laroco Boehm
Dawn Aliberti Jielu Lin
Tanetta Andersson Kelly Melvin
Tirth Bhatta Relebohile Nthati Katiso Morojele
Sherri Brown Robert Peterson
Julie Chaya Bradley Powell
Cory Cronin Holly Renzhofer
Sandra Dunkin Paulette Sage
Michael Flatt Christine Schneider
Timothy Goler Casey Schroeder
Greg Graham Rebecca Siders
Rachel Hammel Stephen Steh
Sara Kennedy Mary Ellen Stone
Diana Kulle Joshua Terchek
George Kypriotakis Maggie Waltz
Marcie Lambrix Pei Zhang

Scott Adams

scott.a.adams@case.edu

Education
B.A., Sociology, John Carroll University

Research Interests
Successful aging; technology use among older adults; end of life issues; social security and policy

Employment
Research Assistant for Dr. Eva Kahana at the Elderly Care Research Center

Personal interests/achievements
Play music, karaoke, going to concerts, hiking, IHOP

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Dawn Aliberti

dma10@case.edu

Education
A.A.B., Applied Business, Lakeland Community College
B.A and M.A., Sociology, Cleveland State University

Research Interests
Medical sociology (including sociology of disability); aging; sociology of the family; human rights and criminology

Employment
I am currently enjoying being an adjunct faculty member at several local colleges and universities.

Personal interests/achievements
Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award, 2006 (Tri-C Eastern Campus)

Publications
Hinze, Susan W. and Aliberti, Dawn (2005) "The Feminization of Poverty: A Global Perspective." Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George Ritzer.

Gran, Brian and Aliberti, Dawn (2003) "The office of the children's ombudsperson: children's rights and social-policy innovation" Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2003, Pages 89-106.

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Tanetta Anderson


tea@case.edu

Education
Ph.D. Candidate, MA, 2005, Case Western Reserve University
B.A., Sociology and Psychology, minor in Women's Studies, Case Western Reserve University, 1999

Research Interests
Social stratification; race, gender, class, and ethnic inequalities; women's health (e.g., menopause & use of equine estrogens in hormone replacement therapy); third world & transnational feminims; sociology of the body; mental health, depression, suicide bereavement; qualitative methodology & visual sociology; sociology of sport; animals and society; service learning & applied sociology

Employment
Graduate Student Instructor

Dissertation Title
"Disenfranchised grief"?: An exploratory study of suicide loss in friendship dyads

Personal interests/achievements
Horses, horses, horses!
Recipient of the 2002 United States Eventing Association (USEA) Worth the Trust Adult Amateur Scholarship (national equestrian scholarship)
Recipient of the 1999 CWRU Student Leadership Award
Patricia B. Kilpatrick Award for Service to Others & CWRU Student Community Service Award

Publications
Settersten, R. A., Jr., & Andersson, T. E. (2002). Moving and still: Neighborhood effects, human development, and the life course. In R. A. Settersten, Jr. & T. Owens (Eds.), Advances in life-course research: New frontiers in socialization (pp. 197-227). London: Elsevier Science, Ltd.

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Tirth Bhatta

trb66@case.edu


Education
M.GS., Master of Gerontological Studies, Miami University, 2010
M.Sc., Statistics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2004
B.Sc., Statistics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2002

Research Interests
Medical Sociology; Social Epidemiology; Research Methods; Demography; Aging (Socio-economic determinants of health and its pathways, Life course perspective, Longitudinal data analysis, Survival analysis/ hazard modeling, Life table calculation, Missing Data Imputation, Interface of Frequentist and Bayesian methods).

Employment
Research Assistant: Dr. Jessica Kelly-Moore
Research Assistant: Dr. David Warner
Graduate Assistant: Dr. Suzanne Kunkel (2008-2010)
Graduate Assistant/ Managing Deputy Editor of Teaching Sociology: Dr. Glenn Muschert (2008-2010)
Research Intern: The Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford, UK (2009)
Bio-Statistician: Nepalgunj Medical College, Nepal (2007-2008)

Personal interests/achievements
I like to listen to soft music which I use as a tool to relieve my stress. I am sports lover but am not familiar with American sports. Sometimes, I spend my leisure time watching comedy movies. I also spend my leisure time browsing world news. My main personal interest is on reading books and articles related to spirituality and philosophy. I love contemplating on meaning of life, especially the later life.

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Sherri Brown

sherri.brown@case.edu

Education
M.S., Family and Consumer Sciences, Eastern Illinois University
B.S., Home Economics, Western Illinois University

Research Interests
My research interests are comprised of examining adulthood and aging among men, elderly caregiving, and stress and coping using a sociocultural contextual perspective.

Employment
I am currently working as research assistant for Department Chair, Dr. Dale Dannefer, and Dr. Gary Deimling at the Cancer Survivors Research Project.

Personal interests/achievements
My personal interests include spending time with family and friends, movies, reading books and watching documentaries on African American issues, music, playing Scrabble, bead jewelry making (currently, at a basic level), powerwalking, and traveling.

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Julie Chaya

jxc691@case.edu

Education
B.S., Applied Health Sciences & Gerontology, Bowling Green State University

M.A., Human Development & Family Studies (Gerontology), Kent State University

 

Research Interests

Gerontology, medical sociology, bioethics, end-of-life issues, and research methods

Employment
R.A. for Dr. Eva Kahana-Elderly Care Research Center

Publications
In progress

 

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Cory Cronin

cxc517@case.edu

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Sandra Dunkin

sld62@case.edu

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Michael Flatt

maf34@case.edu

Education
B.A., Sociology, Cleveland State University
M.A., Sociology, Cleveland State University

Research Interests
Gender; sexuality; inequality in health care and education; issues of race and social class

Employment
R.A. for Brian Gran, working on the Children's Right Index
R.A. for Sue Hinze, work includes a qualitative look at married physicians and the gaming phenomena among college students.

Also recently employed by:
Cuyahoga Community College: Adjunct Sociology Faculty Case Western Bioethics Dept: R.A. under P.I., Laura Siminoff, on a study on tissue donation.

Personal interests/achievements
Personal interests include working with the NE Ohio chapter of GLSEN-- Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, which works to ensure safe schools for everyone by promoting awareness and offering training on dealing with discrimination relating to sexuality and gender indentity issues in Ohio schools.

Crowning achievement would be the fact that I have seen Madonna live in concert over 30 times in 3 countries and 2 continents. Avid Madonna fan (some say fanatic) for over 20 years.

Publications
In progess

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Timothy Goler

timothy.goler@case.edu

Education
Masters of Urban Planning, Design and Development

Concentration: Housing and Neighborhood Development

Cleveland State University

Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs

 

Bachelor of Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies

Concentration: Early Childhood Education, Minor: History

Norfolk State University

Research Interests
Public Policy, Education, Children, African American Culture & Mental Health

Employment
R.A. for Dr. Jessica Kelley-Moore and Dr. Susan Hinze

Personal interests/achievements
Chess, traveling, family and community

Men with a Mission Club, PHARAOH News Magazine, Health Issue, 2003

Unsung Community Hero, Cleveland Life Magazine, 1999

40/40 Club Kaleidoscope Magazine, 1999

Cleveland State University, the Levin College of Urban Affairs, Wallace G. Teare Prize, 1998


Publications
Goler, Timothy, McShepard and Batson (2008) How Anti-Educational Messages in the Media, at Home, & on the Street Hold Back African-American Youth, PolicyBridge Report

 

Goler, Timothy, McShepard and Batson (2008) Untapped Potential: African-American Males in Northeast Ohio, PolicyBridge Report

 

 

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Greg Graham

gxg27@cwru.edu

Education
B.A., Communication, Cleveland State University
M.A, Sociology, Case Western Reserve University

Research Interests
Research methodology as applied to nursing research and the social sciences; Gerontology; healthcare disparities; developing a scale of quality of care in a long-term care setting; quality of fit between a resident and the constellation of long-term care options; public policy and the aged

Employment
Currently a Lecturer in Research Methodologies in the School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University

Personal interests/achievements
Travel & cooking

Publications

Siminoff, L., Graham, G., Gordon, N. (January 2005) Breast Cancer and Patient Care: Demographic Differences. Oral presentation at American PsychoOncology Society annual meeting.

Siminoff, L., Graham, G., Gordon, N. (2006) Cancer Communication Patterns and the Influence of Patient Characteristics: Disparities in Information-giving and Affective Behaviors. Patient Education and Counseling. Patient Educ Couns, 62(3):355-60.

Zhang, X., Hans, M., Graham, G., Kircher, H.L., and Redline, S. (2007) Correlations Between Cephalometric and Facial Photographic Measurements of Craniofacial Form. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Vol. 131, No.1:67-71.

Siminoff, L., Mercer M.B., Graham G., Burant, C. (2007) The Reasons Families Donate Organs for Transplantation: Implications for Policy and Practice; The Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care , 62:4.

Faculty Webpage
http://fpb.case.edu/Faculty/Graham.shtm

Current CV

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Rachel Hammel

rjh31@case.edu

Education
M.P.A., University of Akron, 2005
B.A., Sociology, University of Akron, 1998

Research Interests
Medical sociology; life course

Employment
Research assistant to Eva Kahana at the Elderly Care Research Center

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Sara Kennedy

sek67@case.edu

Education
B.A. Psychology, Indiana University, 2005
M.A. Sociological Practice, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2009

Research Interest
Mental Health; Criminology; Family and Gender

Employment
Research and Teaching Assistant for Dr. David Warner and Dr. Susan Hinze

Interests
Reading, music, movies, spending time with friends and family

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Diana Kulle

djt9@case.edu

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George Kypriotakis

gxk56@case.edu

Education
B.A., Human Development, Hellenic College/Holy Cross
M.A., Applied Sociology, U. Mass

Research Interests
Aging, andCancer; Life-course andsocial integration; Randomized interventions; Prevention and evaluation research; Longitudinal, multi-leveland latent variable modeling;Analysis across systems.

Employment
Research Biostatistician, Medicine, CWRU
Educational Evaluator, GRECC, VA Medical Center

Publications
George Kypriotakis. (1999).Time Interval and Offense Escalation: Statistical Analysis Using Survival Data. Paper presentedat the AnnualConference of the American Society of Criminology in Toronto, Canada.

George Kipriotakis. (2001). Criminal Histories and Recidivism Rates for Different Offence Transitions and for Two Types of Offenders. The Discourse of Sociological Practice. Vol. 4, no. 1.

Michelle Puchowicz, George Kypriotakis, Bruce H. Cohen, Sumit Parikh, Douglas S. Kerr and Charles L. Hoppel. (2006). Age-related changes in human skeletal muscle mitochondrial energy metabolism. Mitochondrion. Vol 6, Issue 5.

Deimling, G. T., Kypriotakis, G., Bowman, K. F., Arendt, J. A. (2007). Trajectories in Functioning and psychosocial outcomes among older, adult, long-term cancer survivors. TheGerontologist, 47 (Special Issue 1), p. 605.

Bowman, K. B., Arendt, J. A., Deimling, G. T, Kypriotakis, G, Rose, J. H. (2007) Health care utilization of older, longer cancer survivors. The Gerontologist, 47 (Special Issue 1), p. 605.

George Kypriotakis, Edwin Vazquez, Edward Lesnefsky, Charles Hoppel. Oxidative Phosphorylation Provides a Valuable Tool for Identifying the Aging Mitochondrial Phenotype. Presentation at the 12th Congress of the International Association of Biochemical Gerontology (2007).

G. Deimling, Bowman, K.B., Kypriotakis, G .Cancer and Aging: The Quality of Life of Long-term Survivors. Presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine, March 2007.

Deimling, G.T., Arendt, J.A., Bowman, K.B., Kypriotakis, G. (2008) The Relative Impact ofCancer-related and Age-related actors on the Psycho-social Quality of Life of Older Adult, Long-term Survivors. Psycho-Oncology Vol 17.

Deimling, G. T., Arendt, J. A., Kypriotakis, G., Bowman, K. F. (in review). Predictors of health and functioning of older adult, long-term cancer survivors. Journal of Aging and Health.

Michelle Puchowicz, George Kypriotakis, Bruce H. Cohen, Sumit Parikh, Douglas S. Kerr and Charles L. Hoppel. (2006). Developmental changes in human skeletal muscle mitochondria. (Working paper).

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Marcie Lambrix

mal31@cas.edu

Education
M.A. Sociology, Cleveland State University, 2002
B.A. Sociology, Cleveland State University, 2000


Research Interest
Medical Sociology; anti-aging therapies; medicine and consumerism; end of life decision making; research methods


Employment
2010-Present
Project Manager, Personalized Genomic Medicine Project
Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University

2006-2010
Anti-Aging Project Coordinator,
Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University

2002-2006
University Memory and Aging Center, Caregiving Research Program Manager, Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals


Recent Publications
McGowan, M., Fishman, J. and Lambrix, M. (2010). Personal genomics and individual identities: motivations and moral imperatives of early users. New Genetics and Society, 29 (3) 261 - 290.

Settersten, R. A., Jr., Fishman, J. R., Lambrix, M. A., Flatt, M. A., & Binstock, R. H. (2009). “The salience of language in probing public attitudes about life extension”. The American Journal of Bioethics, 9 (12), 81–82.

McGowan, Michelle L. and Marcie A. Lambrix. (2009). “Are Social Networkers and Genome Testers One in the Same?: The Limitations of Public Opinion Research for Guiding Clinical Practice”.The American Journal of Bioethics,9 (6-7), 21-23.

Fishman, Jennifer R., Robert H. Binstock and Marcie A. Lambrix. (2008) “Anti-Aging Science: The Emergence, Maintenance, and Enhancement of a Discipline”Journal of Aging Studies22: 295-303.abstract

Kathleen A. Smyth, Julia H. Rose, McKee J. McClendon, and Marcie A. Lambrix (2007). “Relationships Among Caregivers' Demographic Characteristics, Social Support Ratings, and Expectations of Computer-Mediated Support Groups.”Journal of Applied Gerontology,26: 58 - 77.

Awards
Recipeint of 2011 Brocher Foundation Visiting Researchers Scholarship

Current CV

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Melinda Laroco Boehm

mlaroco.boehm@gmail.com

Education
B.A., Sociology, The University of Memphis, 2005
M.A., Applied Sociology, Old Dominion University, 2007

Research Interests
Medical Sociology; environmental factors and health disparities; life course; race/class/gender issues for poor and working class families

Employment
I am currently working as a Research Assistant for Dr. Jessica Kelley-Moore. The project I am helping with is entitled,Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS).The study focuses on the need to understand health disparities in one’s overall longevity by looking at differences in rates and risks for pathological conditions associated with aging. The study hopes to decipher the relationship between race, socioeconomic status, and health outcomes, and it has definitely led me into research that I want to pursue. I also enjoy studying certain areas of Gerontology (i.e. Caregiving for Alzheimer’s patients).

Personal interests/achievements
I love to travel, spend time with family and friends, read great books, experience new things, and most importantly, spend significant amounts of time laughing.

The greatest achievements I can think of thus far: being accepted into CaseJ, earning a Masters Degree from ODU, being awarded Ms. University of Memphis in college, watchingThe Sound of Musicthousands of times, and most importantly, maintaining pleasant relationships with God, family, and friends.

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Jielu Lin

jxl510@case.edu

Education
M.S., Applied Sociology, Clemson University, 2008
B.A., Advertising, Fudan University, China, 2006

Research Interests
Physical and Mental Health, Aging and the Life Course, Research Methods

Employment
Research Assistant for Professors Jessica Kelly-Moore and Eva Kahana

Publications
Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. andJielu Lin. 2011. "Widening the View: Capturing 'Unobserved' Heterogeneity in Studies of Age and the Life Course." Forthcoming in Handbook of Sociology of Aging, edited by Richard G. Settersten, Jr. and Jacqueline L. Angel. Springer.

Lin, Jielu, Martie P. Thompson and Nadine J. Kaslow. 2009." The Mediating Role of Social Support in the Community Environment--Psychological Distress Link Among Low-Income African American Women." Journal of Community Psychology 37(4):459-470.

Personal Webpage:http://filer.case.edu/jxl510/index.html

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Kelly Melvin

kmm193@case.edu

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Relebohile Nthati Katiso Morojele

rxm391@case.edu

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Robert Peterson

rbp19@case.edu

Education
B.A. Sociology, Morehouse College, Atlanta Georgia, 2005M.A. Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio, 2008

Research Interests
Robert’s scholarly foci includes: medical sociology; quantitative and qualitative methods; HIV/AIDS; race, class, and gender inequalities; the concept of masculinities and men’s health; and social and health policy.

Dissertation Title
“The Implications of HIV/AIDS Framing on Testing and Disclosure Decision-Making among Macro and Micro Level Stakeholders” endeavors to describe HIV testing decisions, reasons for testing, condom usage, testing experiences, and some of the demographic, attitudinal and behavioral indicators that help explain them.

Employment
As one of four Sociology students in the nation, Robert is a recipient and currently funded by the American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship Program. The MFP is funded primarily through a T-32 training grant provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), with recent co-funding by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). This prestigious fellowship is renewable for up to three years and provides stipend and travel allowances. You can view more about the MFP 35 cohort by clicking:http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/julyaugust08/mfp.html.

Personal Interests/Achievements
In addition to receiving the 2007 Ruth Barber Moon Award for Academic Excellence and Promise at Case Western Reserve University, Robert’s article on HIV disclosure and the stress paradigm titled: “When Secrets Hurt: HIV Disclosure and the Stress Paradigm”is currently part of the edited volume Let’s Talk About Black Sexualities: Sex and Power in America, under review at Rutgers University Press.

In the meantime, I admit it, I am a news junkie...for entertainment purposes only i.e., CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, FOX News, ABC, NY Times, Washington Post etc. In addition, I enjoy socializing with my fraternity brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. In the little spare time I do have, I take pleasure in southern style cooking or community involvement typically dealing with HIV/AIDS or mentoring in the local educational system.Last but not least, I truly benefit from spending time with my 9-month old German Shepherd, Stacey.

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Bradley Powell

bradley.powell@case.edu

Education
B.A., Sociology, Columbia University

Research Interests
Life course; Marxist sociology; race/class/gender; criminology

Employment
Research Assistant to Dr. Brian Gran and Dr. Jessica Kelley-Moore

Personal Interests/Achievements
Finisher, New York City Triathlon, 2009

Honorable Mention, The Women's and Gender Studies Awards, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University, 2010, 2011

 

Dean's Senior Thesis Research Grant, Columbia University, 2010

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Holly Renzhofer

htr9@case.edu

Education
M.A., Sociology, University of Toledo
B.S.W., Social Work, University of Toledo

Research Interests
Medical Sociology. I am particularly interested in medicalization, chronic issues, disabilities, and mental health.

Employment
I am currently a research assistant working under Professors Gary Deimling and Brian Gran. I was previously employed by Owens Community College as an adjunct faculty member.

Personal Interests
I enjoy spending time with my family, friends, horses and dog. I also like to spend time outside and traveling.

Publications
Review of Mintz, Susannah B. (2007) Unruly Bodies: Life Writing by Women with Disabilities, The University of North Carolina Press,Disability and Society,Vol. 24. No. 4, p. 534-535.

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Paulette Sage

 

pas11@case.edu

Education
M.A. Sociology, Cleveland State University
B.S. Education, University of Akron
Certificate in Paralegal Studies, Lakeland Community College

Research Interests
Medical sociology; aging and the life course

Research Experience
Paulette is a Senior Research Assistant and field interviewer for the Cancer Survivors Research Project. Prior to starting graduate work, Paulette worked in market research for over 20 years, including some time as a private contractor in marketing research with several health care providers, such as the Cleveland Clinic, Humility of Mary, and Sisters of St. Francis Health System.

Personal interests/achievements
Golfing, canoeing, cross country and downhill skiing, and spending time with family and friends.

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Christine Schneider

cms80@case.edu

Education
B.A., Sociology, Baldwin-Wallace College

Research Interests
The commodification/medicalization of the male body; gender differences in mental health; social inequalities within the medical profession

Employment
Research Assistant for various faculty members at Case Western
Research Assistant for the VA Medical Center in Wade Park on the “Joint Replacement Utilization Disparity: The Role Of Communication” study

Personal interests/achievements
I would like to study the Hispanic, in conjunction with African American and white populations to study factors regarding patient-physician relationships that perpetuate social inequalities. In my free time I like to golf and fish the nearby rivers

Recent Publications
The NSA and privacy, in addition to the USPS and privacy encyclopedia entries

Current CV

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Casey Schroeder

cms51@case.edu

Education
B.A. in Sociology, Maryville University-St. Louis, 2002
M.A. in Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, 2005

Research Interests
Doctor-patient communication about STI prevention

Employment
Standardized Patient Trainer/Coordinator at the Mt. Sinai Skills and Simulation Center (MSSSC), which is part of CWRU School of Medicine

Personal interests/achievements
Women's rights, volunteer work at women's clinics, reading, and walking my dogs

Recent Publications
Dannefer, D., and Miklowski, C. (2006). Developments in the life course. In (J.A. Vincent, C. Phillipson, and M. Downs, Eds.).The Futures of Old Age, pp. 32-42. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.
Schroeder, C., & Gran, B. (Feb 2005).Abortion, motherhood, and mental health: Medicalizing reproduction in the United States and Britain. (Book Review). Journal of Marriage and Family 67 (1): 263-265.

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Rebecca Siders

ras71@case.edu

Education
M.A., Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, 2008
B.S., Human Development and Family Studies, Minor in Gerontology, Pennsylvania State University, 2005

Research Interest
I'm interested in aging and the life course; institutional care, specifically, long-term care retirement communities (including Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, and Alzheimer's Special Care Units); globalization, particularly how its processes affect global health (e.g. transnational migration of global care workers) and its role in redefining what care is and how it is delivered among vulnerable populations; I'm also interested in medical sociology, especially health inequality and the social institutions and social policies that create and sustain inequalities over the life course.

Employment
Research Assistant/Assistant Project Coordinator
"Learning from Those Who Know," Nursing Home Project (Mentor: Dale Dannefer)

Personal Trainer/Senior Fitness Trainer
Alliance Rehab, Erie, PA

Personal interests/achievements
I enjoy traveling to visit family and friends, camping, hiking, and cycling. I have a goal to try and learn a new sport and/or sport activity every year. This past year I began cycling, yoga, and cardio kickboxing. My new goal for this upcoming year is rock climbing and to do at least ONE cycling charity race. I am a Pittsburgh Steelers fan and an annual subscriber/supporter of the Pittsburgh Ballet. Music, sports/exercise, dance, and art are all ways that I enjoy my "free" time and forms of relaxation.

Current CV

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Stephen Steh

stephen.steh@case.edu

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Mary Ellen (Ellie) Stone

mes181@case.edu

Education
B.A., Gerontology, Miami University, 2006
M.GS., Masters of Gerontological Studies, Miami University, 2008

Research Interest
life course perspective, health disparities, mental health, intergenerational programs/relationships, stigma related to physical disabilities, and public policy (specifically involving the older populations and welfare).

Employment
Research Assistant: Dr. Eva Kahana (2008)
Research Assistant: Dr. Dale Dannefer (2008)
Graduate Assistant: Bill Cifferi and Matt Nelson (2007-2008)
Graduate Assistant: Dr. Jean Lynch (2007-2008)
Graduate Assistant: Dr. Bob Applebaum (2006-2007)
Graduate Assistant: Dr. Christopher Wellin (2006-2007)

Personal interests/achievements
Past President of Sigma Phi Omega. I am interested in animal socialization, primarily in canines. I am also interested in learning more about biology and psychology.

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Josh Terchek

jjt7@case.edu

Joshua Terchek is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University with focuses in research methods and medical sociology. He is currently working on his dissertation regarding the lived experiences of adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. Joshua's current research interests include the social construction of mental disorders, the effects of social inequality on health, and the use of other tobacco products young people. He has worked on several NIH and privately funded studies investigating successful aging, alcohol consumption in HCV patients, and adolescent risk behaviors. Joshua lives in Cleveland with his wife and dog.

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Maggie Waltz

margaret.waltz@case.edu

Education
B.A., English, University of Dayton

Research Interests
Inequality in gender and education; impact of mass media on medical field

Employment
Research Assistant for Professors Brian Gran and Susan Hinze

Personal Interests
Pop culture enthusiast, specifically primetime television

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Pei Zhang

pxz44@case.edu

Education
B.A., Public Administration, Zhengzhou University, 2009

Research Interests
Aging; mental illness; family

Employment
Research Assistant for Dr. Eva Kahana at the Elderly Care Research Center
Research Assistant for Dr. Dale Dannefer

Personal interests
Music, hiking, reading

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