Gerontology

Certificate of Graduate Study

The gerontology program is an interdisciplinary program that fosters educational, research, and service activities pertinent to aging. At the graduate level, the program offers an interdisciplinary certificate of graduate study. This certificate allows students to integrate current knowledge and research on adulthood and aging into their degree programs. A student wishing to pursue this certificate must apply to the gerontology program.

Students must complete a minimum of 15 semester hours with at least 9 semester hours from the primary content area. A student may take no more than 9 of the required 15 semester hours from a single department. With the approval of the director of the gerontology program, 3 semester hours of independent study, directed individual study, or other appropriate course work may be substituted for 3 semester hours of course work toward the certificate.

Faculty Associates

Susan Bowers, associate professor of family, consumer, and nutrition sciences, Ph.D.
Dianne Cearlock, professor of allied health professions, Ph.D.
James R. Ciesla, associate professor of allied health professions,Ph.D.
Carolinda Douglass, associate professor of allied health professions, Ph.D.
Lisa M. Finkelstein, associate professor of psychology, Ph.D.
Judith Hertz, associate professor of nursing, Ph.D.
Julie Hillery, associate professor of family, consumer, and nutrition sciences, Ph.D.
Pamela Macfarlane, professor of kinesiology and physical education, Ph.D.
Robin D. Moremen, associate professor of sociology, Ph.D.
Donna Munroe, associate professor of nursing, Ph.D.
Jodell Newman-Ryan, associate professor of communicative disorders, Ph.D.
Nancy Nuzzo, associate professor of allied health professions, Ph.D.
Allen Ottens, associate professor of counseling, adult and higher education, Ph.D.
Donna Plonczynski, assistant professor of nursing, Ph.D.
Aimee D. Prawitz, associate professor of family, consumer, and nutrition sciences, Ph.D. Robert Ridinger, professor in University Libraries, M.A.
Bruce Rocheleau, professor of political science, Ph.D.
Joseph Smaldino, professor of communicative disorders, Ph.D.
Laura S. Smart, professor of family, consumer, and nutrition sciences, Ph.D.
M Cecil Smith, professor of leadership, educational psychology and foundations, Ph.D.
John F. Stolte, professor emeritus of sociology, Ph.D.
Josephine Umoren, associate professor of family, consumer, and nutrition sciences, Ph.D.
Virginia Wilcox-Gök, associate professor of economics, Ph.D.
Charline Xie, associate professor of family, consumer, and nutrition sciences, Ph.D.