Distinguished Lecture Series
About the Series
The Distinguished Lecture Series brings from one to three oustanding scholars or activists in the aging field to North Carolina, to present state of the art lectures and seminars to faculty, students, providers and older adults. The series is used to highlight important policy areas or emerging issues for research, education and service in the aging area. Typically, the distinguished lecturer makes a formal presentation and meets with research trainees.
Upcoming lectures are listed on our calendar of events.
Previous Distinguished Lectures
Listening to the Voices of Older African Americans: New Directions in Supporting Mental Health
Laura Gitlin, PhD
March 27, 2007
slides
Boomers and Late-Bloomers: Celebrating the Dawning of a New Era for Aging Research and Action
Gordon H. DeFriese, Ph.D.
October 25, 2006
Anti-Aging Medicine and Science: An Arena of Conflict and Profound Societal Implications
Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D.
January 24, 2006
Peregrinations on the Gerontological Imagination
Charles F. Longino, Jr., PhD
January 25, 2005
text
Health and Self-Concept: Cause and Effect in Older Family and Work
Roles
Elizabeth Mutran, PhD
January 20, 2004
text | slides
Retirement Security in an Aging Society: A New Challenge
Yung-Ping Chen, PhD
September 12, 2003
How Not to Think about Medicare Reform
Theodore R. Marmor
November 1, 2002
text
Social Security Reform
Joseph E. Quinn
March 4, 2002 (and March 5 in Greenville)
Note: Dr. Quinn's lecture will not be available electronically, but
some of his related papers can be accessed through AGELIB.
Long Term Care in Turmoil: Comparing Britain and America
Malcolm Johnson, PhD
March 20, 2001 (and March 21 in Charlotte)
text
In The Eye of the Beholder: Quality of Life for Long
Term Care Consumers
Rosalie A. Kane, PhD
January 23, 2001 (and January 22 in Wilmington)
The Future of the Long Term Care Workforce: It's Not
"Just the Economy, Stupid"
Robyn I. Stone, Dr.P.H.
December 7, 2000 (and December 7 in Raleigh)
slides
Does Family Matter? Generation "X" and Their Elders
Vern L. Bengtson, PhD
April 11, 2000
America's Growing Hispanic Population: Trends in Health
Status and Policy Implications
Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD
February 3, 2000
slides
| list of
publications
Enhancing Well-Being of Older North Carolinians
Victor Marshall, PhD
Director, UNC Institute on Aging
October 20, 1999
text &
slides
The New Politics of Social Security
Fay Lomax Cook, PhD
March 3, 1999
Conflict in Today’s Aging Politics: New Population
Encounters Old Ideology
Robert B. Hudson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Social Welfare Policy
Boston University School of Social Work
November 5, 1998
Excursions to the Cell Biology of Aging
Vincent Cristofalo, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Center for Gerontological Research
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
October 8, 1998
Changing Care Paradigms Through a Programof Research:
The Case of Physical Restraints
Lois K. Evans, D.N.Sc., FAAN
Director, Academic Nursing Practices,
University of Pennsylvania
April 23, 1998
The Expected Life Course:Often Unfulfilled, Often Consequential
David J. Ekerdt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Research Scientist, Gerontology Center
University of Kansas
March 26, 1998
text
The Power of Education in Shaping the Paths of Aging
James E. Birren, Ph.D.
Associate Director, UCLA Center on Aging
December 4, 1997
text
Ways to Make “Usual” and “Successful”
Aging Synonymous: Preventive Gerontology
William R. Hazzard, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
October 30, 1997
Age Integration: Challenge to a New Institute
Matilda White Riley, D.Sc.
Senior Social Scientist
National Institute on Aging
April 24, 1997
text
The Wisdom of Age - An Historian’s Perspective
W. Andrew Achenbaum, Ph.D.
Institute of Gerontology
University of Michigan
April 3, I997
text
Social Factors and Illness
Linda K. George, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology and Center for the Study of Aging and Human
Development
Duke University
February 20, 1997
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