Mark your calendars for the terrific set of SALC sessions and events in Chicago!
Monday, August 24, 2015
2:30-4:10pm SALC Paper Session: Disability over the Life Course
- “Adult Children’s Serious Health Conditions and the Flow of Support between the Generations” – Megan Gilligan, Iowa State Univ; J. Jill Suitor, Purdue Univ; Marissa Rurka, Purdue Univ; Gulcin Con, Purdue Univ; Karl Pillemer, Cornell Univ
- “Children with Disabilities and Trajectories of Mothers’ Consumer Debt across the Life Course” – Jason Houle, Dartmouth; Lawrence Berger, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
- “Disability over the Life Course: The Unique Experiences of Little People and Their Parents” – Anna Neller; Univ of Toledo
- “Generational Perspectives on the Dialectic between Gerontology and Disability Studies” – Eva Kahana, Case Western Reserve Univ; Jeffrey Steven Kahana; Mount Saint Mary College
4:30-6:10pm SALC Paper Session: Sexuality over the Life Course
- “Beyond the Cougar Stereotype: Understanding Middle-Aged Women’s Experiences with Age-Hypogamous Sexual Relationships” – Milaine Alarie, McGill Univ
- “Family Socioeconomic Status, Gender, and Mental Health Trajectories of Sexual Minority Youth Transitioning into Adulthood” – Alexa Martin-Storey, Universite de Sherbrooke; Sarah Kendig, Arkansas State Univ; Robert Crosnoe, Univ of Texas-Austin
- “Obesity and Sexuality among Older American Adults” – Soyoung Kwon, Texas A&M Univ-Kingsville; Markus Shafer, Univ of Toronto
- “Sexual Freedom and Autonomy in Assisted Living Facilities” – Christina Barmon, Georgia State Univ; Elisabeth Burgess, Georgia State Univ; James Moorhead Jr., Georgia State Univ; Alexis Bender, U.S. Army Public Health Command
6:30-8:30pm SALC Reception and Mentoring Dinner at the Berghoff Restaurant (17 W. Adams); “Strategies for Developing Research Collaborations”
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
8:30-10:10am SALC Roundtables
- Table 1. Caregiving
- Table 2. Psychosocial Influences on Well-Being
- Table 3. Lifetime Socioeconomic Influences on Well-Being
- Table 4. Family Relationships and Social Support
- Table 5. Illness and Disability Experience
- Table 6. Work, Retirement, and Economic Security
- Table 7. Aging in Diverse Contexts
10:30am-12:10pm SALC Paper Session: Cross-National Comparisons of Life Course Transitions
- “The Evolution of Within- and Cross-Country Differences in the Transition to Adulthood: A New Perspective” – Sander Wagner, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Olivier Thevenon, INED
- “(Con-)Sequences of Non-Employment: Reintegration Trajectories in the British and German Labor Market” – Thomas Biegert, WZB Berlin Social Science Research Center
- “Predictors of Anticipated Instrumental Support from Children among Elderly Parents in Urban and Rural China” – Cheng Cheng, Princeton Univ
2:30-3:30pm SALC Invited Session: Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Lecture given by Kenneth Ferraro, Purdue Univ
ASA Section on Aging & the Life Course 