ASA 2023 SALC Conference Schedule
Sunday, August 20, 2023
How Can Aging and Life Course Research Become More Inclusive?
10:00 to 11:30am, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 104A
Invited panelists from both inside and outside the section will share their views on increasing inclusivity in aging and life course research, and share their own work as examples of how to engage in inclusive research with respect to: disabled populations, community-based participatory methods, the global South, and racial/ethnic inequalities.
Presiders:
Stefanie Mollborn (Stockholm University)
Sung S. Park (Princeton University)
Panelists:
Scott D. Landes (Syracuse University)
Leslie Adams (Johns Hopkins University)
Sajeda Amin (The Population Council)
Tyson H. Brown (Duke University)
Discussant:
Molly Dondero (American University)
SALC Mentoring Dessert Reception (all are welcome!)
7:00 to 8:30 pm, Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Level 5, Grand Ballroom Salon G
SESSION DAY – Monday, August 21, 2023
SALC Roundtables and Research Working Groups
8:00 to 9:30am, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 103A
Session Organizers:
Emma Zang (Yale University)
Marc Anthony Garcia (Syracuse University)
Table 1: Caregiving
Table Presider:
Zhiyong Lin (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Individual Presentations:
- Impact of the intersection of inequalities on straight and gay men’s approaches to dementia spousal care – Toni Calasanti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sadie Giles, Virginia Tech; Jing Geng
- Life Course Inequalities in Financial Strain among Caregivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Sunshine Marie Rote, University of Louisville; Phillip A Cantu, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; Jacqueline L. Angel, University of Texas-Austin; Heehyul Moon, University of Louisville; Felipe Antequera, The University of Texas at Austin; Kyriakos S. Markides, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- “Now we are all miserable together”: The Bright Side of COVID-19 for Spousal Caregivers – Jing Geng; Toni Calasanti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sadie Giles, Virginia Tech
Table 2: Caregiving, Employment, and Health
Table Presider:
Yulin Yang (University of California-San Francisco)
Individual Presentations:
- Adult child’s schooling and older parents’ functional health in China – Yulin Yang, University of California-San Francisco; Rui Huang, University at Buffalo; Jacqueline Marie Torres, University of California, San Francisco
- Caring for Grandchildren and Pain: Rural and Urban Differences in South Korea – Seung-won Emily Choi, Texas Tech University; Tse-Chuan Yang, SUNY-Albany
- Employment Patterns of Elderly Men and Women in South Korea: Gender Disparities and Family Influence – Youl-y Yi
- Subjective Well-being among Older Adults in South Korea: The Role of Living Arrangements – Soo-Yeon Yoon, Sonoma State University
Table 3: COVID-19
Table Presider:
Molly Copeland (Michigan State University)
Individual Presentations:
- Racial Disparities in Older Adults’ Perceptions of Safety Before and During the COVID Pandemic – Lydia Homandberg, Cornell University; Erin York Cornwell, Cornell University
- “Remember, We Are Obedient Singaporeans”: Older Adults’ Motivation to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines in an Authoritarian State – Yaqi “Sam” Yuan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shun Yuan Yeo; Kristen Schultz Lee, University at Buffalo
- Seeds of Struggle: Pandemic Mental Health and (Dis)continuities of Financial Strain and Household Conflict – Xi Zhu, Baylor University; Matthew Andersson, Baylor University; Laura Upenieks, Baylor University
- Social Network Change and Older Adult’s Physical and Mental Health Across the COVID-19 Pandemic – Molly Copeland, Michigan State University; Gerald Roman Nowak III; Hui Liu, Michigan State University
Table 4: Young Adulthood
Table Presider:
Imari Z. Smith (Duke University)
Individual Presentations:
- Coping with COVID in Emerging Adulthood: Depression, Anger, and Socioeconomic Disadvantage – Karen T. Van Gundy, University of New Hampshire; Cesar J. Rebellon; Ellen S. Cohn
- Established Enough To Move?: How the Stability-Mobility Paradox Deters Travel and Migration Through the Life Course – Jacob Richard Thomas, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Parenting’s Persistent Effect on Adolescents’ Health Lifestyles into Young Adulthood – Matthew Stackhouse, University of Western Ontario
- Racial and Gender Differences in Discrimination and Health Among Young Adults – Imari Z. Smith, Duke University; Jen’nan G. Read, 140 Reuben-Cooke Bld
Table 5: Aging in Place
Table Presider:
Deborah Carr (Boston University)
Individual Presentations:
- Aging in Place versus Nursing Homes. How Older Couples Negotiate their Dyadic Future – Markus Klingel, TU Dortmund, University; Hanna Wilmes, TU Dortmund, University
- Anchors of Meaning: Why African American Women Stayed and Aged in Cleveland – Kaitlyn Barnes Langendoerfer, Case Western Reserve University
- Population Aging and Heat Exposure: Which U.S. Regions Are At Greatest Risk and Why? – Deborah Carr, Boston University; Ian Sue Wing; Giacomo Falchetta
- The intersection of structural inequities in breast and cervical cancer screening among sub-Saharan African older women – Neema Langa, University of Houston
Table 6: Cognition
Table Presider:
Erin Mary Bisesti (Syracuse University)
Individual Presentations:
- Exposure To Rurality in Early Life and Old Age Cognition and Disability – Michael S. Topping, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Gender, Stress and Cognition Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the United States – Chang Yu, University at Buffalo; Yulin Yang, University of California-San Francisco; Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk, University at Buffalo, SUNY
- Non-Cognitive Skills, Educational Attainment, and Later-Life Health – Xiaowen Han, University of Minnesota; Rob Warren, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Chandra Muller, University of Texas-Austin
- Secondary School Quality and Midlife Health and Cognition: Evidence from High School and Beyond – HYERAN CHUNG, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities; Rob Warren, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Chandra Muller, University of Texas-Austin; Adam M. Brickman; Jennifer J. Manly, Columbia University
Table 7: Death, Widowhood, Religion, and Social Engagement
Table Presider:
Joshua G. Grove (Syracuse University)
Individual Presentations:
- Death and the Dyad. How Aging Couples Negotiate their End of Life – Markus Klingel, TU Dortmund, University
- How Widowhood Shapes the Effect of Adult Children’s Education on Mothers’ Psychological Well-Being – Robert T. Frase, Purdue University; Shawn Bauldry, Purdue University; J. Jill Suitor, Purdue University; Megan Gilligan, Iowa State University
- Did Growth in Gender Egalitarianism Weaken Religiosity in Baby-Boom Women? A Developmental-Historical Approach – Merril Silverstein, Syracuse University; Woosang Hwang; JeungHyun Kim, Syracuse University; Maria T Brown
- Social disengagement? American core network and daily social interactions by age – Siyun Peng, Indiana University-Bloomington; Adam Roth, Oklahoma State University
Table 8: Disability, Functional Limitations, and Obesity
Table Presider:
Tianqi Zhou (Syracuse University)
Individual Presentations:
- Daily activities of older adults before and during the COVID pandemic – Jack Lam, University of Queensland; Joan Garcia-Roman
- Obesity has different implications for sexuality of older men vs women: Evidence from the NSHAP – Yiang Li, University of Chicago; Linda J. Waite, University of Chicago; Edward O. Laumann
- Socio-Economic determinants of old age Functional Limitations in India: A principal components analysis approach – Neerad Deshmukh; Feinian Chen, Johns Hopkins University
- Trajectories and Association between Husbands’ and Wives’ BMI in Different Life Stages – Chia Keey Khor, Academia Sinica; Chi-Fang Long; Yeu-Sheng Hsieh
Table 9: Work and Retirement
Table Presider:
Mateo Farina (University of Southern California)
Individual Presentations:
- The Social and Economic Influences of Occupational Stratification on Retirement Expectations and Planning Behaviors – Kristen Tzoc, Boston University
- Who Receives Social Security Retirement Benefits Early – Do Gender and Cohort Matter? – Fang-Yi Huang, Yuan Ze University; Monika Ardelt, University of Florida
- Work History, Work Quality, and Accelerated Aging Among Older Adults – Mateo Farina, University of Southern California; Rachel Donnelly, Vanderbilt University
Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture
10:00 to 11:00am, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 103C
2022 Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award winner Professor Deborah Carr of Boston University will present her award lecture.
SALC Business Meeting/Awards Presentation
11:00 to 11:30am, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 103C
Aging and Structural Inequalities
12:00 to 1:30pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 103C
This session explores structural inequalities in the context of aging. The papers included use a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives to investigate how discrimination built into social institutions, policies, laws and practices shapes individuals lives as they age. A variety of types of structural inequalities are represented in this session.
Presider:
Patricia Homan (Florida State University)
Individual Presentations:
- The Colonization of Aging: How Federal Policy Supplants Native Rights to Health in Old Age – Sadie Giles, Virginia Tech
- Redlining Policy and Later-Life Mortality: An Analysis of the Linked HRS-1940 Census Data – Samantha Friedman, SUNY-Albany; Janet M. Wilmoth, Syracuse University; Miriam Mutambudzi; Rui Li; Jin-Wook Lee
- Banking on the Neighborhood? Inequalities in Older Adults’ Access to Local Banking and Neighborhood Perceptions – Alyssa W. Goldman, Boston College; Megan Doherty Bea, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- The Long-Term Health Effects of Welfare Reform – Emily Dore, Emory University; Melvin Livingston III, Emory University
Session Organizer:
Patricia Homan (Florida State University)
Intersectionality and the Life Course
2:00 to 3:30pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 103C
For this session, we welcome submissions from a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives that integrate intersectionality into studies of the life course.
Presider:
Christine A. Mair (University of Maryland-Baltimore County)
Individual Presentations:
- Retirement Transitions and Insomnia Symptoms: Does Race-Gender Status Matter? – Cleothia Frazier, Duke University
- Successful Aging Among Middle Aged Black American Women – Joshua C.J. Lewis, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Mental Health Trajectories from Mid to Later Life: The Intersecting Consequences of Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Gender – Jingwen Liu; Zhiyong Lin, University of Texas-San Antonio
- Perceived Workplace Age Discrimination and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cognitive Functioning Among Older Workers – Duygu Basaran Sahin, CUNY Graduate Center; Frank Heiland, Baruch College, CUNY; Na Yin; Ruth Finkelstein; Ryan Smith
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