ASA 2024 SALC Conference Schedule
SESSION DAY – Saturday, August 10, 2024
SALC Council Meeting
7:00 to 7:45am, Palais des Congrès, Floor: Level 5, 511E
LGBTQ+ Aging
8:00 to 9:30am, Palais des Congrès, Floor: Level 5, 511E
Presider:
Harry Barbee (Johns Hopkins University)
Individual Presentations:
- Changes in Physical Health and Housework Stress in Midlife Married Couples: Same-Sex and Different-Sex Unions – Asya Saydam, University of Texas at Austin
- Gay Men as Caregivers for Spouses with Dementia – Toni Calasanti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sadie Snow, Hollins University; Jing Geng
- Gender Expression and its Relationship to Health and Wellbeing in Older Adults – Michelle M. Johns; Christopher Hansen, NORC at the University of Chicago; Stuart Michaels, NORC at the University of Chicago; Richard Dembo, University of South Florida; Casey D. Xavier Hall
- Transgender, Non-Binary, and Intersex Older Adults’ Resourceful Strategies to Minimize Inequities in Reproductive and Sexual Healthcare – Nik M. Lampe, University of South Florida; Carla A. Pfeffer, Michigan State University
- Variation in Objective Measures of Cognitive Health by Self-Reported Sexual Orientation – Harry Barbee, Johns Hopkins University; Duygu Basaran Sahin, RAND Corporation
Session Organizer:
Tara A. McKay (Vanderbilt University)
Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture
2:00 to 3:00pm, Palais des Congrès, Floor: Level 5, 511E
2023 Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award winner Professor Richard Settersten of Oregon State University will present his award lecture.
SALC Business Meeting
3:00 to 3:30pm, Palais des Congrès, Floor: Level 5, 511E
SALC Roundtables and Research Working Groups
4:00 to 5:30pm, Palais des Congrès, Floor: Level 5, 517B
Session Organizers:
Catherine Garcia (Syracuse University)
Christine A. Mair (University of Maryland-Baltimore County)
Table 1: Fostering Social Connections and Addressing Inequalities in Intergenerational Relationships and Aging
Table Presider:
Christine A. Mair (University of Maryland-Baltimore County)
Individual Presentations:
- Coresidence and Older Parents’ Perceptions of Intergenerational Relationships in Urban China – Ning Wang, East China University of Science and Technology; Bin Lian, East China University of Science and Technology
- Intergenerational Creative Movement: A Social Connection Intervention to Foster Mental Health – Claire Reardon, University of Kentucky; Amy F. Kostelic, University of Kentucky; Susie Thiel, University of Kentucky; Mohammad Khalilian, University of Kentucky; Anthony Richard Bardo, University of Kentucky
- Intersectional Inequalities In Life Course Aging Trajectories And Neighborhood Exposures – Richard Patti, University of Pennsylvania
- Putting Retirement into Place: Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Contexts of Labour Market Exit in China – Shuai Zhou
- Family Structure Matters? Intergenerational Reciprocity, Old-age Poverty Risks, and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from India – Qixin Cai, Renmin University of China
Table 2: Inequities in Aging
Table Presider:
Catherine Garcia (Syracuse University)
Individual Presentations:
- Cohort Differences in Perceived Discrimination Trajectories among Aging Black Americans – Collin William Mueller, University of Maryland-College Park; Carlos D. Tavares, Lafayette College; Katrina M Walsemann, University of South Carolina
- Peer Exposures and Stress in Later Life: Real-time Exposures to Age-peers Among Older Adults in Chicago – Thelonious Goerz, Cornell University
- Intergenerational mobility, race, and allostatic load: Diminished health returns for Black older adults? – Mallory Bell, Purdue University; Kenneth F. Ferraro, Purdue University
Table 3: Navigating Aging Dynamics
Table Presider:
Ariel Azar (Purdue University)
Individual Presentations:
- A Novel Time Use Approach on Successful Aging: Racial and Gender Disparities in Daily Productive Engagement – Jason Wong, Yale University; Siyao Lu, Yale University; Yifan Lou, Yale University; Emma Zang, Yale University; Deborah Carr, Boston University
- Do Socioeconomic Transitions Matter for Diet Quality? A Life-Course Examination of Childhood and Adult SES – James Sujit Malo, Baylor University; Markus H. Schafer, Baylor University; April J Stull
- Household Instability and Health of Older Adults – Huimin Zhang, University of Florida; Won-tak Joo, University of Florida
- Intersecting Inequalities in Aging: A Comprehensive Study of Migrant Female Sugarcane
Workers in Maharashtra, India – Kritika Gosain - Retirement Patterns, Latin American Migration, and Health Later in Life – Ariel Azar, Purdue University
- Workplace Age Discrimination and Its Implications for Mental Health – Mei-Yu Kuo, Ohio State University; Ian Harwood, The Ohio State University; Vincent J. Roscigno, Ohio State University; Hui Zheng, Ohio State University
Table 4: Navigating Caregiving Realities
Table Presider:
Andy Scott Chang (Florida State University)
Individual Presentations:
- Exploring Caregiving Network Characteristics for Older Adults Living with Dementia across Race/Ethnicity – Wenhua “Zoey” Lai, Michigan State University; Amanda Leggett; Natasha Nemmers
- Institutional Disenfranchised Grief: A Qualitative Study of Direct Care Workers’ Experiences – Brittney L. Pond, University of California, San Francisco
- Sojourning Abroad for Social Protection at Home: Indonesian Migrant Domestics’ Negotiation of Familial Responsibilities – Andy Scott Chang, Florida State University
- Training Programs for Home Care Workers of Persons Living with Alzheimer’s Disease in U.S.: Scoping Review – Brittney L. Pond, University of California, San Francisco; Mel Neri, University of California, San Francisco; Matthew Beld, University of California, San Francisco; Suzanna Martinez, University of California, San Francisco; Brooke Ann Hollister, University of California, San Francisco; Leslie Ross, University of California, San Francisco; Jarmin Yeh, University of California, San Francisco
- Whom to Rely on for Support? Changing Networks of Confidants and Caregivers in Later Life – Yongxin Shang, Cornell University
- Reducing the costs of caring: commitment, support, and distress among end-of-life cancer caregivers – Linda E. Francis, Cleveland State University; Rongjun Sun, Cleveland State University
Table 5: Perspectives from Global Contexts
Table Presider:
Kaitlyn Barnes Langendoerfer (Wilkes University)
Individual Presentations:
- Beyond Dollars and Cents: Examining the Relationship between Savings, Budgeting Practices, Race and Financial Stability – Joy Njeh, Rice University; Aaron Niznik, Rice University
- Change is Personal: Uncovering the Lived Experience of Urban Decline and Concentrated Poverty among Long-Term Residents – Kaitlyn Barnes Langendoerfer, Wilkes University
- County-level Disadvantage and Physical Functioning: Exploring Gender-Specific Mechanisms – Pui Yin Cheung, University of Hong Kong; David S. Curtis, University of Utah; Ming Wen, University of Hong Kong
- Once in debt, always indebted? Examining the impact of student loans on the transition to adulthood – Nicholas Tucker Reyes, University at Buffalo
- The Financial Fabric of Loneliness: Links Between Homeownership Status, Financial Strain and Loneliness Among Older Adults – Fahimeh Mehrabi, University of Calgary; Alex E. Bierman, University of Calgary; Yeonjung Lee, School of Social Welfare, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea and Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Table 6: Perspectives on Identity, Engagement, and Well-Being
Table Presider:
Analicia Zamora Castro
Individual Presentations:
- Hormones, Authenticity, and Medication Across the Life Course – Golda Kaplan, New York University
- “If You Voted for Trump, Swipe Left:” Older Adults’ Encounters with Politics in the Dating Scene – Cassandra Cotton, Arizona State University; Analicia Zamora Castro
- “Leveling up”: Sugar Daddies, Aging Manhood and Doing Masculinity in the Sugar Bowl -Maria Nicole Scaptura, University of Arkansas
- LGBT older adults and their aging bodies – Anna Muraco, Loyola Marymount University
- Older Women’s Views on Government Reponses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Singapore: A Qualitative Analysis – Yaqi “Sam” Yuan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shun Yuan Yeo
- Subjective Age of Older Black Women by Latent Successful Aging and Self-perceptions of Aging – Joshua C.J. Lewis, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Table 7: Perspectives on Trauma, Loss, and Resilience in Later Life
Table Presider:
Cindy L. Cain (The University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Individual Presentations:
- Flourishing and Languishing in the Face of Social Isolation and Loneliness – Elinore Ruth Avni, Boston University
- Healing Trauma: Building Hope and Justice for Aging Survivors of Violence and Abuse -Rama Goyal, Panjab University Chandigarh
- How Type of Contact Shapes Impact of Mother-child Interactions on Children’s Depressive Symptoms in Later-life Families? – Ranran He, Purdue University; J. Jill Suitor, Purdue University; Megan Gilligan, University of Missouri
- Opening Up Conversations about Loss? The Golden Bachelor Discusses Grief – Cindy L. Cain, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; Karen Hoefer, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
- The Impact of Victimization on Depressive Symptoms in Later Life – Jinnan Ren, Purdue University; Kenneth F. Ferraro, Purdue University
Table 8: Social Dynamics and Cognitive Health Across the Lifespan
Table Presider:
Patricia A. Thomas (Purdue University)
Individual Presentations:
- Offspring Education and Parents’ Dementia Onset: Differences between Step- vs. Biological Families – Jenjira Yahirun, Bowling Green State University; Jaycob Scott Applegate, Bowling Green State University
- Racial/Ethnic Differences in Community Belonging and its Impact on Cognitive Function in
Older Adults – Sam Nemeth, Rutgers University; Patricia A. Thomas, Purdue University; Cassidy Stoddart, University of Alabama Birmingham; Kenneth F. Ferraro, Purdue University - Social Activities and Dimensions of Cognitive Functioning Across Mid- and Late-Life: Evidence from China – Chang Yu, University at Buffalo; Ashley B Barr, SUNY-Buffalo
- Social Connectedness and Subsequent Cognitive Functions of American Older Adults, and Their Cognitive Profiles – Leping Wang, Boston University
- Socioeconomic Status from Childhood to Mid-life and Cognition in Old Age – Michael S. Topping, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Spousal Cognitive Decline and Marital Distress: How do Social Resources Shape the Dyadic Link? – Meiyi Li, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Yiang Li, University of Chicago; Michal Engelman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
SALC Mentoring Dessert Reception (all are welcome!)
7:30 to 9:00 pm, Palais des Congrès, Floor: Level 5, 517B
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Risk and Resilience Across the Life Course
8:00 to 9:30am, Palais des Congrès, Floor: Level 5, 511B
Presider:
Cleothia Frazier (Penn State University, University Park)
Individual Presentations:
- Children’s Rebellion against Parents: Long-term Costs and Benefits, and the Healing Potential of Adulthood – Maria Schmeeckle, various
- The Association Between Schooling Experiences and Early Adult Cardiovascular Mortality -Emily A. Lybbert, University of Texas-Austin; Chandra Muller, University of Texas-Austin; Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Robert Warren
Aging and the Life Course Outstanding Publication Award Winner - Racialized Cumulative Effect of Early Neighborhood Disadvantage on Mental Health Trajectory – Heeyoung Lee, University at Albany, SUNY
- Social (In)Security: A Study of the Enduring Effects of Late-Career Job Loss – Annette M. Nierobisz, Carleton College; Dana Sawchuk, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Living Alone in America: Social Interactions and Momentary Well-being in Later Life – Adam Roth, Oklahoma State University; Thomas Rotolo, Washington State University
ASA Section on Aging & the Life Course 