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Jessica Ann Kelley

Department of Sociology

230 Mather Memorial Hall 216-368-8879 [office]

Case Western Reserve University 216-368-2676 [fax]

10900 Euclid Avenue jak119@case.edu

Cleveland, OH 44106

*Formerly Jessica A. Kelley-Moore

Education Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, June 2002

Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Gerontology

Dissertation Title: “The Disability Gap: Risk Factors for Life Course

Disability Trajectories among Black and White Older Adults.”

Master of Science, Purdue University, May 1999

Focus: Sociology of Health & Aging

Bachelor of Arts, Hanover College, June 1997

Major: Sociology; Departmental Honors

Minor: Theology

Employment Professor of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University

June 2017 - Present

Associate Professor of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University

July 2007 – June 2017

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)

August 2002 – June 2007

Other Positions Co-Editor, Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Springer Publishing.

Series Co-Editor with Roland J. Thorpe, Jr. January 2019 – December 2024.

Associate Editor, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences

January 2012 – Present

Editorial Board Member:

Journal of Aging and Health August 2007 – Present

Research on Aging January 2013 – Present

Journal of Aging and Social Policy July 2016 - Present

Advisory Board Member, Resource Center for Minority Data,

ICPSR University of Michigan

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Network Member, Research on Social Exclusion and Old Age Network (ROSE-NET)

COST Network, European Union

Areas of Specialization Health Disparities, Age and Life Course, Longitudinal Methods and Statistics,

Disability in Society, Minority Aging

Previous Research Experience Co-Investigator, Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span

[HANDLS], Intramural National Institute on Aging panel study.

Project Director of Neighborhood Study.

January 2005 – 2010

Project Director, “Aging and Health Trajectories Among Black and White Adults.”

[AG11705] Kenneth F. Ferraro, Ph.D., P.I.

August 2001 – August 2002

Project Director, Purdue Health Inequality Survey; Dr. Kenneth F. Ferraro, P.I.

April 2000 – August 2001

Current Research Funding External

“Continuous Time Causal Mediation Models for Social Behavior in Health.” J.

Albert, P. I. J. Kelley-Moore, Co-I. NIH/NIDCR. 1R01DE025835-01.

12/1/16 – 11/30/20.

Completed Research Funding

External

“Health Care Partnerships in Cancer Prevention.” National Cancer Institute. Total Cost:

$2,250,000. E. Kahana, P.I. J. Kelley-Moore, Co-I. 1 R01 CA98966.

1/1/11 – 12/31/16.

“Elders Marshalling Responsive Care to Enhance Quality of Life in the Final Years.”

R01 National Institute of Nursing Research. E. Kahana and M. Wykle,

Co-P.I.s. (J. A. Kelley-Moore, Co-I). Total Costs: $2,250,000. June 1,

2007 – May 31, 2010. 1 R01 NR10271

“Population Ageing and Urbanisation: Developing ‘Age-Friendly Cities’” C.

Phillipson, P.I. (J. A. Kelley-Moore, Co-Investigator). Funded by

Economic Social Research Council International Partnership Networking

Scheme. England.

“Community and Individual Predictors of Health Inequality.” R03 National Institute

on Aging. J. A. Kelley-Moore, Principal Investigator. Total direct costs:

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$85,000. 1 R03 AG020672-01; September 1, 2005 to August 30, 2007.

No-cost extension granted until August 30, 2008.

Internal

2016 “Old Age Social Exclusion: Opportunities for Research and Practice.”

ACES ADVANCE Grant. J. Kelley-Moore, P.I. 3/1/16 – 2/28/17. Cost:

$4,400.

2014 “International Collaboration for Population Ageing and Urbanization:

Developing Age-Friendly Cities.” CWRU International Center Faculty

Seed Grant Initiative. $7,500.

2012 “Development and Validation of Cooking-Based Nutrition Education for

Low-Income Seniors.” J. Kelley-Moore, P.I. Clinical and Translational

Science Collaborative (CTSC) Urban Health Initiative. $8,700.

2011 “How Does Inequality Accumulate over the Life Course? Characterizing

Heterogeneity in Health Status During Mid- and Late-Life” J. Kelley-

Moore, P.I. Advancing Careers in Engineering and Science (ACES)

Advance Opportunity Grant. 3/6/11 – 3/31/12. $4,750.

2006 “Health and the Built Environment: Assessing the Impact of New

Urbanism.” John R. Short & J. A. Kelley-Moore, Co-Principal

Investigators. UMBC Special Research Initiative. Total award: $9,678.

July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006. No cost extension until June 30, 2007.

2005 Summer Faculty Fellowship, UMBC. “Disentangling the Impact of Race

and Place on Health Disparities among Black and White Older Adults.” J.

A. Kelley-Moore, Principal Investigator. [$4,000]

2004 Summer Faculty Fellowship, UMBC. “Peeling Away the Layers:

Community and Individual Influences on the Health Disparity Between

Black and White Adults.” J. A. Kelley-Moore, Principal Investigator.

[$5,000]

2003 Summer Faculty Fellowship, UMBC. “Life Course Health Trajectories of

Black and White Adults: Understanding the Racial Health Disparity.”

[$5,000]

2000 Gerontology Research Fellowship, Purdue University [12 months]

Courses Taught

Instructor

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Health Disparities, Disability in Society, Multilevel Models, Longitudinal Data

Analysis, Community-Based Research, Social Statistics, Minority Aging

and Health; Social Epidemiology; Critical Problems in Modern Society

Co-Instructor

Premedical Concepts and Review (MCAT)

Publications

(Italicized names denote student coauthors)

Refereed Journal Articles

Bhatta, Tirth, Jeffrey Albert, Jessica Kelley, and Eva Kahana. “The Gendered ‘Long

Arm’ of Parental Education? Life Course Influences on Later Life

Functional Limitations in India.” Accepted in Journal of Aging and

Health.

Jones, Morgan H. Emily K. Reinke; Alexander Zajichek; Jessica A. Kelley-Moore;

Michael M. Khair; Tennison L. Malcolm; Annunziato Amendola; Jack T.

Andrish; Robert H. Brophy; Flanigan, David; Laura J. Huston; Kaeding,

Christopher; Robert G. Marx; Matthew J. Matava; Richard D. Parker;

Brian R. Wolf; Rick W. Wright; Kurt P. Spindler. “Neighborhood

Socioeconomic Status Predicts Patient Outcomes Two Years After ACL

Reconstruction Surgery.” Accepted in Orthopaedic Journal of Sports

Medicine (OJSM).

Dannefer, Dale, Chengming Han, and Jessica Kelley. “Beyond the ‘Haves’ and

‘Have-Nots’: Cumulative Dis/Advantage, Inequality and Social Change.”

Generations. 42(4): 42-49.

Thorpe, Jr., Roland J. and Jessica Kelley-Moore. 2019. “Epidemiologic Research in

Older Adults: New Frontiers in the Research on Human-Animal

Interaction. Anthrozoos. DOI: 10.1080/08927936.2019.1569904

Kelley, Jessica and Jiao Yu. 2018. “Social Change, Social Institutions, and Cohorts:

Contextualizing Men’s Later Life Health Profiles.” Annual Review of

Gerontology and Geriatrics. 39(1): 5-22. Springer Publishing.

Cronin, Cory E. and Jessica Kelley-Moore. 2018. “The Effect of Parent’s Perception

of Child’s Health on Healthcare Utilization: The Role of Insurance Status

and Type.” Journal of Health and Human Services Administration.

Kelley-Moore, Jessica and Wenxuan Huang. 2017. “The ‘Good Times’ Cohort in

Late Life: Black-White Differences Pathways to Functional Limitations.”

Research on Aging 39(4): 526-548. DOI: 10.1177/0164027516655582

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Lin, Jielu and Jessica Kelley-Moore. 2017. “Intra-Individual Variability in Late-Life

Functional Limitations Among White, Black and Hispanic Older Adults:

Implications for the Weathering Hypothesis.” Research on Aging 39(4):

549-572. DOI: 10.1177/0164027516655583

Stone, Mary Ellen, Jielu Lin, Dale Dannefer, Jessica Kelley-Moore. 2017. “The

Continued Eclipse of Diversity in Gerontological Studies.” Journal of

Gerontology: Social Sciences. 72(1): 162-167.

Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Kathleen A. Cagney, Kimberly A. Skarupski, Susan A.

Everson-Rose, and Carlos F. Mendes de Leon. 2016. “Neighborhood

Social Hierarchies and Mental Health: Does Relative Position Matter

among Older Adults?” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. 71(2):

369-377. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbv047

Lin, Jielu and Jessica Kelley-Moore. 2015. “From Noise to Signal: Capturing the

Age and Social Patterning of Intra-Individual Variability in Late-Life

Health.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.

doi:10.1093/geronb/gbv081

Kahana, Eva, Jessica Kelley-Moore, Boaz Kahana. 2012. “Proactive Aging: A

Longitudinal Study of Stress, Resources, Agency and Well Being in Late

Life.” Journal of Aging and Mental Health 16(3-4): 438-451.

Warner, David F. and Jessica Kelley-Moore. 2012. "The Social Context of

Disablement among Older Adults: Does Marital Quality Matter for

Loneliness?" Journal of Health and Social Behavior 53(1): 50-66.

Hewitt, Christopher and Jessica A. Kelley-Moore. 2009. “Foreign Fighters in Iraq:

A Cross-National Analysis of Jihadism.” Terrorism and Political

Violence. 21: 111-120.

Kahana, Eva, Boaz Kahana, Jessica A. Kelley-Moore, Scott A. Adams, Rachel

Hammel, Diana Kulle, Jane A. Brown, Cathie King. 2009. “Toward

Advocacy in Cancer Care Among the Old-Old: Cautionary Personal

Actions and Bold Advice to Others.” Journal of the American Geriatrics

Society. 57S (269).

Ferraro, Kenneth F., Roland J. Thorpe, George McCabe, Jessica Kelley-Moore, and

Zhen Jiang. 2006. “The Color of Hospitalization over the Adult Life

Course: Cumulative Disadvantage in Black and White?” Journal of

Gerontology: Social Sciences 61B: S299-S306.

Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. 2006. “Assessing Racial Health Inequality: Comparisons

from Mixed-Mode Panel Interviews.” Journal of Gerontology: Social

Sciences. 61B (4): S212-S220.

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Kelley-Moore, Jessica, John Schumacher, Eva Kahana, and Boaz Kahana. 2006.

“When Do Older Adults Become “Disabled”? Social and Health

Antecedents of Perceived Disability in a Panel Study of the Oldest Old.”

Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 47(2): 126-141.

Kelley-Moore, Jessica and Kenneth F. Ferraro. 2005. “A 3-D Model of Health

Decline: Disease, Disability, and Depression Among Black and White

Older Adults.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 46(4): 376-391.

Kelley-Moore, Jessica and Kenneth F. Ferraro. 2004. “The Black/White Disability

Gap: Persistent Inequality in Later Life? Journal of Gerontology: Social

Sciences 59B (1): S34 – S43.

Ferraro, Kenneth F. and Jessica Kelley-Moore. 2003. “Cumulative Disadvantage

and Health: Long-Term Consequences of Obesity?” American

Sociological Review. 68: 707-729.

Ferraro, Kenneth F. and Jessica Kelley-Moore. 2003. “A Half-Century of

Longitudinal Methods in Social Gerontology: Evidence of Change in the

Journal.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 58B: S264-S270.

Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. and Kenneth F. Ferraro. 2001. “Functional Limitations

and Religious Service Attendance: Barrier and/or Benefit Mechanism?”

Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 56B (6): S365 – S373.

Ferraro, Kenneth F. and Jessica A. Kelley-Moore. 2001. “Self-Rated Health and

Mortality Among Black and White Adults: Examining the Dynamic

Evaluation Thesis.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 56B (4):

S195-S205.

Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. 2001. “Whose Promise Kept? Frame Analysis Within the

Promise Keepers.” Sociological Focus. 34(2): 199-211.

Ferraro, Kenneth F. and Jessica A. Kelley-Moore. 2001. “Religious Seeking Among

Affiliates and Non-Affiliates: Do Mental and Physical Health Problems

Spur Religious Coping?” Review of Religious Research. 42(3): 229-251.

Ferraro, Kenneth F. and Jessica A. Kelley-Moore. 2000. “Religious Consolation

Among Men and Women: Health and Situational Antecedents.”

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 39(2): 220-234.

Invited Book Chapters

Kelley, Jessica and Roland J. Thorpe, Jr. Forthcoming 2019. “The Interplay of Age,

Period, and Cohort Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases in Later Life.”

Invited chapter for Handbook of Aging and Social Sciences, 9th Ed, edited

by Kenneth Ferraro and Deborah Carr.

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Kelley, Jessica A., Dale Dannefer, Luma al Masarweh. 2018. “Addressing Erasure,

Microfication, and Social Change: Age-Friendly Initiatives and

Environmental Gerontology n the 21st Century.” Invited book chapter in

Age Friendly Communities: A Global Perspective, edited by Christopher

Phillipson, Tine Buffel, & Sophie Handler. Polity Press.

Dannefer, Dale, Jessica A. Kelley-Moore, Wenxuan Huang. 2015. “Opening the

Social: Sociological Imagination in Life Course Studies.” Page 87-110

in Handbook of Life Course (Second Edition) edited by Michael J.

Shanahan, Jeylan T. Mortimer, and Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson. New

York: Springer Publishing.

Kelley-Moore, Jessica and Roland J. Thorpe, Jr. 2013. “Age in Place and Place in

Age: Advancing the Inquiry on Neighborhoods and Minority Older

Adults.” Invited chapter in Handbook on Minority Aging edited by

Keith Whitfield and Tamara Baker. Springer Publishing.

Thorpe, Jr., Roland J. and Jessica Kelley-Moore. 2012. “Life Course Theories of

Race Disparities: A Comparison of Cumulative Dis/Advantage

Perspective and the Weathering Hypothesis.” In Minority Populations

and Health edited by Thomas LaVeist. 2nd Edition. Jossey-Bass.

Kelley-Moore, Jessica and Jielu Lin. 2011. “Widening the View: Capturing

‘Unobserved’ Heterogeneity in Studies of Age and the Life Course.” In

Handbook of Sociology of Aging edited by Richard Settersten and

Jacqueline Angel. New York: Springer. (pp. 51-70).

Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. 2010. “Disability and Aging: The Social Construction of

Causality.” International Handbook of Social Gerontology edited by

Dale Dannefer and Chris Phillipson. Sage Publications.

Kahana, Eva, Boaz Kahana, Jessica A. Kelley-Moore, and Jane A. Brown. 2010.

“Social Dimensions of Late Life Disability.” In Healthy Aging:

Gerontological Education for Nurses and Other Health Care

Professionals edited by Sarah Gueldner and May Wykle. Sudbury, MA:

Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Dannefer, Dale and Jessica A. Kelley-Moore. 2009. “Theorizing the Life Course:

New Twists in the Paths.” Handbook of Theories of Aging. Edited by V.

Bengtson, Daphna Gans, Norella M. Putney, Merril Silverstein. New

York: Springer Publishing. Pages 389-411.

Other Publications

Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. 2009. “Chronic Illness.” Encyclopedia of the Life Course.

Edited by D. Carr. Gale Publishing.

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Kahana, E., Seckin, G., Lovegreen, L., Kahana, B., Cheruvu, V., Brown, J., King, C.,

Kelley-Moore, J. 2009. “Enhancing Signal Strength in Later Life

through Technology.” In Tarasti, E., Forsell, P., & Littlefield, R. (Eds.)

Communication: Understanding/Misunderstanding, Acta Semiotica

Fennica XXXIV, Vol. 2 (pp 665-675). Helsinki-Imatra,

Finland: International Semiotics Institute.

Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. 2007. “Longitudinal Research.” Encyclopedia of Health

and Aging, edited by K. Markides. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

In Press or Accepted for Publication

Works Under Review

Works in Preparation

Kelley, Jessica and Wenxuan Huang. “Diversity or Disarray? Childhood Dis/Advantage,

Education, and Heterogeneity in Later-Life Functioning among Men.”

Kelley, Jessica and Jiao Yu. “Heterogeneity in Men’s Functional Limitations within

Education Level: A Cohort Comparison of Cumulative Dis/Advantage

Processes.”

Han, Chengming and Jessica Kelley. “Nativity, Language, or Both? Determinants of

Poor Oral Health Among Mexican Americans.”

Kelley, Jessica, Chengming Han, Asif Iqbal, and Jiao Yu. “Oral Health Disparities

among Older Adults: Race/Ethnicity, Lifestyle, and Structural Access to

Care.”

Rabb, Brittany, Jessica Kelley, Jill Korbin, and James Spilsbury. “Neighborhood Social

Cohesion and Residents’ Direct Intervention in Suspected Child

Maltreatment and Delinquency.”

Kelley, Jessica, Bram Vanhoutte, Jielu Lin, James Nazroo, and Dale Dannefer. “Patterns

of Wealth Inequality with Age in the US and England:

Does Societal Context Matter?”

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Invited Talks 2016 “Moving Forward, Backward, or Standing Still? The State of Minority

Health Thirty Years After the Heckler Report.” Invited by Medical

Mutual of Ohio Corporation in observation of Minority Health Month.

2015 “Is Cumulative Dis/Advantage Country-Centric? Comparative Study of

US and England.” Invited by Bowling Green State University, Family and

Demography Center.

2014 “Symbolic Prejudice and Political Support for Public Health Initiatives.”

Invited presentation at the CWRU Law-Medicine Symposium “Sick and

Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Racial Health Disparities 50 Years After

the Civil Rights Act.” [Conference funded by NIH].

2012 “The (Not So?) Long Arm of Childhood? Early Life Pathways to Adult

Health.” Invited by CWRU College of Arts and Sciences for the Food For

Thought Series.

2008 “Cumulative Dis/advantage, Community Type, and Disability: Are Late-

Life Racial Disparities Embedded in Structural Context?” Invited by the

GSA Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology. November.

2006 “Spatial Distribution of Food in Black and White: New Insights about

Food Availability in a Segregated City.” International Urban Health

Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands. October 27, 2006.

2005 “Why Not Take All of Me? Managing a Spoiled Social Identity with a

Lower-Limb Amputation.” Annual Meeting of the Amputee Center of

Maryland. September, 2005.

Presented Papers 2018 Kelley, Jessica, Chengming Han, Asif Iqbal, and Jiao Yu. “Oral Health

Disparities among Older Adults: Race/Ethnicity, Lifestyle, and Structural

Access to Care.” Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the

Gerontological Society of America. Boston, MA.

2018 Kelley, Jessica and Jiao Yu. “Heterogeneity in Men’s Functional

Limitations within Education Level: A Cohort Comparison of Cumulative

Dis/Advantage Processes.” Invited symposium at the annual meeting of

the Gerontological Society of America. Boston, MA.

2018 Kelley, Jessica. “Critical Gerontology: Where Have We Been? Where

are We Going?” Invited Panelist. British Gerontology Society annual

meeting. Manchester, UK.

2017 Kelley, Jessica and Wenxuan Huang. “Diversity or Disarray? Childhood

Dis/Advantage, Education, and Heterogeneity in Later-Life Functioning

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among Men.” Invited symposium at the International Association of

Gerontology and Geriatrics meeting. San Francisco, CA.

2016 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Dale Dannefer, and Luma Issa Al Masarweh.

“Age Friendly Initiatives and Environmental Gerontology in the Twenty-

First Century: Two Challenges.” Presented at the annual meeting of the

Gerontological Society of America. New Orleans, LA.

2016 Lin, Jielu and Jessica Kelley-Moore. “New Dimensions of Inequality:

Inter-Individual Variability in Functional Limitations by Race/Gender.”

Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.

New Orleans, LA.

2016 Jiao Yu, Jessica Kelley-Moore, Eva Kahana, Boaz Kahana. “Social

Cascade of Mortality: Capturing Changes in Social Activities and

Engagement in the Final Years.” Presented at the annual meeting of the

Gerontological Society of America. New Orleans, LA.

2015 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Wenxuan Huang, and Roland J. Thorpe, Jr. “Do

Early Adulthood Institutions Account for Heterogeneity in Later-Life

Functioning among Black and White Men?” Presented at the annual

meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Orlando, FL.

2015 Lin, Jielu and Jessica Kelley-Moore. “Age-Graded Trajectories in Health

and Aging Research: Embracing the Promises, Avoiding the Pitfalls.”

Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.

Orlando, FL.

2015 Dannefer, Dale, Jessica Kelley-Moore, and Wenxuan Huang. “Opening

the Social: Sociological Imagination in Life Course Studies.” Invited talk

at the annual meeting of the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course

Studies. Dublin, Ireland.

2015 Kelley-Moore, Jessica and Wenxuan Huang. “The ‘Good Times’ Cohort

in Late Life: Black-White Differences Pathways to Functional

Limitations.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American

Sociological Association. Chicago, IL.

2014 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Bram Vanhoutte, James Nazroo, Dale Dannefer,

and Jielu Lin. “Education Differences in Health Inequality for US and

England: Is Cumulative Dis/Advantage Country-Centric?” Presented at

the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.

Washington, DC.

2014 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Jielu Lin, Tirth Bhatta, and Dale Dannefer. “The

(Not So?) Long Arm of Childhood: Revisiting Life Course Influences on

Later-Life Functional Limitations among Black and White Adults.”

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Invited symposium at the annual meeting of the Society for Longitudinal

and Life Course Studies. Geneva, Switzerland.

2014 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Bram Vanhoutte, Jielu Lin, James Nazroo, and

Dale Dannefer. “Patterns of Wealth Inequality with Age in the US and

England: Does Societal Context Matter?” Presented at the annual meeting

of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

2014 Bhatta, Tirth, Jeffrey Albert, and Jessica Kelley-Moore. “The ‘Long Arm’

of Parental Education? Early Childhood Influences on Functional

Limitations Among Older Adults in India.” Presented at the annual

meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

2013 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Bram Vanhoutte, Jielu Lin, James Nazroo, and

Dale Dannefer. “Cumulative Dis/Advantage in Wealth Trajectories:

Comparative Data from the United States and England.” Presented at the

annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. New Orleans,

LA.

2013 Thorpe, Roland J. and Jessica Kelley-Moore. “Life Course Frameworks

for Studying Health Disparities: Articulating Cumulative Dis/Advantage

and Weathering Perspectives.” Presented at the annual meeting of the

Gerontological Society of America. New Orleans, LA.

2013 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Melinda Laroco Boehm, and Kaitlyn Barnes.

“Structural Ageism and Public Housing Policy: How Hope VI Led to the

Hyper-Segregation of the Very Old and Very Poor.” Presented at the

annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. New Orleans,

LA.

2013 Lin, Jielu and Jessica Kelley-Moore. “The Age and Social Patterning of

Intra-individual Variability in Late-life Health: Relevance to Cumulative

Dis/Advantage Theory.” Presented at the annual meeting of the

Gerontological Society of America. New Orleans, LA.

2013 Bhatta, Tirth, Jessica Kelley-Moore, Nirmala Lekhak. “Life Course

Trajetories of Self-Esteem: Does Education Matter?” Presented at the

annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. New Orleans,

LA. [Poster]

2013 Cavalli, Stefano and Jessica Kelley-Moore. “Trends and Socioeconomic

Inequalities of Functional Health over 30 Years in Switzerland.”

Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.

New Orleans, LA.

2013 Dannefer, Dale, Kathryn Z. Douthit, Jessica Kelley-Moore, Neil

Pendleton. “The Social Organization of Genetic Effects: Gene-

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Environment Interaction, Neogenomics and Sociological Imagination.”

Integrating Genetics and Social Science annual conference. Boulder, CO.

2012 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Jielu Lin, Tirth Bhatta, Dale Dannefer.

“Race/Ethnic Differences in Life Course Accumulative Processes: Test of

a Conceptual Model.” Presented at the annual meeting of the

Gerontological Society of America. San Diego, CA.

2012 Lin, Jielu and Jessica Kelley-Moore. “From Static to Signal: The Age

and Social Patterning of Intra-Individual Variability in Late-Life Health.”

Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.

San Diego, CA.

2012 Kyrpriotakis, George, Jessica Kelley-Moore, and Julia H. Rose. “A Year

in the Lives of Patients Diagnosed with Advanced Stage Cancer.”

Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.

San Diego, CA. [Poster]

2011 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Jielu Lin, Dale Dannefer, and Tirth Bhatta. “Does

Childhood Really Have a ‘Long Arm’? Accumulative Life Course

Processes in Late-Life Functional Limitations.” Presented at the annual

meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Boston, MA.

2011 Douthit, Kathryn Z., Dale Dannefer, and Jessica Kelley-Moore. “Types of

Gene-Environment Interaction, the Life Course and Sociological

Imagination.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American

Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV.

2011 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Tanisha Tate, Christine Schneider, and Elaine

Borawski. “Reimagining and Repurposing: Solutions to the Healthy Food

Gap in a Rust Belt City.” Presented at the National Healthy Homes

Conference. Denver, CO.

2011 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Christine Schneider, Tanisha Tate, Morgan

Taggart, Dan Meaney, Lauren Melnick, Kristen Mickelbank, and Elaine

Borawshi. “Characterizing the Neighborhood Food Environment: A

Mixed-Methods Approach.” Presented at the annual meeting of the

Prevention Research Centers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Atlanta, GA.

2010 Kelley-Moore, Jessica and Jielu Lin. “Influence of Mid-Life Selection

Processes on Late-Life Disability Trajectories.” Presented at the annual

meeting of the American Sociological Association. Atlanta, GA.

2009 Kelley-Moore, Jessica and Jielu Lin. “Deconstructing Disparities:

Within-Community Variation in Disability Trajectories among Black and

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White Older Adults.” Presented at the annual meeting of the

Gerontological Society of America. Atlanta, GA.

2009 Lin, Jielu and Jessica Kelley-Moore. “Black-White Disparities in Late-

Life Physical Function: Exploring the Role of Mid-Life Socioeconomic

Status.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of

America. Atlanta, GA.

2009 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Kathleen A. Cagney, Kimberly A. Skarupski,

Susan A. Everson-Rose, and Carlos F. Mendes de Leon. “Social

Hierarchy and Mental Health Among Older Adults: Does Relative Social

Position in the Neighborhood Matter?” Presented at the annual meeting of

the Gerontological Society of America. Atlanta, GA.

2009 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Dale Dannefer, and Jielu Lin. “Rescuing

Differential Gerontology from the Error Term: Characterizing Variability

in Age-Based Disability Trajectories.” Presented at the annual meeting of

the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

2009 Laroco, Melinda, Jessica A. Kelley-Moore, Matthew Russell, Elaine

Borawski, and Erika Abrams. “Disadvantaged Neighborhoods and

Healthy Eating: Using A Community-Based Participatory Approach to

Identify Perceived Barriers.” Presented at the annual meeting of the

American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

2009 Kelley-Moore, Jessica. “Cumulative Dis/Advantage and Community

Context: Rethinking Racial Health Disparities in Older Adulthood.”

Presented at the International Association for Geriatrics and Gerontology.

Paris, France. July 5-9, 2009.

2009 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, David Warner, Dale Dannefer. “The Forward

Reach of Inequality: Cumulative Dis/Advantage and Intergenerational

Transfers.” Presented at MacArthur Conference on Intergenerational

Issues in an Aging Society. Coral Gables, FL.

2008 Kelley-Moore, Jessica. “Cumulative Dis/Advantage and Community

Context: Rethinking Fundamental Causes of Racial Health Disparities”

NIH Health Disparities Summit December 17 – 19, Washington, D.C.

2008 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Eva Kahana, Boaz Kahana, Rachel Hammel, Jielu

Lin. “Change in Social Activities and Health at the End of Life:

Characterizing the Double Cascade in Years Prior to Death.” Presented at

the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting. Washington, D.C.

[Poster]

2008 Kahana, Boaz, Jessica Kelley-Moore, Eva Kahana, Scott Adams, Jane

Brown, Mary Ellen Stone. “Longitudinal Perspectives on Mild Cognitive

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Impairment and Depressive Symptomatology among the Old-Old.”

Presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting.

Washington, D.C. [Poster]

2008 Kelley-Moore, Jessica and Israel Cross. “Community Size, Composition,

or Inequality: What Explains Racial Disparities in Late-Life Physical

Function?” Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual

Meeting 2008.

2007 Taylor, Miles and Jessica Kelley-Moore. “Relative Impact of Individual

and Community Socioeconomic Status on Disability Trajectories for

Black and White Older Adults.” Presented at the Gerontological Society

of America annual meeting. San Francisco, CA. November 2007.

2007 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Eva Kahana, Boaz Kahana, and Seunghee Park.

“The Double Cascade Among the Oldest Old: Identifying Concurrent

Changes in Health and Social Activities in Years Prior to Death”

Presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting. San

Francisco, CA. November 2007. [Poster]

2006 Kelley-Moore, Jessica, Jennifer Lloyd, Nancy Chiles, Janet Donohue,

Michele K. Evans, and Alan Zonderman. “Clustering of Goods and

Services by Racial and Socioeconomic Neighborhood Composition:

Implications for Black and White Adults Aging in Place.” Presented at

the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Dallas, TX.

November 2006.

2006 Cross, Israel H., Jessica A. Kelley-Moore, Loretta Ayd-Simpson, Janet

Donohue, Michele Evans, and Alan Zonderman. “Age Differences in the

Impact of Employment Instability among Black Americans: Implications

for Normative Expectations over the Life Course.” Accepted for

Presentation at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of

America. Dallas, TX. November 2006.

2006 Jessica Kelley-Moore, Ph.D., Jennifer Lloyd, M.A., Janet Donohue, MPH

Michele Evans, M.D., Alan Zonderman, Ph.D. “How Much Integration is

Enough? Relative Influence of Social Capital and Social Support on

Subjective Health among Black and White Adults in Mid-Life.” Accepted

for Presentation at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of

America. Dallas, TX. November 2006.

2006 Loretta Ayd-Simpson, PA; Jessica Kelley-Moore, Ph.D., Janet Donohue,

M.P.H., Michele Evans, M. D., and Alan Zonderman, Ph.D.

“Neighborhoods and Health: What Do Stress Biomarkers Tell Us?”

Accepted for Presentation at the annual meeting of the Gerontological

Society of America. Dallas, TX. November 2006.

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2005 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. “Racial Residential Segregation in Rural Areas:

Identifying the Pathways of Health Disparity Among Black and White

Older Adults.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological

Society of America. Orlando, FL. November 2005.

2005 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A., Jennifer Lloyd, Loretta Ayd-Simpson, Melissa

Kitner-Triolo, Janet Donohue, Michele Evans, Alan Zonderman. “Why

Does ‘Place’ Matter? Influence of Social and Physical Environment on

Health over the Life Course.” Presented at the annual meeting of the

Gerontological Society of America. Orlando, FL. November 2005.

2005 Kahana, B., Kahana, E., Kelley-Moore, J., & Tascar, D. “Coping

Dispositions as Buffers of the Adverse Effects of Normative Stressors on

Quality of Life among the Old-Old.” Presented at the Gerontological

Society of America Annual Meeting, Orlando.

2005 Kahana, E., Kahana, B., & Kelley-Moore, J. “Coping with Disability in

Late Life: A Longitudinal Study of Proactive Adaptations.” Presented at

the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia,

August 2005.

2005 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. “Disentangling the Impact of Race and Place on

Disability Disparities among Black and White Older Adults.” Presented at

the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association,

Philadelphia, PA. August 2005.

2005 Kahana, B., Kahana, E., Kelley-Moore, J., Lovegreen, L. “Dispositional

Resources as Predictors of the Maintenance of Goals and Meaning in Late

Life: A Longitudinal Study.” Presented at the British Gerontological

Society Annual Meeting, Keele, United Kingdom, July 2005.

2004 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. and Loretta Ayd-Simpson. “Is Retention the

Only Problem? Impact of Panel Attrition and Study Design on the

Estimation of Health Disparities among Older Adults.” Presented at the

58th annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America,

Washington, DC. November 2004.

2004 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A., John G. Schumacher, Eva Kahana and Boaz

Kahana. “When Do Older Adults Become “Disabled”? A Growth Curve

Analysis of Taking On a Disability Identity.” Presented at the 99th annual

meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.

[Roundtable]

2003 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. and Kenneth F. Ferraro. “Mixed Mode

Interviews in Panel Data: Implications for Health Research among Black

and White Older Adults.” Presented at the 56th annual meeting of the

Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA. [Paper presentation]

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2003 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. Angela C. Henderson, and Kenneth F. Ferraro.

“Antecedents of Avoidable Hospitalizations over the Life Course.”

Presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of

America, San Diego, CA. [Poster]

2002 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. and Kenneth F. Ferraro. “Morbidity,

Depression, and Disability among Black and White Older Adults: Cycles

of Health Decline?” Presented at the 55th annual meeting of the

Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.

2002 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. and Kenneth F. Ferraro. “The Disability Gap:

Race Differences in the Risk Factors for the Trajectory of Disability

Among Older Adults.” Presented at the 97th annual meeting of the

American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.

2001 Ferraro, Kenneth F. and Jessica A. Kelley-Moore. “Cumulative

Disadvantage and Health: Long-Term Consequences of Obesity?”

Presented at the 54th annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of

America, Chicago, IL. [Poster]

2001 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. “Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Rethinking the

Measurement of Socioeconomic Status for Older Adults.” Presented at

the 76th annual meeting of the North Central Sociological Association,

Louisville, KY.

2000 Li, Yunqing and Jessica A. Kelley-Moore. “Socioeconomic Status and

the Risk of Poorer Health: Accounting for Systematic Attrition.”

Presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of

America, Washington, D.C. [Poster]

2000 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. and Kenneth F. Ferraro. “Functional

Limitations and Religious Service Attendance: Examining the Barrier and

Benefit Mechanisms.” Presented at the 95th annual meeting of the

American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C.

2000 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. and Kenneth F. Ferraro. “Fatalistic Attitudes

Toward Health Problems: Religious Differences in Negative Coping.”

Presented at the 75th annual meeting of the North Central Sociological

Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

1999 Ferraro, Kenneth F. and Jessica A. Kelley-Moore. “Self-Rated Health,

Terminal Drop and Mortality.” Presented at the 52nd annual meeting of

the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.

1999 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. “Whose Promise Kept? A Sociological

Analysis of the Promise Keepers.” Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting

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of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.

1999 Ferraro, Kenneth F. and Jessica A. Kelley-Moore. “Religious Seeking

Among The "Nones": Health Problems as Foxholes?” Presented at the

1999 conference on Religion in the Lives of Black and White Americans,

Ann Arbor, MI.

1999 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. and James D. Davidson. “The Effects of Class

and Culture on Interfaith Relations.” Presented at the 74th annual meeting

of the North Central Sociological Association.

1999 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. “My Brother’s Keeper: The Promise Keepers

and the Rhetoric of Racial Reconciliation.” Presented at the 74th annual

meeting of the North Central Sociological Association.

1998 Ferraro, Kenneth F. and Jessica A. Kelley-Moore. “Aging and Religious

Consolation Among Men and Women: Health and Situational

Antecedents.” Presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Gerontological

Society of America. Philadelphia, PA.

Additional Training “Multilevel and Mixed Models Using STATA.” By Roberto Guitierez, STATA

Corp. June 2008. Sponsored by ICPSR Summer Program. University of

Michigan.

“Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods.” By Robert Sampson

and Steven Raudenbush. July 2005. Sponsored by ICPSR Summer

Program, University of Michigan. [Competitive]

“Spatial Analysis Using Census Data and GIS.” Spring 2003. by Dr. Keith Harries,

National Institute of Justice and University of Maryland Baltimore

County.

Summer Institute on Aging Research sponsored by National Institute on Aging. June

21 – June 27, 2003. [Competitive]

“Latent Trajectory/Growth Curve Analysis: A Structural Equation Modeling

Approach” by Kenneth Bollen and Patrick Curran. Co-sponsored by

ICPSR Summer Program and Odum Institute for Research in Social

Science. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, May 24-26, 2001.

“Toward Higher Levels of Analysis: Progress and Promise in Research on Social and

Cultural Dimensions of Health.” Washington, D.C. June 27-28, 2000.

Sponsored by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research,

National Institutes of Health.

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“Nonrandom Selection in Aging and Retirement Studies” by Lee Lillard, ICPSR

Summer Program. University of Michigan, June 14-18, 1999.

[Competitive]

Awards and Honors 2018 Nominee, Wittke Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching

Case Western Reserve University

2012 Fellow, Gerontological Society of America.

2010 Finalist, Diekhoff Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship

Case Western Reserve University

2008 Innovations in Minority Aging Research. Awarded by GSA Task Force

on Minority Issues in Gerontology. 2008 annual meeting of the

Gerontological Society of America.

2008 National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Recipient – Competitive

Renewal. Section on Health Disparities. Awarded October 2008 –

September 2010. [Competitive; External Scientific Review]

2006 National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Recipient, Section on

Health Disparities. Awarded October 2006 – September 2008.

[Competitive; External Scientific Review]

2005 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Faculty Mentor Award. University of

Maryland System.

2000 Doctoral student travel award to attend “Toward Higher Levels of

Analysis: Progress and Promise in Research on Social and Cultural

Dimensions of Health.” June 27-28, 2000. Sponsored by the Office of

Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health.

2000 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. and Yunqing Li. “Socioeconomic Status and

Health: The Intervening Factor of Systematic Attrition.” First Place,

Sigma Xi Society for Scientific Research Poster Competition, Purdue

University.

1999 Kelley-Moore, Jessica A. “Promise Keepers: Intersection of the Men’s

Movement and Evangelical Growth.” First Place, Purdue University

Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Student Paper Competition.

Mentorship

Co-Mentor for Post-Doctoral Researchers and Junior Faculty

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Slusar, Mary Beth. Post-Doctoral Scientist, CWRU School of Dentistry.

National Institutes of Health F32 Training Fellowship. “Caregiver Illness

Perceptions and Child’s Early Childhood Caries Status.” December 2012

– November 2015.

Marshall, Gillian*. Assistant Professor, CWRU MSASS. National Institute on

Aging K01 Training Grant. “Impact of Financial Strain on Mental and

Physical Health among Older Adults in the Context of Personal and

National Crises.” Awarded June 2015.

Taylor, Miles. Assistant Professor, Florida State University. National Institute on

Aging K99/R00 (AG030471). “Inequality and Disability among Older

Adults: Paths to Differential Trajectories.” K99: 2007-2008; R00: 2008-

2012.

Primary Mentor for Graduate Students

Stone, Mary Ellen. Disability Determination Process Small Grant. Social

Security Administration. “The Rising Visibility of Work Disability.”

2012-2013. $10,000

Second Award [Competitive]. Disability Determination Process Small

Grant. Social Security Administration. “Making the Transition: Influence

of Self-Reported Work Disability on Labor Force Careers.” 2013-2014.

$10,000

Boehm, Melinda Laroco*. Minority Health Dissertation Fellowship. 2010 –

2012. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prevention

Research Center.

Peterson, Robert*. ASA Minority Fellowship Program. 2008 – 2010.

American Sociological Association.

Undergraduate Students

Sorensen, Alena. “Communities of Opportunity: Assessing Network Depth and

Strength among Non-Profit Agencies Serving Migrant Agriculture

Populations in King County, Washington.” SOURCE Award for Summer

Research Project. Summer 2018. $3500.

Rabb, Brittany*. “Symbolic Prejudice in an Inner-Ring Suburb: Class Conflict,

Race, and the Fight Over Public School Funding.” SOURCE Award for

Summer Research Project. Summer 2017. $3500.

- Received the Butler Jones Award from the North Central Sociological

Association. 2017. Awarded to a graduate or undergraduate African

American student whose research advances social justice.

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Rabb, Brittany*. “Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Willingness to Intervene in

Suspected Child Maltreatment.” Welzer-Musik Childhood Studies

Undergraduate Research Fellowship. 2016-2017. $1,500.

Elson, Ellie. “A ‘New Version of What it Means to Be a Man’: Fraternity Men

Talk about the Meaning of Brotherhood.” SOURCE Award for Senior

Capstone Project. 2015. $250.

Gibbons, Meghan. “Pushing College to its Limits: The Lived Experience of

Mobility Impairment for University Students.” SOURCE Award for

Senior Capstone Project. 2015. $250.

Schmiederer, Margo. “From the Soil to Your Plate: An Analysis of the Local

Food System in Cleveland.” SOURCE Award for Senior Capstone

Project. 2015. $250.

Patel, Janaki*. “Church-Based Nutrition Interventions: Does Faith Work?”

SOURCE Summer Award: $1,500. May 2012 – August 2012.

Paul, Rachel. “Developing a Social Marketing Campaign to Promote Nutrition

Education Programs.” SOURCE Summer Award: $1,750. May 2011 –

August 2011.

*Starred persons belong to an underrepresented race/ethnic group.

Professional Service Editorial Board Member, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences

2011 – Present

2006-2007

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Health and Social Behavior

January 2013 – December 2015

January 2007 – December 2009

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Aging and Health

August 2007 – Present

Editorial Board Member, Research on Aging

January 2013 – Present

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Aging and Social Policy

January 2016 - Present

NIH Study Section Ad Hoc Member:

-- Social Science and Population Science Panel A (SSPA)

[2014, 2016, 2018, 2019]

-- Population Sciences and Epidemiology (PSE) [2010]

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-- Community Influences on Health Behavior (Subgroup of SSPS) [2009-2011]

Ad Hoc Reviewer:

-- European Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme [EURIAS]

-- British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships Program

Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association

-- Council Member, August 2007-2010

-- Chair, August 2016-2017; Past Chair 2017-2018

Member-At-Large, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section, Gerontological Society

of America; November 2015 – November 2018

Journal Reviewer: American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Journal of Health

and Social Behavior, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Journal of

Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, American Journal of Epidemiology,

Social Science and Medicine, Gerontologist, Sociological Methodology,

Research on Aging, Journal of Aging and Health, Journal for the Scientific

Study of Religion, Sociological Focus, Ethnicity and Disease, Social Problems,

Health Services Review, Health Reports [Canada], and Archives of Medical

Research [Mexico]

Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honors Society, Faculty Representative for UMBC

[July 2005 – June 2007]

University, College, and Department Service University, CWRU

2019 College Dean’s Search Committee

2019 (Spring) College Strategic Planning Steering Committee (CSPSC)

-- Sabbatical Replacement on Committee

2015 – 2018 Committee on Educational Programs (CEP)

College of Arts and Sciences

2012 – 2013 College of Arts and Sciences Executive Committee

Faculty Development Sub-Committee

2012 – 2015 ITSPAC &

Sub-Committee on Research Computing

2012 – 2013 CAS WP Jones Grant Reviewer

2009 – 2011 Social Justice Alliance/Institute Team Member

2008 Infrastructure Committee College of Arts and Sciences Strategic

Planning Initiative

Department, CWRU

2012 – Present Co-Director Graduate Program in Sociology

2007 – Present Age & Life Course Comprehensive Exam Committee, Member

2007 – Present Methods Comprehensive Exam Committee, Chair or Member

2007 – Present Medical Sociology Comprehensive Exam Committee, Member

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UMBC

2005 – 2007 Member, Epidemiology Concentration Gero Committee

2004 – 2007 Member, SocioBehavioral & Cultural Concentration

2004 – 2007 Member, Graduate Committee, Sociology Masters Program

2003 – 2005 Member, Gerontology Ph.D. Dissertation Policy Committee

2002 – 2007 Member, Methods and Statistics Curriculum Committee

2000 – 2001 Member, Gerontology Steering Committee; Purdue University

2000 – 2002 Chair, Graduate Orientation Committee; Purdue University

1998 – 2000 Member, Social Research Institute Board; Purdue University

2005 – 2007 Mentor, McNair Scholars Program; UMBC

2003 – 2007 Mentor, MARC Research Program for Minority Students; UMBC

2002 – 2003 Mentor, Women in Leadership Learning (WILL)

2000 – 2002 Mentor, MARC/AIM Research Program for Minority Students;

Purdue University

Professional Memberships American Sociological Association (1998 – Present)

Section Membership: Aging and the Life Course; Disability in Society;

Medical Sociology

Gerontological Society of America (1999 – Present)

2012 – Present GSA Fellow

2003 – 2005 Reviewer of Conference Abstracts

2001 – 2002 Student Campus Representative, Purdue University

North Central Sociological Association (1998 – 2002)

1999 – 2000 Member, North Central Sociological Association Executive Board