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Kristine Ajrouch

Kristine J. Ajrouch is professor of sociology at Eastern Michigan University. She is also adjunct research professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Her research has focused on Arab Americans in the U.S., beginning with ethnic identity formation among adolescent children of immigrants, followed by a focus on aging from […]

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Usha Menon

Usha Menon is professor of anthropology at Drexel University. Menon has written extensively on different aspects of Hindu society and civilization, in particular on goddess worship, family dynamics, gender relations, Hindu morality, Hindu women and liberal feminism and Hindu-Muslim religious violence. She also curated and published the collection “Old Age and Hinduism” for Oxford Bibliographies.

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Christine Lawton

Christine Lawton is a Christian educator who has served as youth and family minister in various churches, teacher in Christian schools and trainer in retirement communities. She is co-author of Intergenerational Christian Formation, which focuses on intergenerational Christian education.

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Holly Nelson-Becker

Holly Nelson-Becker is a professor in Loyola University Chicago’s School of Social Work. Her research focuses on aging, loss, grief, palliative and end-of-life care, as well as wisdom and virtue in varying traditions.

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Douglas Penick

Douglas Penick is a widely published author and opera-writer who has written on the theme of aging and Buddhist principles for Tricycle magazine. Contact through webpage.

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Linda M. Chatters

Linda M. Chatters is a professor in the department of health behavior and health education, School of Public Health, and professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan. The focus of Chatters’ research is the study of adult development and aging in relation to the mental and physical health status and […]

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Lynn Casteel Harper

Lynn Casteel Harper is an essayist, Baptist minister and chaplain. Her debut book, On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear, investigates the myths and metaphors surrounding dementia and aging.

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