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Jennifer Karas Montez awarded prestigious Carnegie Fellowship

Jennifer Karas Montez, the Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University, has been named a 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, the most generous and prestigious fellowship in the social sciences and humanities. According to an announcement by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Karas Montez and 30 other “extraordinary scholars and writers will each receive up to $200,000, making it possible to devote their time to significant research, writing and publishing.”

To learn more go to:

 https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/stories/Karas_Montez_awarded_prestigious_Carnegie_Fellowship/

Merril Silverstein discusses religiosity, grandparents in sociology journal

In “Linked Religious Lives Across Generational Time in Family Lineages: Grandparents as Agents of Transmission,” a chapter in Social Networks and the Life Course, Merril Silverstein, and co-author Vern L. Bengtson examine the extent to which religiosity is stable across generations, specifically in order to understand how grandparents influence the religious orientations of their adolescent and young adult grandchildren.

https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/stories/Silverstein_discusses_religiosity,_grandparents_in_sociology_journal/

Ph.D. Student Wencheng Zhang coauthored paper with Jennifer Karas Montez published in Social Science & Medicine

Congratulations to Wencheng Zhang whose coauthored paper with Jennifer Karas Montez was recently published in Social Science & Medicine. The paper, “Does College Major Matter for Women’s and Men’s Midlife Health: Examining the Horizontal Dimensions of Educational Attainment,” was also featured in the Pacific Standard.

 https://psmag.com/education/mammas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-be-psych-majors

Workshop Uses Design Thinking to Develop Solutions for Desirable Aging Experience

A recent daylong workshop- “Design Thinking for Community-Supported Senior Care,” organized by the Syracuse University Aging Studies Institute and the School of Design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts- brought together interested individuals from across the University and the Central New York community to address a growing concern: As professional caregiver resources continue to dwindle, how can we meet the needs of seniors, especially single seniors living alone?

To read more about the Design Thinking Workshop, click here.

Jennifer Karas Montez recieves NIH award

Congratulations to Jennifer Karas Montez who received an NIH award. This 5-year $1.3 million dollar grant is on “Educational Attainment, Geography, and U.S. Adult Mortality Risk.”