Director, Aging Studies Institute, and Professor, Sociology, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
Senior Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Fellow, Institute for Veterans and Military Families
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Biography:
Janet Wilmoth has a Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography, with a minor in Gerontology, from the Pennsylvania State University. She is a Professor of Sociology, Director of the Aging Studies Institute, Senior Research Affiliate in the Center for Policy Research, and Faculty Associate in the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University. She has published in the areas of older adult migration, living arrangements, and health status. Her recent research explores how military service shapes various life course outcomes related to marriage and family, economic well-being, and disability. Her research has received funding from the National Institute on Aging, the Social Security Administration, and the National Poverty Center. Professor Wilmoth has authored over 75 articles and book chapters, coedited Gerontology: Perspectives and Issues, 3rd and 4th Editions, Life Course Perspectives on Military Service, Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations, and Life-Course Implications of U.S. Public Policy, and served as an Associate Editor for the Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, 8th and 9th Editions.
Degree(s):
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995
M.A., Pennsylvania State Univeristy, 1992
B.A., Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1990
