Jennifer C. Morgan, PhD, FGSA (she/her/hers)

Director and Professor, Gerontology Institute
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Dr. Jennifer Craft Morgan is an Professor and Director of the Gerontology Institute at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on jobs and careers, attempting to understand how policy, population, workplace and individual level factors shape how work is experienced and how work is organized across care settings. She is a national expert on recruitment, training and retention of frontline health care workers highlighting the impact of good jobs and high-quality training. Dr. Morgan has received numerous awards including the Gordon Streib Distinguished Academic Gerontologist award from the Southern Gerontological Society, the Dean’s Early Career Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University and has achieved Fellow designation from the Gerontological Society of America and is a Victor W. Marshall Fellow in Applied Gerontology with the Southern Gerontological Society. Dr. Morgan is Past President (2019-2021) of the Southern Gerontological Society (SGS).

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Presentation(s):

• Policy Series: What Is “Good Work” in Long-Term Services and Supports? Setting a Research and Policy Agenda for Direct Care Work

  Saturday, November 16, 2024
  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST