Journal of Gerontology Social Sciences: Featured 2023 Editor’s Choice Articles

Chair(s)

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  Jessica Kelley, PhD, FGSA (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  Sociology
  Case Western Reserve University
  Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

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  Matthew Wright, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Sociology
  Appalachian State University
  Boone, North Carolina, United States

  Slides
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  Janelle Taylor, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor, Department of Anthropology
  Anthropology
  University of Toronto
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  Jeffrey Stokes, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Gerontology
  University of Massachusetts Boston
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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  Kenzie Latham-Mintus, PhD, FGSA (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor of Sociology
  Department of Sociology
  Indiana University Indianapolis
  Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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  Tala Al-Rousan, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health
  University of California San Diego
  La Jolla, California, United States

Social science inquiry on age, aging, and the life course spans many topics and methodologies. This symposium highlights papers that were selected as Editor’s Choice articles in the Journal of Gerontology Social Sciences in 2023. These papers highlight methodological innovations, important advancements in our state of knowledge in an area, or emerging issues in the study of aging and older adults. Wright et al. compare differences in income pooling between remarried and cohabiting older adults. Taylor et al. present a qualitative study of the ways that kinless older adults navigate a dementia onset. Stokes et al. utilize novel dyadic analysis to explore the interrelationship of loneliness and cognition among married couples over time. Latham Minus et al. document mental and physical health among older adults who are formerly incarcerated, showing differences by gender and race. Al-Rousan et al. examine the relationship between migration history and cognitive functioning among older Arab Americans and refugees.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST

  Income Pooling in Midlife: A Comparison of Remarried and Cohabiting Relationships
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Matthew R. Wright, PhD – Appalachian State University
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST

  Kinless Older Adults With Dementia: Qualitative Analysis of Data From the Adult Changes in Thought Study
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Janelle S. Taylor, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST

  Longitudinal Dyadic Associations Between Loneliness and Cognition Among Older Couples in the United States
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Jeffrey Stokes, PhD – University of Massachusetts Boston
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST

  Aging With Incarceration Histories: An Intersectional Examination of Incarceration and Health Among Older Adults
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Kenzie Latham-Mintus, PhD, FGSA (she/her/hers) – Indiana University Indianapolis
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST

  Migration and Cognitive Health Disparities: The Arab American and Refugee Case
  

  Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Tala Al-Rousan, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of California San Diego