Curriculum Vitae of Chris Wellin

Education

Post-doctoral Trainee, NIA/AHRQ, Health Services Research, University of California, San Francisco. 1998-2000 .

Ph.D. Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL . 1997. Dissertation: "Liberation Technology? Workers’ Knowledge and the Micro-Politics of Adopting Computer Automation in Industry.” Dissertation Advisor: Arthur L. Stinchcombe.

M.A. Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. 1990. M.A. Thesis "The Moral Order and Career Mobility: Tension as Revealed in the Case of Theatrical Technicians." Thesis Advisor: Howard S. Becker.

B.A. Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Summa cum laude). 1989. Honors Thesis: "Alzheimer’s Disease and the Social Transformation of Self." Thesis Advisor: Dale J. Jaffe.

Research Interests

• Aging/ social gerontology.

• Chronic illness and care-giving.

• Work and occupations.

• Ethnography and qualitative methods.

• Social interaction/social psychology.

• Teaching/pedagogy .

Courses Taught

Introduction to Gerontology.

Senior Experience in Sociology (capstone seminar for majors).

Sociology of Aging and the Life Course.

Applied Sociology for Undergraduates.

Aging, Self, and Society, Social Inequality,

Field Methods in Social Research, School and Society.

Work and Occupations.

Social Problems.

Careers for Sociology Majors.

Changing Terrain of Work and Retirement in the U.S. (undergraduate/graduate).

Advanced Theory and Knowledge Construction in Gerontology (graduate).

Seminar on College Teaching (graduate).

Qualitative Research Design and Analysis (graduate).

Publications

Publications (Monograph or Edited Volume)

Wellin, C., Editor (2018). Critical Gerontology Comes of Age: Advances in Theory and Research for a New Century. New York: Routledge.  Introduction. Chapter 8. Links to Critical Gerontology on Amazon. Barnes & Noble. IndieBound. Routledge.

Publications (Peer Reviewed)

Wellin, C. (2018) “The Need for, and Fruits of, a Current, Critical Gerontology.” Pp. 1-18 in C. Wellin (Ed.), Critical Gerontology Comes of Age. New York: Routledge.

Wellin, C. (2018). “Paid Caregiving for Older Adults with Serious or Chronic Illness: Ethnographic Perspectives, Evidence, and Implications for Training.” Pp. 112-133In C. Wellin (Ed.) Critical Gerontology Comes of Age. New York: Routledge.

Wellin, C. and B. Hollister (2012) “Societal Aging in the U.S.: Impact on Health, Economic Security, and Retirement.” Pp. 101-15 in G. W. Muschert, et al., (eds) Agenda for Social Justice, Solutions 2012 (Knoxville, TN: Society for the Study of Social Problems).

Wellin, C. (2010). “Growing Pains in the Sociology of Aging and the Life Course: A Review Essay on Recent Textbooks.” Teaching Sociology, Vol. 38, No. 4: 373-382.

Carr, D., C. Wellin, and H. Reece. (2009) “Arts and Aging Research: Revealing an Elusive but Promising Direction for the Era of the Third Age.” Journal of Arts, Humanities,And Aging, Vol. 3, No. 3: 199-221.

Jaffe, D.J. and C. Wellin. (2008) “June’s Troubled Transition: Adjustment to Residential Care For Older Adults with Dementia.” Care Management Journals, Vol. 9, No. 3: 128-137.

Wellin, C. (2008) “Telling Tales Out of School: Dilemmas of Race and Inclusiveness in the Liberal Academy.” The American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 51, No. 5: 686-708.

Wellin, C. (2008). “Skill Demands and Training Needs of Paid Caregivers of Older Adults.” Research on Future Skill Demands: A Workshop Summary. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. 36-43.

Wellin, C. (2007) “Narrative Interviewing: Process and Benefits in Teaching about Aging And the Life Course.” Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, Vol. 28, No. 1: 79-99.

Estes, C.L., K. Linkins, S. Shostack, C. Goldberg, C. Wellin, R. Beard. (2006). “Implications of Welfare Reform for the Elderly: A Case Study of Provider, Advocate, and Consumer Perspectives.” Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Vol. 18, No. 1: 41-63.

Wellin, C. (2006). “Scrutinizing Familial Care in Consumer-Directed Long Term Care Programs: Implications for Theory and Research.” Pp. 195-220 in S. Kunkel And V. Wellin (Eds.) Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care. New York: Springer.

Estes, C.L. , C. Wellin, D.D. Ogawa, & T.A. Weitz. (2006). “History of Health Care Policy For the Elderly.” Pp. 490-496 in R. Schulz, et al. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Aging (Fourth Ed.). New York: Springer.

Wellin, C. and D.J. Jaffe (2004). “In Search of Personal Care: Challenges to Identity Support in Residential Care for Elders with Cognitive Illness.” Journal of Aging Studies, Vol. 18, No. 3 (August): 275-295. (A previous version was published as Working Paper # 22 in series: Center for Working Families, University of California, Berkeley. http:// workingfamilies.berkeley.edu.)

Wellin, C. and G.A. Fine. (2001). "Ethnography as Work: Career Socialization, Settings, and Problems." Pp. 323-38 in Paul Atkinson, et al.(eds). Handbook of Ethnography. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. (Reprinted in softbound edition, 2007).

Estes. C.L. and C. Wellin. (2000). "Health Policy Analysis." in Edgar F. Borgatta and Marie L. Borgatta (eds.) Encyclopedia of Sociology, (2nd Ed.) New York: Macmillan.

Wellin, C. (1996). "Life at Lake Home: An Ethnographic Performance in Six Voices, An Essay on Method in Two." Qualitative Sociology, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Winter) Pp.497-516.

Wellin, C. (1996). "Teaching as Modeling Inquiry" Pp.74-80 in Kenneth Allan & Melinda Messineo (Eds.) Training Teaching Assistants (2nd Ed.) Washington, DC: ASA Teaching Resources Center. (Reprinted in Graduate Student Instructor and Teaching Assistant Program Development, 3rd Edition. Edited by Melinda Messineo. ASA T.R.C.

Wellin, C. (1993). "Careers in Art Worlds" Dilemmas of Mobility in Theater Work." Pp.247-276 in Muriel Cantor & Cheryl Zollars (Eds.) Creators of Culture: Current Research on Occupations and Professions, Vol. 8. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

Jaffe, D. J. and C. Wellin. (1989). "The Nature of Problematic Homesharing Matches: The Case of Share-A-Home of Milwaukee." Pp.181-193 in Dale J. Jaffe (Ed.) Shared Housing for the Elderly. Greenwood Press: Westport, CT

Research Monograph/ Commissioned or Technical Reports

Wellin, C. (2008). “Paid Caregiving for Older Adults with Serious or Chronic Illness: Ethnographic Perspectives, Evidence, and Implications for Training.” Paper Commissioned by the National Academies Center for Education on Research Evidence Related to Future Skill Demands. Washington, DC.

Wellin, C. and C. S. Kart. (2007). “Enhancing the Performance of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs in Ohio: A State-Level Case Study.” A report submitted to the Cleveland Foundation. (Research conducted in conjunction with the Institute for Health & Aging, UCSF).

Estes, C.L., K. Linkins, S. Goldberg, C. Wellin, S. Shostack. (2001). “”Implications of Welfare Reform for the Elderly: Provider, Advocate, and Consumer Perspectives.” A report Submitted to the San Francisco Foundation.

Book Reviews and Review Essays

Wellin, C. (2019) Review of “Golden Years: Social Inequality in Later Life” by Deborah Carr. Contemporary Sociology. Vol. 49 (3): 248-50.

Wellin, C. (2016) Review essay/nomination, “Lifetime Achievement Award for Howard S. Becker.” Newsletter of the Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (summer): 2-9.

Wellin, C. (2014). Review of “Retirement on the Line” by Caitrin Lynch. The American Anthropologist, Vol. 116, No. 3 (August): 685-86.

Wellin, C. (2014). “Documentary Film, Teaching, and the Accumulation of Sociological Insight: The Work of Richard Broadman.” Teaching Sociology, Vol 41, No. 4 (October): 403-407. (Invited review) .

Wellin, C. (2003). Review of "The Elusive Quest: Accountability in Hospitals" by Carolyn L. Wiener. Qualitative Sociology, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring): 131-135.

Wellin, C. (2002). Review of "Caring and Doing for Others” edited by Alice S. Rossi. in Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 32, No. 1 (January): 32-34.

Wellin, C. (1999). “Researching Technicians’ (and Others’) Work: The Key to Understanding is Practice." Qualitative Sociology, Vol.22, No.1 (Spring): 73-82. [Review Essay] .

Fine, G.A. and C. Wellin. (1999), "Tricks and Reveries." Qualitative Sociology, Vol. 22, No.1 (Spring): 93-98 [Review Essay].

Papers presented (or accepted) at professional meetings

Wellin, C. “Negotiating Research Partnerships with Community Agencies: Lessons Learned from An Innovative Capstone Seminar.” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY. August, 2019.

Wellin, C. “Impacts of Neoliberalism on Social Work Practice and Careers: A Preliminary Research Agenda and Literature Review.” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study Of Social Problems, Philadelphia, PA. August, 2018.

Wellin, C. “Integrating Applied Research and Theorizing in Undergraduate Sociology Courses.” (Accepted but not delivered, due to travel conflict). Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. August, 2017.

M. Schmeeckle and C. Wellin. “Fostering Independent Undergraduate Research to Explore Global Connections and Social Worlds.” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study Of Social Problems, Seattle, WA. August 2016.

Wellin, C. “Career Contributions of Howard S. Becker”: A Panel Celebrating a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems.” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, IL. August 2015

K. Raynor and C. Wellin. “Evidence Based Health Programs in the Community for Elders: A Formative Evaluation of Participation.” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, IL. August 2015

Wellin, C. “Exemplars of Qualitative Health Research: Contributions of Leonard Schatzman,” Annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA. August 2014

Wellin, C. and C. Mallory. “Benefits and Challenges of Discourse across Professional Boundaries: An Imperative in Serving Older and/or Disabled People in the Community,” Annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA. August 2014

Wellin, C. “Evidence Based Practice in Health and Human Services: Keys to Critique from a Sociological Perspective.” Annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY. August 2013.

Wellin, C. “Involving Faculty Members in the Internship Process.” Annual meeting of the Illinois Cooperative Education and Internship Association, Normal, IL April 2013.

Wellin, C. “Undergraduate Research, Interactionism, and Re-constructing Social Problems. Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. March, 2013.

Wellin, C. “Making Gray Gold: A Twenty-Year Retrospective.” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Denver, CO. August 2012.

Wellin, C. and C. Kart. “Advocating for the Aged and Disabled in Community-Based Care: the Promise and Limitations of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Denver, CO. August 2012.

Wellin, C. and C. Mallory. “Developing a Network of Teachers, Researchers, and Clinicians to Support Student Learning about Aging, Health, and Disability. Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL. January 2012.

Wellin, C. “Meanings and Benefits of Interdisciplinary Education: Reflecting on Gerontology in the Development of Students in Health and Social Service Fields.” Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium, Illinois State University. Normal, IL. January 2011.

Wellin, C. “Integrating Cohort Analysis and Narrative Interviewing: The Case of the G.I. Bill and Expansion of the Post-WWII Professoriate.” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Atlanta, GA. August 2010.

D. Carr, C. Wellin, and H. Reece. “The Arts and Creativity in the Third Age: an Elusive But Promising Theme in Aging Research.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, N.Y. August 2007.

Wellin, C. and K. Stock. “Mutuality and Mentoring: How Integrating Social Gerontology and Clinical Fields Enhances Both Teaching and Practice.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), Portland, OR, March 2007.

Wellin, C., C. Kart, and M.E. Stone. “Assessing Challenges Facing the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program in Ohio.” Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society Of America, Dallas, November 2006.

Wellin, C. “Enhancing Interdisciplinary Connections.” American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada. August 2006.

Wellin, C. and C.L. Estes. “Embattled Advocates for Aging Services and the Fragility Of the Non-Profit Sector.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Montreal, Canada. August 2006.

Wellin, C. and D. Shulman. "Representations of Theorizing in Field Research: From Prescriptive to Experiential Models." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Washington, D.C., August 1995.

Wellin, C. Principal organizer for conference: "Critical Methods in the Study of Culture." Center for International Studies, Northwestern University, October 1995.

Wellin, C. "The Critical Dimension in Evaluation Research: A Sociology of Knowledge Approach." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Los Angeles, CA, August 1994.

Wellin, C. "Research, Identity, and Estrangement." Invited lecture to the ASA Honors Program, Annual Meetings of the ASA, Los Angeles, CA, August 1994.

Wellin, C. "Adaptation to Computer-Automation in Industry: A Case Study of Changing Skill Demands." National Science Foundation Seminar on Race, Poverty, and Urban Inequality, University of Chicago, October 1993.

Wellin, C. "Performance, Realism, and (Re) Presenting Social Life." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Miami, FL, August 1993.

Wellin, C. "Didactic Session on Planning and Implementing Field Studies." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Miami, FL. August 1993

Wellin, C. "Dilemmas of Mobility in Art Worlds." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Pittsburgh, PA, August 1992.

Jaffe, D. J., C. Wellin, and S. Steely. "Creating Alzheimer’s disease and Destroying the Self: An ethnography of dementia." Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), Boston, MA. November 1990.

Wellin, C. "The Structure of Loneliness: Power and Interaction in an Alzheimer’s Group Home." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Washington, D.C. August 1990.

Wellin, C. "The Social Organization of Technical Theater Work in Chicago." Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts. Northwestern University. November 1990.

Wellin, C. "Problems of Writing and Analysis in Qualitative Sociology." Annual Meetings of the ASA, San Francisco, CA, August 1989.

Wellin, C. "Alzheimer’s Disease and the Social Transformation of Self." Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association (ASA), Atlanta, GA, August 1988.

Cherney, J., J. Dolmage, K. Hutchinson, C. Lewiecki-Wilson, J. Lynch, K. McMahon- Klosterman, C. Wellin. “Developing a Disability Studies Curriculum.” Annual meeting of the Society for Disability Studies, Bethesda, MD. June 2006.

Wellin, C. “Narrative Interviewing: Benefits and Risks in Undergraduate Courses on Aging and the Life Course.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Indianapolis, IN: February 2006

Wellin, C. and C. Caronna. “Negotiating Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Health Services Research.” Annual Meetings of the ASA, San Francisco, CA: August 2004.

Wellin, C. “Problematizing Familial Care Decisions in Consumer-Directed Long-
Term Care.” 4th Annual Carework Conference, San Francisco, CA: August 2004.

Carr, D. and C. Wellin. “The Arts, Creativity, and Educational Programming for Older Adults: A Marginal Theme in Social Gerontology.” Annual Meetings of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Richmond, VA, March 2004.

Wellin, C. “Narrative Interviewing: Process and Product in Teaching Sociology of Aging and the Life Course.” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association (ASA), Atlanta, GA, August 2003.

Wellin, C. “Integrating Theory and Practice in Gerontology: Narrative vs. Prescriptive Accounts.” Annual Meetings of the Ohio Association for Gerontology and Education, Dayton, OH, March 2003.

Wellin, C. and D.J. Jaffe. "Clock Time and Story Time: Tensions in Paid Care for the Fragile Self in Alzheimer's Disease." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Chicago, IL, August 2002.

Wellin, C. and D. J. Jaffe. "Consumer Direction and the Commodification of Care." Panel members at the Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, IL, November 2001.

Wellin, C. "Framing (Social Problems), Funding, and Field Research: Community Mental Health and the NIMH." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Anaheim, CA, August 2001.

Estes, C.L., K. Linkins, S. Shostak, C. Wellin, and R. Beard. "Unintended Consequences of Welfare Devolution for Provision of Health and Social Services to the Aged in San Francisco." Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA, November 2000.

Wellin, C. and D.J. Jaffe. "Multiple Realities of Work and Care in an 'Alzheimer's' Group Home." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Washington, D.C., August 2000.

Wellin, C. and G.A. Fine. "Ethnography as an Occupation." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Chicago, IL, August 1999.

Wellin, C. "Paradoxes of Work and Care in an 'Alzheimer's' Group Home." Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, May 1999.

Wellin, C. "Managers’ Rhetorics of Workers’ Skill in Introducing Computer-Automation in Industry." Annual Meetings of the ASA, San Francisco, CA, August 1998.

Wellin, C. and B. Beck."Managing and Honoring Career Inactivity in the Arts: Variations in Theater Work." Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, San Francisco, CA, August 1998.

Wellin, C. "Negotiating Technical Change in Industry: An Ethnographic Case-Study of the Appropriation of Shop Floor Skill." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Toronto, Canada. August 1997.

Wellin, C. and B. Beck. "Modeling Inquiry as a Principle in Teacher’s Training." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Toronto, Canada, August 1997.

Invited or Departmental Lecture

Wellin, C. “Hidden but Essential Work: The Impact and Complexity of Hospice Volunteering.” Invited keynote presentation to staff of Advocate-Bromenn Hospice, Bloomington, IL April 2015.

Wellin, C. “Evidence Based Practice in Health and Human Services: A Critique and Research Agenda from a Sociological Perspective. Departmental colloquium, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Illinois State University. Normal, IL, September 2014.

Wellin, C. “Generational Changes in Retirement Patterns. Invited lecture at Westminster Village Retirement Community. Bloomington, IL, July 2013.

Wellin, C. “Applying Research to Enhance Quality of Life for People with Dementia and their Caregivers.” Invited keynote presentation for the Family Forum of the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Illinois. Normal, IL, August 2011.

Wellin, C. “Integrating Cohort Analysis with Narrative Interviewing: The Post WWII G.I. Bill and its Impact on Academic Careers. Gerontology speaker series, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, January 2011.

Wellin. C. Discussant for Session on Institutional Ethnography: “Speaking to ‘The System’: Diagnosis, Access, and Services from Users' Perspectives.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston, MA, July 2008.

Wellin, C. “The Arts and Creativity in Gerontological Research: Findings and Implications of Content Analysis for Understanding the Third Age.” California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA, April 2008.

Wellin, C. “Paid Caregiving for the Aged and Disabled: A Challenge and Agenda for Medical Sociology.” Howard University, Washington, DC. April 2008.

Wellin, C. “Themes and Implications of Ethnographic Research of Paid Caregiving.” Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, February 2008.

Wellin, C. “Karl Mannheim’s Sociology of Knowledge, and Contemporary Political Discourse.” Salem State College, Salem, MA, January 2008.

Wellin, C. “Paid Caregiving for Older Adults with Serious or Chronic Illness: Ethnographic Perspectives, Evidence, and Implications for Training.” Presented to the National Academies Center for Education. Washington, DC. May, 2007.

Wellin, C. and C. S. Kart. “Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program in Ohio.” Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University. September, 2006.

Wellin, C. "The Denial of Fun in Late Life: A Critique of Academic Gerontology." Lecture in honor of Bernard Beck, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University. May, 2006.

Wellin, C. “Telling Tales out of School: Dilemmas of Race and Inclusiveness in the Liberal Academy.” Departmental Colloquium, Miami University. Miami University, October, 2005.

Wellin, C. “Developing a Reflective, Ethnographic Perspective on the Annual Meetings.” Presentation to the Honors Program of the American Sociological Association, (2001- 2004). [Part of the orientation to ASA Honors Program participants.]

Wellin, C. “In Search of Personal Care.” Departmental Colloquium, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, March 2004.

Wellin, C. “Organizational Culture: Notes from an Ethnographic Case Study of Technical Change in Industry.” Sociology of Culture series, University of California, Davis, CA, October 1998.

Academic Department Service

Illinois State University. Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Graduate Affairs Committee, 2010-12.
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2013 to 2016.
Coordinator of Departmental Speaker Series, 2014 to 2016 .

Faculty Advisor, Sociology Club (a Registered Student Organization), 2013 to the present.

Member, Departmental Chair Search Committee, 2016.
Member, Departmental Faculty Status Committee, 2016—present.
Member, Departmental Chair Search, 2019-2019.

Service to the Profession

Mid-West Regional Representative of the ASA Honors Program, 1988-89
Vice-President, ASA Honors Program Student Society, 1989-90
Member, Steering Committee of the Carework Network, 2004-2006
Member, Program Committee, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, 2005-2008 Chair, Division on Youth, Aging, and the Life Course, Society for the Study of Social Problems, (SSSP) 2009-2011.

Participant in Mentorship Program of the SSSP, 2009—present.
Deputy Editor, Teaching Sociology (2011-2013)
Member, Membership and Outreach Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems (Elected position), 2016-19.
Chair, Membership and Outreach Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2017- present.
Reviewer of articles for American Journal of Sociology, The American Anthropologist.

Gerontologist, The Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Sociological Perspectives, Qualitative Research, Qualitative Sociology, Teaching Sociology, Health Services

Research, Sociology of Education, JAI Series on Work/Occupations. Reviewer of book prospectus and manuscript for Palgrave Press.

Professional Associations

American Sociological Association
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education Association for Professionals in Aging
Society for the Study of Social Problems

Service to the Community

Member, Committee to Assess and Combat Social Isolation. East Central Illinois Area Agency On Aging (2018-present) .

Member, Community Health Advisory Committee, McLean County Health Department (2012-- 2015)

Board Member, Senior Citizens, Inc. of Butler County, OH 2003-2006

Faculty Advisor, Miami University, to Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Butler County, OH 2004- 2007.

Other Grants, Awards, and Honors

Dale J. Jaffe and Christopher Wellin, "The Survey of Barter Homesharing Participants: Major Findings and Analysis," Interfaith Program for the Elderly, Milwaukee, WI. 1986 ($5,000).
Dale J. Jaffe and Christopher Wellin, "Elderly Housing Issues in Milwaukee: Results from the 1987 Key Informant Survey," Interfaith Program for the Elderly, Milwaukee,
WI, 1987 ($5,000).
University Honors Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1987.
Selected as participant in ASA Honors Program, 1988.
Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1989.

Research Fellowship, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts, Northwestern University, 1989-1991 ($10,500).

Research fellowship, Russell Sage Foundation, Faculty Sponsor: Roberto Fernandez.
Research and training fellowship in poverty, race, and urban inequality, sponsored by National Science Foundation and Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University,1991-1993.
Robert Boguslaw Award for humanistic scholarship on technology and society, sponsored by the ASA Section on Environment and Technology, 1999.
Research grant: "Context and Implications of Family-Care Decisions in Consumer-Directed.

Long-Term Care." Ohio Long-Term Care Research Project. 2002-03 ($20,000).

Outstanding Professor Nominee, Associated Student Government of Miami University, 2003, 2004, 2005.

Research grant: “Enhancing the Performance of Long-Term Care Ombudsmen in Ohio.” The Cleveland Foundation. ($50,000) [Co-PI with Cary S. Kart, Ph.D.] 2007.

Invited Panelist to Workshop on Research Evidence Related to Future Skill Demands, National Academies of Science, Washington, DC. August, 2007.

New Faculty Initiative Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University. 2010.

Excellence Award for Outstanding Teaching—Pre-Tenure. College of Arts & Sciences, Illinois State University. April 2012.

Outstanding College Service Award. ISU College of Arts and Sciences. 2018.