John W. Apolzan, Ph.D., 2009
Department: Foods and Nutrition
Dissertation: The Effects of Training Status on Appetitive, Metabolic, and Endocrine Responses in Older Adults.
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia (MCG).
Tamra Bireta, Ph.D., 2006
Department: Psychological Sciences
Dissertation: Resolving the empirical differences in recall of lists with pure and mixed word-lengths.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, The College of New Jersey, Department of Psychology
Kathryn Bojczyk, Ph.D., 2004
Department: Child Development and Family Studies
Dissertation: Head Start Children's Literacy Experiences and Outcomes: Associations with Mothers' Beliefs.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Florida State University, Department of Family and Child Sciences.
Justin R. Bryant, Certificate Program, 2005
Current Position: Oklahoma State University-Center for Health Sciences, MSIII
Oklahoma State University-Spears School of Business, MBA candidate
Pei-Chun Chen, Ph.D., 2005
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dissertation: The effects of residential relocation on health among very old community-dwellers
Current Position: Research associate in Center on Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University. Post-doctoral research fellow in Burton Blatt Institute, Centers of Innovation on Disability, Syracuse University.
Krista M. Clark Cline, Ph.D., 2007
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dissertation: Dogs and People: Using Role Strain and Role Enhancement Theories to Predict Dog Owners' Well-Being
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri at Columbia
Don Crohan, Ph.D., 2005
Department: Educational Studies
Dissertation: The utility of Holland model with the five factor model to guide the undecided student toward academic major selection.
Current Position: Psychologist Fellow
Elizabeth A. DeYoung, M.S., 2009
Department: Health and Kinesiology
Current Position: Exercise Specialist, St. Elizabeth Regional Health Cardiac Rehabilitation
Nancy E. Edwards, Ph.D., 1997
Department: Child Development and Family Studies
Dissertation: The management of Parkinson's Disease as it relates to marital quality, perceived support, locus of control, and perceived burden.
Current Position: Associate Professor, School of Nursing , Purdue University.
Lisa A. Farley VanWormer, Ph.D., 2006
Department: Psychological Sciences
Dissertation: Irrelevant speech effects in implicit sequence learning.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of West Florida, Department of Psychology
Margaret A. Favorite, M.S., 2004
Department: Child Development and Family Studies
Current Position: Assistant Director, Center on Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University; Managing Editor, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.
Jie B. Hong, Ph.D., 2004
Department: Foods and Nutrition
Dissertation: Regulation of TRPV6 gene expression by 1,25(OH)2D3 in duodenum and cecum of mice.
Kimberly S. Hurley, Ph.D., 2005
Department: Health and Kinesiology
Dissertation: Comparison types and the physical self in older adulthood
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Department of Kinesiology & Health Education
Heidi B. Iglay, Ph.D., 2006
Department: Foods and Nutrition
Dissertation: The influence of protein intake during resistance training on body composition and glucose metabolism in older men and women.
Current Position: Research Associate, Wayne State University, Department of Nutrition and Food Science
Shalon M. Irving, Ph.D., 2006
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dissertation: More than sticks and stones: The long-term consequences of reported childhood maltreatment on health in adulthood
Current Position: W.K. Kellogg Postdoctoral Fellow, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Md.
Lakshmi K. Josyula, Ph.D., 2008
Department: Health and Kinesiology
Dissertation: Examination of Physical Activity for Health Promotion, and Attitudes towards Aging, Among Adults-Cross-Cultural Comparisons; Healthcare Provider Recommendations: Toolkit Evaluation.
Jessica Kelley-Moore, Ph.D., 2002
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dissertation: The disability gap: risk for life course disability trajectories for black and white older adults
Current Position: Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Sociology.
Sara Kubik, Ph.D., 2008
Department: Computer Graphics Technology
Dissertation: Older Adults and Cell Phones: A Mixed-Methods Usability Study
James M. Larkin, Ph.D., 2004
Department: Health and Kinesiology
Dissertation: Psychosocial determinants of exercise in people 65 and older: recruitment and population campaign strategies
Current Position: Associate Professor, Health Sciences, Department of Exercise & Sport Science, Eastern Kentucky University.
Min-Ah Lee, Ph.D., 2007
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dissertation: Social Forces and Health among Spanish Americans: Adverse Effects of Residential Segregation and Discrimination?
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Associate, Cornell University, Department of Developmental Sociology
Yunqing Li, Ph.D., 2004
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dissertation: Volunteering and mental health: benefits of engagement or social selection.
Current Position: Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Resources
Peter MacLean, Ph.D., 2001
Department: Psychological Sciences
Dissertation: Attachment in marriage: Predicting marital satisfaction from partner matching using a three-group typology of adult attachement style.
Current Position: Private Practice
Brian McFarlin, Ph.D., 2003
Department: Health and Kinesiology
Dissertation: Pro-inflammatory cytokines and toll-like receptor 4: a regulatory link?
Current Position: Assistant Professor in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition, University of Houston
Tariqah A. Nuriddin, Ph.D., 2008
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dissertation: Weathering the Storm : Self-efficacy, Social Support Processes, and Health-related Coping Strategies among the Detroit-area Widowed
Ahmad Othman, Ph.D., 2000
Department: Health, Kinesiology, and Leisure Studies
Dissertation: Predictive factors of breast self-examination behavior among Malaysian women
Current Position: Malaysian Health Ministry
Stephen Owens, Ph.D., 2000
Department: Psychological Sciences
Dissertation: The effects of dementing and nondementing illnesses on long-term marriages.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ohio University and Independent Clinical Psychologist (emphasizing geropsychology)
Wilma Phillips, Ph.D., 1997
Department: Child Development and Family Studies
Deceased, September 11, 2002
Kimberly S. Plake, Ph.D., 1999
Department: Pharmacy Practice
Dissertation: Impact of interdisciplinary health care on elderly patients' health-related quality of life, patient satisfaction, and health care utilization.
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice. Faculty Associate of Center on Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University
Stacy Presley, Ph.D., 2005
Department: Consumer Sciences and Retailing
Dissertation: Examining veterans' generativity and legacy behavior using a qualitative phenomenological approach
Current Position: Psychologist, Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk
Alicia Rodriguez Rubio, Ph.D., 2007
Department: Consumer Sciences and Retailing
Dissertation: The Effect of Health and Health Risk Factors on Household Wealth
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, Roger Williams University
Hee Seung Roh Ryu, Ph.D., 1999
Department: Health, Kinesiology, and Leisure Studies
Dissertation: Factors associated with weight concerns and unhealthy eating patterns among Korean females.
Michelle M. Schwartz, M.S., 2005
Department: Child Development and Family Studies
Current Position: Chastity Educator
Jori Sechrist, Ph.D., 2008
Department: Sociology
Dissertation: Affection across generations: A within-family test of the intergenerational solidarity model.
Current Position: Post Doc, Department of Sociology, Purdue University
Minjung Seo, Ph.D., 2007
Department: Health and Kinesiology
Dissertation: Exercise Correlates of Personality and Self-Determination in Older Adults
Current Position: Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Oswego
Tetyana P. Shippee, Ph.D., 2008
Department: Sociology
Dissertation: Social cohesion in communities with high residential mobility.
Current Position: Research Associate, Center on Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University
Visiting Lecturer, Precarpathian National University named after V. Stefanyk, Ukraine
Sean Stickney, Ph.D., 2006
Department: Health and Kinesiology
Dissertation: Physical Self-Perception, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and Health Behavior
April Stull, Ph.D., 2007
Department: Foods and Nutrition
Dissertation: Relationships among Inositols, Glucose Tolerance, Insulin Sensitivity, and Tyrosine Phosphorylation of the Insulin Receptor
Current Position: Post-Doctoral training, Pennington Research Institute
Ya-ping Su, Ph.D., 1999
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dissertation: A twenty-year illness trajectory of hypertensive patients: Hospitalization and mortality among the U.S. black and white adults.
Current Position: Research Associate, Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc., Brunswick, New Jersey.
Chiung-Ya Tang, Ph.D., 2006
Department: Child Development and Family Studies
Dissertation: The relationship between marital commitment and housework.
Current Position: Research Associate, University of Central Florida, College of Health & Public Affairs
Lionel M. Thomas Jr., Ph.D., 2007
Department: Consumer and Family Sciences
Dissertation: Nutritional Intervention in Older Populations: Modeling the Dietary Behavioral Intentions of Congregate Meal Site Participants
Current Position: Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University, Hospitality and Tourism Administration.
Roland J. Thorpe, Ph.D., 2004
Department: Veterinary Pathobiology
Dissertation: Relationships between pet ownership, physical activity, and human health in elderly persons.
Current Position: Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Schoolof Public Health, Center for Health Disparities Solutions
Stephanie A. Thurman Edwards, M.S., 2002
Department: Child Development and Family Studies
Current Position: Outreach Worker, Community Action of Greater Indianapolis, Community Health Outreach and Education Services
Kyle L. Timmerman, Ph.D., 2007
Department: Health and Kinesiology
Dissertation: Mechanism for the Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Exercise Training
Current Position: Post-Doctoral at University of Texas Medical Branch.
Yun Wang, Ph.D., 2005
Department: Statistics
Dissertation: Methods for missing values in dichotomous response variables.
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Department of Biostatistics
Oliver Wendt, Ph.D., 2006
Department: Educational Studies/Special Education and Speech, Hearing, and Language Studies
Dissertation: Effectiveness of Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Special Education and Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. Faculty Associate Center on Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University
Hui-Ching Weng, Ph.D., 1997
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dissertation: The impact of gatekeeping on physician practice patterns
Current Position: Associate Professor and Department Chair of Health Management, I-Shou University, Taiwan
Jody Wilkinson, Ph.D., 2000
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Dissertation: Intergenerational inter vivos transfers: What is the pattern and level of financial support parents provide their adult children.
Tim Wright, Ph.D., 2008
Department: Health and Kinesiology
Dissertation: Principal Barriers to Health Promotion Program Participation by Older Adults
Current Position: Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Health Education