Examining Equitable Aging through Community Assessment, Qualitative Research, and Community Collaboration
Angie Perone, Professor
Social Welfare
Closed. This professor is continuing with Spring 2026 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Fall 2026.
This community-engaged multi-faceted project applies an emerging theoretical and conceptual framework (equitable aging), which centers justice and power in understanding and examining aging programs, services, and policies. This project involves qualitative data collection (e.g., focus groups, interviews, ethnographic documents, virtual ethnography), qualitative data analysis, and dissemination. For one subproject, some students will have opportunities to learn and conduct a scoping review with scholarly literature on conflicting rights in nursing homes that could lead to co-authorship. Depending on student interest, students may assist with research regarding housing, caregiving, health (or intersections of these topics) for older adults. Students may also have opportunities to join community partner meetings and interact with community partners.
Role: For this semester, students will focus on conducting a landscape analysis of centers on aging that conduct research and education. It will also include a landscape analysis on identifying resources and places for particular services, including geriatric assessments.
Students may also have opportunities in one or more of the following tasks:
* literature reviews / searches
* qualitative data collection (e.g., interviews, focus groups, document review, virtual ethnography)
* qualitative data analysis (using Dedoose software or Excel)
* co-authorship / writing sections for journal articles
* research dissemination
Qualifications: * interest in aging
* interest in social justice and equity
* excellent ability to work independently and in teams
* excellent organizational skills
* strong ability to communicate about projects and meet project deadlines
Hours: to be negotiated
Off-Campus Research Site: This project is fully remote.
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