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January 16, 2018 Curriculum Vitae of Glen H. Elder, Jr. CONTACT INFO Carolina Population Center Phone: 919-962-4264 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-3499 123 Carolina Square, Suite 210 West Franklin St. Email: [email protected] Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524 http://elder.web.unc.edu CURRENT POSITIONS 2007- Howard W. Odum Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, UNC–Chapel Hill 2007- Research Professor of Psychology, UNC–Chapel Hill 1984- Fellow, Carolina Population Center, UNC–Chapel Hill PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT 1984-2007 Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor of Sociology, UNC–CH 1986-2007 Research Professor of Psychology, UNC–CH 1979-1984 Professor of Human Development, Cornell University 1971-1977 Professor of Sociology, UNC–CH 1967-1971 Associate Professor of Sociology, UNC–CH 1965-1967 Research Sociologist, Institute of Human Development, University of California–Berkeley 1962-1965 Assistant Professor of Sociology and Assistant Research Sociologist, Institute of Human Development, University of California–Berkeley EDUCATION 1961-1962 NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship 1961 Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1958 M.A., Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 1957 B.S., Pennsylvania State University, University Park 1 AWARDS AND HONORS 2017 John Bynner Award, Society of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, Stirling University, Scotland 2017 Naming of Glen H. Elder, Jr. Distinguished Professorship, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill 2016 W.E.B. DuBois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award American Sociological Association, Seattle 2012 Honoris Causa Doctorate, Die Academicus, University of Geneva 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award, Kent State University, Department of Sociology 75th Anniversary 2008 Naming of Glen H. Elder, Jr. Distinguished Term Professorship, College of Arts & Sciences, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill 2008 “Glen H. Elder, Jr., and the Importance of Lived Experience.” Specially dedicated issue of Research in Human Development, Vol. 5(4), October- December, 2008 2005 Honorary Doctorate of Social Science, The Ohio State University 2005 Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to the Scientific Study of Life- Span Development, Society for the Study of Human Development 2004 Pioneers of Social Research; University of Essex, United Kingdom 2003 Award for Distinguished Service to Rural Life, Rural Sociological Society 2003 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, The Pennsylvania State University 2002 2000/2002 William J. Goode Award for Children of the Land, American Sociological Association (Section on Family) 2001 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development, Society for Research in Child Development 2001 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching, and Service, American Sociological Association (Section on Peace, War and Social Conflict) 1999-2010 Senior Scholar Award, The Spencer Foundation 1999 Honorary Doctorate, University of Bremen (Germany) 1998 Distinguished Career Award in Family Studies, American Sociological Association (Section on the Family) 1998 Distinguished Scholar Award of Life Course and Aging Studies, American Sociological Association (Section on Aging and the Life Course) 1993 Cooley-Mead Award for Distinguished Career in Social Psychology, American Sociological Association (Section on Social Psychology) 1990 Richard A. Kalish Award, Gerontological Society of America 1988 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1985-2000 Research Scientist Award, National Institute of Mental Health 1984 Sociological Research Association (Sociology, Honorary) 1982-1983 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship 1979 Ernest A. Burgess Award, National Council on Family Relations 2 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS American Academy of Arts & Sciences American Sociological Association Society for Research in Child Development Society for Longitudinal & Life Course Studies Society for Research in Human Development Population Association of America SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2011-2014 NIA Research Network on Military Service in Lives 2010-2016 Co-Advisor to International Research Consortia (U.S., U.K., and Germany) in comparative study of Great Recession on the lives of young people 1988-2010 Director, Population and Aging, Carolina Population Center, UNC-CH 2000-2003 Co-Director, Carolina Consortium on Human Development, UNC–CH 2002 Council, Section on Children, American Sociological Association 1999 President, Sociological Research Association 1998 Secretary-Treasurer, Sociological Research Association 1995-1997 President, Society for Research in Child Development 1991 Chair, Section on Aging, American Sociological Association 1987-1991 Advisory Committee, Annual Review of Sociology 1985-1991 Governing Council, Society for Research in Child Development 1988-1989 Vice-President, American Sociological Association 1985-1989 Advisory Board, Henry Murray Center for the Study of Lives, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1986-1988 Council, Social Science History Association 1986-1987 Member, Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy, National Research Council 1986-1987 Member, Executive Office Board, American Sociological Association 1986-1987 Chair, Family Studies Section, American Sociological Association 1985-1987 Council, Section on Aging, American Sociological Association 1983-1986 Council Member-at-Large, American Sociological Association 1981-1986 Co-Chair, Committee on Child Development in Life-Span Perspectives, Social Science Research Committee 1980-1986 Co-Chair, Committee on the Life Course, Social Science Research Council 1982-1985 Member, National Advisory Board, Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics 1982-1983 Chair, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association FELLOWSHIPS AND VISITING APPOINTMENTS 2013 Visiting Professor, University of Geneva (April 15-21) 2009 Ida Beam Professor, University of Iowa (March 31-April 2) 2007 Visiting Professor, Bamberg University, Bamberg, Germany (September 15-23) 2005 Visiting Professor, Frederich Schiller University, Jena, Germany (June 1-7) 3 2003 Visiting Professor, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (March 4-15) 1999 Visiting Professor, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany (May 10-21) 1997 Visiting Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China (September 11-13) 1997 Visiting Lecturer, sponsored by the Japan Society of Developmental Psychology, Tokyo, Japan (August 26-30) 1997 Fellow, Gerontological Society of America 1988 Distinguished Alumni Fellow, Pennsylvania State University 1987 Fellow, American Psychological Association (Division 7) 1986 Japan Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (July) 1981 Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of British Columbia, Vancouver (January) 1976-1979 Senior Fellow of Boys Town Research Center, Omaha, Nebraska 1978 Fellow invitation (postponed), Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California 1972-1973 Visiting Fellow, Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley 1961-1962 Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health SELECTED PRESENTATIONS 2014 “Studying Lives in Changing Times: A Life Course Journey.” Oregon State University. Corvallis, Oregon. October 11. 2012 “Studying Lives in Changing Times: A Life Course Journey.” Kent State University Department of Sociology’s 75th Anniversary Celebration. Kent, Ohio. October 11. 2012 “Studying Lives in Changing Times: A Life Course Journey.” Antwerp (Belgium) Summer University; Summer School on Longitudinal and Life Course Research. September 5. 2012 “Studying Lives in Changing Times: A Life Course Journey.” Departments of Sociology and Gerontology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. April 18. 2012 “Studying Lives in Changing Times: A Life Course Journey.” Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University. January 18-19. 2011 “Scientific Biographies and Developmental Science: A Life-Course Journey.” Human Development Program, University of Georgia, Athens. November 4. 2010 “From ‘Children of the Great Depression’ to Children of the Great Recession.” Youth and the Great Recession Conference, German Youth Institute. Munich, Germany. June 28-29. 2010 “Overcoming Disadvantage: From Great Depression to Great Recession.” Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture, Duke University. February 23. 2009 “Hard Times in Lives: From Great Depression to Great Recession.” Plenary presentation to conference on “Life in Changing Times,” Wittenberg, Germany. October 1-2. 2008 “The Greatest Generation: Insights from History and the Life Course.” Dartmouth University. October 21. 4 2008 “Social Psychology and the Life Course: Research Design and Theory.” Social Psychology Centennial Celebration. University of Wisconsin – Madison. September 26. 2007 “Diverse Pathways to Military Service: The U.S. Volunteer Armed Forces.” Syracuse University. October 5. 2007 “A Cataclysm of Change: The War Years.” State Institute for Family Research at the University of Bamberg (Germany). September 19 “Studying Lives in Context.” September 20. 2007 “Studying Lives in Context: Longitudinal Studies and the Life Course.” The University of Iceland. June 22. 2007 “Placing Human Development in Context.” Glasgow Conference on Transforming Transitions. Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. April 12. 2006 “Grandparents in Young Lives: Insights from the Life Course and Rural Culture.” St. Hilda’s College, Oxford University, UK. November