CURRICULUM VITAE

REBECCA G. ADAMS Gerontology Program, Social Work Department, PO Box 26170 University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 Phone: (336)334-3578 Email: [email protected]

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

EDUCATION

University of Chicago, PhD in Sociology, August, 1983, MA in Sociology, Spring 1977 • Special Area Exams: Formal Organizations & their Environments and Sociology of Aging & the Life Course • Dissertation: Friendship and its Role in the Lives of Elderly Women

Trinity College, BA in Sociology with Honors, Hartford, CT, Spring 1974

JOB HISTORY

University of North Carolina at Greensboro • Professor and Gerontology Undergraduate Coordinator, Fall 2017-present • Professor and Gerontology Program Director, Fall 2013-Spring 2017 • Associate Provost for Planning and Assessment, 2009-2012 • Professor of Sociology, 1999-2012 • Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Planning, Fall 2004- Summer 2005 • Assistant to the Dean of Continual Learning, 1999-2000 • Associate Professor, 1988-99 • Visiting Associate Professor, Family and Child Development, Virginia Tech, Fall 1992 • Assistant Professor, 1983-88

Other • Instructor, Roosevelt University, Chicago, 1983 • Research Projects Specialist, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, 1982-83 • Instructor, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL, 1981-83 • Research Projects Specialist, Chicago Teachers Center, 1981 • Research Projects SpecialistEducation Resource Center, Chicago, 1980-81 • Instructor, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN, 1978 • Instructor, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL, 1977-82 • Research Projects Specialist, Social Psychiatry Study Center, University of Chicago, 1978-80

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LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) • Trained to serve on SACS Commission on Colleges Board of Trustees, May 6-7, 2013. • SACS Substantive Change workshops: Radford, Virginia, April 11, 2011; Wilmington, NC, November 21, 2011; Asheville, NC, October 20, 2009. • Trained to be a Commission on Colleges Institutional Effectiveness Evaluator under The Principles, December 5, 2010 • Trained to be Commission on Colleges Evaluator under The Criteria, December 2, 2000 • Trained to direct SACS Self-Study under The Criteria, December 1999

SCUP Planning Institute, Society for College and University Planning, Certificate of Completion, January 2010 • Step I: Foundations of Planning Within the Context of Higher Education, October 2008 • Step II: Focused Knowledge for Integrated Planning Processes, January 2009 • Step III: Integrated Planning- Working with Relationship Realities, January 2010 • Linking Planning and Assessment, July 10, 2010 • SCUP Institute Faculty Training, July 2012

Essential Supervisors Workshops, University of North Carolina at Greensboro • Emotional Intelligence, Parts I, II, III, & IV, October 8 & 10, 2012; February 28 & March 4, 2013 • Meyers-Briggs, November 7, 2011 • Grievance and Disciplinary Policies Workshop, October 26, 2011 • Leave and Timekeeping Workshop, October 25, 2011 • Painless Performance Improvement, March 22, 2011 • Would I work for me?, October 30, 2010 • UNCG in a Career Banding World, September 10, 2010 • Supervising and Managing, September 1, 2010 • Essential Supervisor Program Overview, Spring 2010 • Safe Zone, November 20, 2009 • I-Spartan, October 14, 2010 • Supervising Work Study Students, 2009-2010 • P-Card Training, 2009-2010, 2013

Department Resources Group, American Sociological Association, August 12, 2006. • Trained to be a member of the Department Resources Group, the members of which ASA recommends to conduct external reviews for sociology departments • Annual DRG Training Workshops at ASA Meetings, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Finances for Non-Financial Managers, UNCG Bryan School of Business, October 14-16, 2002 • Topics: Internet Research, Accrual Accounting, Financial Statements, Fundamental Analysis, Cost Behavior and Product Costing, Overhead, Planning for Profit, Inventory Accounting, Investment Decisions 2

Program for Management Development, UNCG Bryan School of Business, February 7-March 22, 2002 • Topics: Marketing, Economics, Managing Communication, Negotiation, Team Building, Accounting, Finance, Business Plans, Leadership, Case Analysis Strategy, Global Operations Strategy, Service Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Project Management & Control Decision Analysis, Information Technology, Diversity

Bridges: Academic Leadership for Women, Friday Center, September 26-December 3, 1997 • Topics: Financial Management, Legal Issues, Human Resources, Goal Setting and Problem Solving, Conflict Resolution, External Relationships, Risk Management

NORC/NIMH Training Fellow, National Opinion Research Center, Chicago, Fall 1974- Summer 1977 • Training to manage a survey organization • Rotations in Accounting, Instrument Development, Data Collection, Data Processing, Programming (for SPSS Inc.), Analysis & Report • Managed $1M plus budget for NIMH-funded Social Change Project and received 6 month no-cost extension

HONORS • International Association for Relationship Research Inaugural Class of 30 Fellows, 2016 • UNCG Senior Alumni Teaching Excellence Award, 2003 • Dean’s Merit Awards for Teaching Excellence, 1997, 1998 • UNCG Woman of Distinction, Office of Student Affairs, 1997 • Charter Fellow, Association of Gerontology in Higher Education, 1997 • Fellow, Gerontological Society of America, 1994 • Dean’s Merit Awards for Research, 1992, 1993 • Dean’s Merit Award for Service, 1987 • Alpha Kappa Delta, 1984 (Sociology) • Pi Gamma Mu, 1974 (Social Science)

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RESEARCH

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

External • Coca-Cola Company, 2001, Social Relationship as a Metaphor for Consumer-Brand Relationship, $5200 plus $350.73 to investigator • Grateful Dead Productions, 1998, Terrapin Station, a museum audience development study, $9,144.56 • AARP Andrus Foundation, 1991, Older Adult Friendship Patterns and Mental Health, $74,783.00 • American Council of Learned Societies, 1989, Travel to 5th International Conference on Personal Relationships, Oxford, England, $500.00 • Northwest Piedmont Council on Governments, 1989-90, The Yadkin County Long Range Plan, $4,000.00 • Sage Publications, Inc., 1987, Conference on Friendship and Aging, $700.00 • Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging, 1986-87, Yadkin County Study on Aging, $16,856 • Piedmont Triad Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging, 1985-86, Davidson County Study on Aging, $5,500

University of North Carolina at Greensboro • Sixties Theme Committee, 2017, Another Year of the Dead, $1000.00 • Division of Continual Learning, 2000, Searchable Deadflames Archive, $3300.00 • Research Council, 1992-93, Analyzing Older Adult Friendship Patterns, $2,396.05 • Research Council, 1991-92, Gender Differences in Adult Friendship Patterns, $2,492.00 • Excellence Foundation, 1991, Gender Differences in Adult Friendship Patterns, $4,000.00. • Research Council, 1987-88, Friendship and Adulthood: An Edited Volume, $1011.00 • Research Council, 1986-87, Relationship between Formal and Informal Service Provision, Research Council Grant, $1483.00 • Excellence Foundation, 1986, Relationship between Formal and Informal Service Provision: The Davidson County Study on Aging, $2500.00 • Research Council, 1984-85, Friendship Networks of Elderly Women, $750.00 • Excellence Foundation, 1984, Evolution of Friendships of Elderly Women, $1700.00

PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER SCHOLARLY PRODUCTS

Books • Adams, R. G., & Sardiello, R. (Eds.). 2000. Deadhead Social Science: You Ain’t Gonna Learn What You Don’t Want to Know. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press. • Adams, R. G., & Allan, G. (Eds.). 1998. Placing Friendship in Context. London: Cambridge University Press. (In Structural Analysis series, edited by Mark Granovetter). • Blieszner, R., & Adams, R.G. 1992. Adult Friendship. Newbury Park: Sage.

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Books (continued) • Adams, R.G., & Blieszner, R. (Eds.) 1989. Older Adult Friendship: Structure and Process. Newbury Park: Sage Publications. Re-released as part of SAGE digital initiative, 2012. • Stinchcombe, A.L., R.G. Adams, C.A. Heimer, K.L. Scheppele, T.W. Smith, & D.G. Taylor. 1980. Crime and Punishment--Changing Attitudes in America. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Journal Articles • Justin Harmon & Rebecca G. Adams (2018) Building a life note-by-note: music and the life course, World Leisure Journal, 60:2, 140-155, DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2018.1444670 • Elise K. Eifert, Rebecca Adams, Sharon Morrison & Robert Strack (2016) Emerging Trends in Family Caregiving Using the Life Course Perspective: Preparing Health Educators for an Aging Society, American Journal of Health Education, 47(3), 176-197, DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2016.1158674 • Eifert, E.K., Adams, R., Dudley, W., & Perko, M. 2015. Family caregiver identity: A literature review. American Journal of Health Education, 46(6), 357-367. DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2015.1099482 • Adams, R. G. 2010. Terrapin Station Demographics and “Deadication”: The Furthur Festival ’98 Data. Dead Letters IV:51-62. Reprinted in Nicholas Meriwether (Ed.), Reading the Grateful Dead: A Critical Survey, pp. 193-205, Scarecrow Press, 2012. • Adams, R. G., Berggren, J., Docherty, L., Ruffin, K., Pfaff Wright, C. 2006. Gender-of- author differences in study design of older adult friendship surveys. Personal Relationships 13(4):503-520. • Adams, R. G. 2003. Stigma and the Inappropriately Stereotyped: The Deadhead Professional. Sociation Today 1(1):www.ncsociology.org. • Ueno, K., & Adams, R. G. 2001. Perceptions of Social Support Availability and Coping Behaviors among Gay Men with HIV. Sociological Quarterly 42(3):303-324. • Adams, R. G., Blieszner, R., & DeVries, B. 2000. Definitions of Friendship in the Third Age: Age, Gender, and Study Location Effects. Journal of Aging Studies 14(1):117-33. • Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. 1998. Structural Predictors of Problematic Friendships in Later Life. Personal Relationships 5:439-437. • Blieszner, R., & Adams, R.G. 1998. Problems with Friends in Old Age. Journal of Aging Studies 12(3):223-238. • Adams, R. G. 1998. Inciting Sociological Thought by Studying the Deadhead Community: Engaging Publics in Dialogue. Social Forces 77(1):1-25. • Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. 1998. Baby Boomer Friendships. Generations (Journal of the American Society on Aging) 22(1):70-75. • Adams, R. G., & Torr, R. 1998. Factors Underlying the Structure of Older Adult Friendship Networks. Social Networks 20:51-61. • Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. 1995. Aging Well with Friends and Family. American Behavioral Scientist 39(2):209-224. Also published in S. A. McDaniel (Ed.). 2007. Volume 4, Ageing, pp. 3-18. London: Sage. • Adams, R.G., & Blieszner, R. 1994. An Integrative Conceptual Framework for Friendship Research. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 11(2):163-184. • Adams, R.G., & Blieszner, R. 1993. Resources for Friendship Intervention. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 20(4):159-175. 5

Articles (continued) • Adams, R.G. 1988. Which Comes First: Poor Psychological Well-Being or Decreased Friendship Activity? Activities, Adaptation, and Aging 12(1/2):27-42. • Adams, R.G., & Stark, B.J. 1988. Church Conservatism and Services for the Elderly. Journal of Religion and Aging 4(3/4): 69-86. Also published in W.M. Clements (Ed.). 1989. Religion Aging & Health: A Global Perspective. New York: Haworth Press. Journal • Adams, R.G., & Brittain, J.L. 1988. Functional Status and Church Participation of the Elderly: Theoretical and Practical Implications. Journal of Religion and Aging 3(3/4):35-48. • Adams, R.G. 1988. Attitudes of Decision Makers Toward Adult Day Care. Journal of Applied Gerontology 7 (11):37-48. • Adams, R.G. 1987. Patterns of Network Change: A Longitudinal Study of Friendships of Elderly Women. The Gerontologist 27(2):222-227. • Adams, R.G. 1986. A Look at Friendship and Aging. Generations (Journal of the American Society on Aging) 10(4):40-43. • Adams, R.G. 1986. Secondary Friendships and Psychological Well-being. Activities, Adaptation, and Aging 8(2):59-72. • Adams, R.G. 1986. Physical Distance and Emotional Closeness between Friends. International Journal of Aging and Human Development 22(1):55-76. • Adams, R.G. 1985. People Would Talk: Normative Barriers to Cross-sex Friendships for Elderly Women. The Gerontologist 25(6):605-11. • Kellam, S.G., R.G. Adams, C.H. Brown, & M.E. Ensminger. 1982. The Long-term Evolution of the Family Structure of Teenage and Older Mothers. Journal of Marriage and the Family 44(3):539-554.

Chapters • R. G. Adams & J. Harmon, Intentional Sub-communities and Identity Continuity Among Baby Boomers: Grateful Dead Fans, to be published in The Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations in the 21st Century, Second Edition, Springer, Edited by Ram Cnaan & Carl Milofsky, Springer. • R. G. Adams, "Friendship: Structure and Context" To be published in G. Ritzer, Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition. • R. G. Adams "Friendship During the Later Years" To be published in G. Ritzer, Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition. • R. G. Adams, Deadheads, To be published in G. Ritzer, Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition. • Adams, Rebecca G. and Justin T. Harmon. "Popular Music across the Life Course." The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Ritzer, George (ed). Blackwell Publishing. Blackwell Reference Online. 23 May 2017 http://www.sociologyencyclopedia.com/subscriber/tocnode.html?id=g9781405124331_yr201 6_chunk_g978140512433122_ss1-502 • R.G. Adams, J. Hahmann, and R. Blieszner. 2017. Friendship in Old Age. Psychology of Friendship, edited by M. Hojjat and A. Moyer, Oxford University Press. • Adams, R.G. 2017. Foreword. In Tony Lamair Burks II, Bought Wisdom. Leadright, San Diego, CA.

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Chapters (continued) • Adams, R.G., Ernstes, A.M., Lucey, K.M. 2015. Subculture, Sociology of. In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 23. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 637–642. • Adams, R. G., and Taylor, E. M. 2015. Aging and Happiness in the Third Age, in Friendship and Happiness: Across the Life-Span and in Different Cultures, Springer. • Adams, R. G., and Harmon, J. 2014. “The Long Strange Trip Continues: Aging Deadheads,” In C. Lee Harrington, Denise D. Bielby, and Anthony R. Bardo (Eds), Aging, Media, and Culture, Lexington. • Adams, R.G., Ernstes, A.M., Lucey, K.M. 2014. After Jerry’s Death: Achieving Continuity in Deadhead Identity and Community. In M. Duffet, Popular Music Fandom: Identities, Roles and Practices, Routledge. • Cotten, S. R., McCullough, B.M., & Adams, R. G. Adams, R. G. 2011. Technological Influences on Social Ties Across the Lifespan. In K.L. Fingerman, C. Berg, J. Smith, & T. Antonucci, Handbook of Lifespan Development. Springer. • Adams, R.G. 2010. “I Can’t Do Anything but Lie”: Studying Deadheads While Wearing Simmelian Lenses. In J. Tuedio & S. Spector, The Grateful Dead in Concert, McFarland • Adams, R. G., & McCullough, B. M. 2009. Friendship in Middle Adulthood. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher, Encyclopedia of Human Relationships, Vol. 2. Sage. • Ueno, K., & Adams, R. G. 2007. Men’s Friendships. In M. Flood, J. K. Gardiner, B. Pease, & K. Pringle. International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities, Vol. 1. Routledge. • Adams, R.G., & Ueno, K. 2006. Adult Men’s Friendships. In V.H. Bedford & B. F. Turner, Men in Relationships: Life Course and Life Span Perspectives. Springer. • Allan, G., & Adams, R. G. 2006. Sociology of Friendship. In C. Bryant & D. Peck, The Handbook of 21st Century Sociology. Sage. • Adams, R. G., & Ueno, K. 2006. Friendship and Community Organization. In Milofsky, C., and Cnaan, R.(Eds.), Handbook on Community Movements and Local Organizations. Kluwer Books/Plenum Press. • Adams, R. G. 2006. Friendship During the Later Years. In G. Ritzer, Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell. • Adams, R. G. 2006. Friendship: Structure, Process, and Context. In G. Ritzer, Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell. • Adams, R. G. 2006. Popular Culture Icons: The Grateful Dead and Deadheads. In G. Ritzer, Encyclopedia of Sociology. Blackwell. • Ueno, K., & Adams, R. G. 2005. Adult Friendship: A Decade Review. In P. Noller & J. Feeney, Close Relationships, Psychology Press. • Adams, R.G., & Stevenson, M. 2004. A Lifetime of Relationships Mediated by Technology. Pp. 368-393 in F. Lang & K L. Fingerman, Growing Together: Personal Relationships across the Life Span. Cambridge. • Adams, R.G. 2002. Friendship. Pp. 509-12 in D. Ekerdt (Ed.) Macmillan Encyclopedia of Aging, Vol. 2. Macmillan. • Adams, R.G., & Rosen-Grandon, J. 2002. Mixed Marriage: Music Community Membership as a Source of Marital Strain. Pp. 79-100 in Robin Goodwin & Duncan Cramer (Eds.), Inappropriate Relationships, Lawrence Erlbaum.

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Chapters (continued) • Adams, R. G. 2001. Friendship. Pp. 404-5 in G. L. Maddox (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Aging, Vol. 1, 3rd Edition. NY: Springer. • Adams, R. G. 2000. What Goes Around Comes Around: Collaborative Research and Learning. Pp. 15-47 in R. G. Adams & R. Sardiello, Deadhead Social Science: You Ain’t Gonna Learn What You Don’t Want to Know. CA: AltaMira. • Adams, R. G. 1999. Foreword. In R. Weiner (Ed.), Perspectives on the Grateful Dead. Greenwood. • Adams, R. G. 1998. The Demise of Territorial Determinism: Online Friendships. In R. G. Adams & G. Allan (Eds.), Placing Friendship in Context. Cambridge University Press. • Adams, R. G., & Allan, G. 1998. Contextualizing Friendship. In R. G. Adams & G. Allan (Eds.), Placing Friendship in Context. Cambridge University Press. • Allan, G., & Adams, R.G. 1998. Reflections on Context. In R. G. Adams & G. Allan (Eds.), Placing Friendship in Context. Cambridge University Press. • Adams, R. G. 1997. Older Women’s Friendship Patterns. In J. M. Coyle (Ed.), Women and Aging: A Research Guide. Greenwood Press. • Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. 1996. Midlife Friendship Patterns. Pp. 336-363 in N. Vanzetti & S. Duck (Eds.), A Lifetime of Relationships. Brooks/Cole. • Adams, R. G. 1995. Friendship. In G. L. Maddox (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Aging, 2nd Edition. NY: Springer. • Gold, D. T., & Adams, R. G. 1995. Finding Community. In R. J. Manheimer (Ed.) The Second Middle Age: Looking Differently at Life Beyond 50. Washington, DC: Visible Ink Press. • Adams, R. G. 1994. Older Men’s Friendship Patterns. In E. H. Thompson (Ed.), Older Men’s Lives. Newbury Park: Sage. • Adams, R. G. 1994. Friendship. In R. Manheimer (Ed.), The Aging Almanac. Detroit: Gale Research, Inc. • Adams, R. G. 1993. Activity as Structure and Process: Friendships of Older Adults. In Activity and Aging, edited by Jack Kelley. Newbury Park: Sage. • Allan, G., & Adams, R.G. 1989. Structural Aspects of Friendship. In Adams, R.G. and Blieszner, R. (Eds.) Older Adult Friendship: Structure and Process. Newbury Park: Sage Publications. • Adams, R. G. 1989. Conceptual and Methodological Issues in the Study of Friendship. In Adams, R.G. & Blieszner, R. (Eds.) Older Adult Friendship: Structure and Process. Newbury Park: Sage Publications. • Brown, C.H., Adams, R. G., & Kellam, S.G. 1981. A Longitudinal Study of Teenage Motherhood and Symptoms of Distress: The Woodlawn Community Epidemiological Project, in Roberta G. Simmons (ed.), Research in Community and Mental Health. Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press, Inc.

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Editor’s Journal Prefaces • Adams, R. G., Hosman, S., & McCullough, B. M. 2009. Editing Personal Relationships. Personal Relationships 16(4):iii-vii. • Adams, R. G. 2009. Stepping in the Right Direction. Personal Relationships 16(2):iii-v. • Adams, R. G. 2009. Examining Romantic Relationships. Personal Relationships 16(1):ii-v. • Adams, R. G. 2008. Studying Personal Relationships across the Lifespan. Personal Relationships 15(4):iii-v. • Adams, R. G. 2008. Thinking Sociologically about Personal Relationships. Personal Relationships 15(1):i-vi. • Adams, R. G. 2007. Celebrating Personal Relationships. Personal Relationships 14(4):i-ii. • Adams, R. G. 2007. Placing Personal Relationships Research in Context. Personal Relationships 14(2):i-ii. • Adams, R. G. 2007. Becoming an International and Interdisciplinary Journal. Personal Relationships 14(1):i-ii.

Newsletter Articles • Adams, R.G., 2014, Spring. Remembering Suzanne Kurth, Newsletter of Sociologists for Women in Society-South. (Revised and reprinted in Relationship Research News, 13(2):24- 25) • Adams, R.G. 2009, Fall. Report from the Masthead Editor of Personal Relationships. Relationship Research News 8(1). • Adams, R. G. 2009, Spring. Report from the Masthead Editor of Personal Relationships. Relationship Research News 7(2):19. • Adams, R. G. 2008, Fall. Report from the Masthead Editor of Personal Relationships. Relationship Research News 7(1):22-24. • Adams, R. G. 2008, Spring. Report from the Masthead Editor of Personal Relationships. Relationship Research News 6(2):19-21. • Adams, R. G. 2007, Fall. Report from the Editor of Personal Relationships. Relationship Research News 6(1):23-24. • Adams, R. G. 2007, Spring. Report from the Editor of Personal Relationships. Relationship Research News 5(2):29-30. • Adams, R. G. 2006, Fall. A Report on Personal Relationships. Relationship Research News 5(1):33-34. • Adams, R. G. 2006. Spring. A Report on Personal Relationships: Report from the New Editorial Team of Personal Relationships. Relationship Research News 4(2):21-22. • Adams, R. G. 2005, Fall. A Report on Personal Relationships: Part 2. Relationship Research News 4(1):37-8. • Adams, R. G. 2005. Spring. The Future of Personal Relationships. Relationship Research News 3(2):32-33. • Adams, R. G. 2004, Spring. Comments on Relationship Research in a New Millennium. Relationship Research News 2(2): 8. • Adams, R. G. 2003, Fall. Reflections on the Importance of SSS to the Discipline and its Members. The Southern Sociologist 35(2):17-18. • Adams, R. G., Kalleberg, A., & Nielsen, F. 2003, Winter. Rachel A. Rosenfeld, 1948-2002, SSS Past President. The Southern Sociologist 34(3):22-25. 9

Newsletter Articles (continued) • Adams, R. G. 2000. UNCG’s Pratto Recognized for Contributions. Sociation 26:2, 5. • Adams, R. G. 1998. Confessions of a Past-President. The Southern Sociologist 30(1):4-6. • Adams, R. G. 1997. Inciting Sociological Thought: Engaging Publics in Dialogue, President-Elect’s Message. The Southern Sociologist 28(3):3-4. • Adams, R. G. 1997. A Message from the President: Housekeeping. The Southern Sociologist 29(2):1, 4. • Adams, R. G. 1997. Inciting Sociological Thought: Engaging Publics in Dialogue, President’s Message. The Southern Sociologist 29(1):1, 3-4. • Adams, R. G. 1995. The Role of Field Research in the Study of Personal Relationships: Studying Deadheads. ISSPR Bulletin (Newsletter of the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships) 12(1):4-5. • Adams, R. G. 1991. On the Bus: Teaching about Deadhead Subculture. Views of Undergraduate Education in Sociology 20 (2):1-5. • Adams, R.G. 1987. Collaboration between the Aging Network and the Academy: The Davidson and Yadkin County Studies on Aging. Southern Gerontologist 6(4):1-2.

Book Reviews • 2015. Hahmann, J. & Adams, R. G. Friendships and Community in Old Age. Review essay: With a Little Help From Our Friends: Creating Community as We Grow Older by Beth Baker and Aging Together: Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities by Susan McFadden & John T. McFadden, The Gerontologist. • 2013. Odd Couples: Friendships at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation, by Anna Muraco, Gender and Society, 27: 600-602 • 2012. The Ways of Friendship. Anthropological Perspectives, by Amit Desai and Evan Killick. Anthropos, 1:107. • 2002. Women and Men as Friends, by Michael Monsour. Contemporary Gerontology 9(2):1- 3. • 2002. Networks in the Global Village: Life in Contemporary Communities, ed by Barry Wellman. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 19(2):294-95. • 1999. Communities in Cyberspace, ed. by Marc Smith and Peter Kolluck. Contemporary Sociology 28(6):710-11. • 1999. Virtual Politics, ed. by David Holmes. Contemporary Sociology 28(3):335-36. • 1998. Intercultural Friendships, by Elisabeth Gareis. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 16(6):857-58. • 1996. Soap Fans: Pursuing Pleasure and Making Plans in Everyday Life, by C. Lee Harrington & Denise D. Bielby. Social Forces 75(1):394-395 • 1993. Friendships between Women, by Pat O’Connor. ISSPR Bulletin 10(1):15-16. • 1991. Best Friends and Marriage, by Stacey J. Oliker. ISSPR Bulletin 7(2):8-9. • 1990. The Script of Life in Modern Society: Entry into Adulthood in a Changing World, by Marlis Buchmann. Social Forces 69(1):306-307. • 1988. Speaking of Friendship: Middle-Class Women and their Friends, by Helen Gouldner and Mary S. Strong. Gender and Society 2(3):403-404.

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Book Reviews (continued) • 1987. A Collection of Near-Death Research Readings: Scientific Inquiries into the Experiences of Persons Near Physical Death, ed. by Craig R. Lundahl. Sociological Inquiry 57(4):447-48. • 1987. Friendships Through the Life Course: Oral Biographies in Old Age, by Sarah H. Matthews. Journal of Applied Gerontology 6(2):216-218. • 1986. Aging, the Individual, and Society, by Georgia M. Barrow. The Journal of Gerontology 41(5):684. • 1985. Social Forces and Aging, by Robert C. Atchley. The Journal of Gerontology 40(5):646-47. • 1985. The Elderly in Rural Society, ed. by Raymond T. Coward & Gary R. Lee. Contemporary Sociology 14(6):700-701. • 1985. The Ties that Bind, edited by Laura Lein & Marvin Sussman. Social Forces 63(4):1108-9.

Technical Reports • Adams, R. G. 2001. Social Relationship as a Metaphor for Consumer-Brand Relationship. Final report for a marketing study sponsored by Coca-Cola Company (PowerPoint). • Adams, R. G. 1998. Terrapin Station. Final report for an audience development study sponsored by Grateful Dead Productions. • Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. 1993. Older Adult Friendship Patterns and Mental Health. Final report for a study sponsored by the AARP Andrus Foundation. • Adams, R. G. (Compiler and Editor). 1990. Aging Plan for Yadkin County 1990-2000. CSR, UNCG. • Adams, R. G. 1989. A Partnership between UNCG Faculty and the State Legislature. In Health Care and Health Care Policies in North Carolina. CSR, UNCG. • Adams, R.G. 1987. The Yadkin County Study on Aging: Current and Future Needs. CSR, UNCG. • Adams, R.G. 1986. The Junior League of Greensboro, Inc. Study of Attitudes Toward Adult Day Care. CSR, UNCG. • Adams, R.G. 1985. The Davidson County Study on Aging Part II: Needs Now and in the Future. CSR, UNCG. • Adams, R.G. 1985. The Davidson County Study on Aging Part I: Services Available. CSR, UNCG. • Adams, R.G. 1983. De-mystification of Science: A Final Evaluation. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. • Adams, R.G. 1982. De-mystification of Science: A Formative Evaluation. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. • Wilson, S., R.G. Adams, et al. 1982. Community Involvement: A Case Study of the Education Resource Center. Education Resource Center, Chicago. • Adams, R.G. 1975. National Priorities: Drug Addiction. Social Change Trends Report, #17, NORC, Chicago. • Adams, R.G. 1975. Criminal Justice. Social Change Trends Report, #42, NORC, Chicago. • Adams, R.G., Smith, T. 1975. Fear of Neighborhood. Social Change Trends Report, #40, NORC, Chicago. 11

Other Scholarly and Creative Work • Adams, R. G. In press. Liner Notes for the Grateful Dead Symphony No. 6, recorded by the Russian National Orchestra, composed and conducted by Lee Johnson, OMI Records. • Adams, R. G. 2010. The Old Hippie and The College Graduate. In R. Weiner & G. McKinney, The Storyteller Speaks: Rare and Different Fictions of the Grateful Dead. Kearny Street Books. • Adams, R.G. 2004, July/August. Midlife Friendships: A Worthwhile Investment. Today’s Charlotte Woman, pp. 72-73. • Adams, R.G. 2004, January. Friendship as a Source of Social Change. Soka Gakkai Quarterly Magazine: Buddhist Perspectives on Peace, Culture and Education 32:2-6. Excerpt included in Digitale Oberstufe (Digital Sixth Form) as par of online English Module 1 (Youth), Ernst Klett Verlag. Article translated into Chinese and published in New Century Monthly, SGI Hong Kong • Adams, R. G. 1996, Spring. We Are On Our Own Together. Dupree’s Diamond News, pp. 50-51. • Adams, R. G. 1995. The Sociology of Jerry Garcia. Garcia: Reflections 1(1):16-18. • Adams, R. G. 1995. We Haven’t Left the Planet Yet. Garcia: A Grateful Celebration, pp. 32-37. Reprinted in John Rocco (Ed.), 1999, Dead Reckonings: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead, pp. 141-46. Schirmer Books. • Blieszner, R., & Adams, R. G. 1993. Friendship in Adulthood and Old Age: Research Trends and Future Directions. Background statement for a National Institute of Aging program announcement, contracted by Ronald P. Abeles, Acting Associate Director of the NIA Behavioral and Social Research Program. • Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. 1993. Older Adult Friendship and Well-Being. Brochure funded by AARP Andrus Foundation, UNCG Research Council, and Virginia Tech Women’s Research Institute. • Adams, R. G. 1990. (Associate Producer and Narrator). Teaching on Tour, 18 minute video, produced by UNCG Office of Continuing Education, directed by Emily Edwards. • Adams, R. G. 1990. (Associate Producer and Narrator). Deadheads: An American Subculture, 28 minute video, produced by UNCG Office of Continuing Education, directed by Emily Edwards. Distributed by Films for the Humanities & Sciences and broadcast on PBS stations nationally. Re-released by PBS in 1995. Available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ0JvjhQTcY. • Adams, R. G. 1989. (Associate Producer and Appearances). Deadbeat, 6-1/2 minute video, produced by UNCG Office of Continuing Education, directed by Emily Edwards. • Adams, R. G. 1986, 1991, & 1995. Sociology of Aging Syllabus. In Harris, D.K., E.B. Palmore, & S.C. Stanley (Eds.), Teaching Sociology of Aging, ASA.

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PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Invited Plenary Presentations • Adams, R. G. Strangers Stopping Strangers: The Deadhead Community. Unbroken Chain: The Grateful Dead in Music, Culture, and Memory, A Symposium, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, November 16, 2007. • Adams, R. G. Deadheads: Community and Identity. CommUnion, Lambda Pieta National Communication Honor Society, Beta Chapter, NCSU, April 26, 2003. • Adams, R. G. Deadheads: Community, Spirituality, and Friendship. SW/Texas Popular Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM, March 7-10, 2001. • Adams, R. G. Inciting Sociological Thought by Studying the Deadhead Community: Engaging Publics in Dialogue. Presidential Address, 61st Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1998. • Adams, R. G. Toward a Contextual Approach to the Study of Friendship. Presented at the Bi-Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Network for the Study of Personal Relationships, Milwaukee, WI, June 3-7, 1993. • Adams, R. G. The Adams-Blieszner Framework for Research on Friendship: Illustrations from the Later Years. Presented to the Symposium on Human Development and Life Span Family Issues, UNCG, October 1992.

Refereed Paper Presentations • Banerji, D., Singh, R., Mishra, P., Adams, Rebecca G., and Kumar, Rajiv "Impact Of Friendships Among Customers On Their Perceived Value From Consumption" at the upcoming INFORMS Marketing Science Conference (ISMS) 2018, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, June 14-16, 2018 • Banerji, D., Singh, R., Mishra, P., Adams, Rebecca G., and Kumar, Rajiv “Do Friends Influence Perceived Value from a Consumption Experience? An Experimental Investigation” at the upcoming Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP; Division 23 of the American Psychological Association, or APA) summer conference as part of the 126th Annual Convention of the APA from 9-12 August 2018. • Adams, R. G. & Harmon, J. Intentional Sub-Communities and Identity Continuity among Baby Boomers: Grateful Dead Fans, Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference, February 7-10, 2018 • Adams, R. G. & Harmon, J. Intentional Sub-Communities and Identity Continuity among Baby Boomers: Grateful Dead Fans, Southern Gerontological Society, April 11-14, 2018. • Banerji, D., Singh, R., Mishra, P., Adams, Rebecca G., and Kumar, Rajiv. (Dec 2017) “Do Friends Influence Perceived Value From a Consumption Experience - An Experimental Investigation.” Paper presented at the 11th Great Lakes NASMEI (North American Society for Marketing Education in India) Conference, Chennai, India. • D. Banerji, P. Mishra, R. Singh, R. G. Adams, R. Kumar, The Impact of Friendship among Customers on the Perceived Value of their Consumption, 1st European Marketing Academy (EMAC) Junior Faculty and Doctoral Student Research Camp, September 1-2, 2016.

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Refereed Paper Presentations (continued) • R.G. Adams & Justin Harmon, Intentional Communities, Workshop for The Handbook of Community Movements and Local Organizations, Second Edition (to be published by Springer), Edited by Ram Cnaan, School and Carl Milofsky, August 17-18, 2016 • Eifert, E., Adams, R. G., et al. Emerging Trends in Family Caregiving Using a Life Course Perspective, Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, November 18-22, 2015 • Adams, R.G., & Harmon, J. “Challenges to Continuities in Music Community Identification: The Case of Aging Deadheads,” Southern Gerontological Society, Williamsburg, VA, April 15-18, 2015. • Adams, R. G., & Harmon, J. “Popular Music and the Life Course,” Southern Sociological Society, NO, March 25-28, 2015. • Adams, R. G., & Harmon, J. “Aging Deadheads,” Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, April 3-5, 2014. • Adams, R. G., & Harmon J., “The Long Strange Trip” Continues: Aging Deadheads, Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, February 19-22, 2014. • Adams, R. G., Ernstes, A. M., & Lucey, K.M. After Jerry’s Death: Continuity in Deadhead Community and Identity, Southern Sociological Society, April 24-27, 2013. • Adams, R. G., Taylor, E.M. Friendship and Happiness in the Third Age, Southern Gerontological Society, Charlotte, NC, April 4-7, 2013. • Adams, R. G., Ernstes, A.M, & Lucey, K., Mourning for Jerry: Identity Loss and Change, SWTXPCA, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 13-16, 2013. • McCullough, B.M., & Adams, R.G. The Art of Hurdle Crossing. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, March 22-24, 2012. • McCullough, B.M., & Adams, R.G. Academic Program Prioritization, Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, March 22-24, 2012. • Adams, R.G. The College Graduate and the Old Hippie: A Grateful Dead Folktale, Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2009. • Dell, A. C., & Adams, R. G. Social Networks and the Demographics of Digital Interaction on Facebook. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Richmond, VA, April 9-12, 2008. • Adams, R. G., Wearing Simmelian Lenses While Studying Deadheads, in The Birth of Dead Studies: From Stanley Krippner to Rebecca Adams. Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 14, 2008. • Dell, A. C., & Adams, R. G. The Influence of Facebook on Locally-Bounded Social Networks. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA, April 12-15, 2007. • Adams, R. G., The 1998 Further Festival Data: A Portrait of Deadheads AJD. Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 14-17, 2007. • Adams, R. G., Ueno, K., & Blieszner, R. Revising the Adams-Blieszner Integrative Conceptual Framework for Friendship Research. Presented at the International Association for Relationship Research Conference, Rethymnon, Crete, July 6-10, 2006. • Adams, R. G., Ueno, K., & Blieszner, R. The Adams-Blieszner-Ueno Integrative Conceptual Framework for Friendship Research. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, March 22-25, 2006. 14

Refereed Paper Presentations (continued) • Adams, R. G. Mourning for Jerry Garcia. Presented at the Meetings of the South West Texas Popular Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM, February 8-11, 2006. • Ueno, K., & Adams, R. G. Men’s Friendships: A Synthesis of Recent Research. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, NC, April 13-16, 2005. • DeVries, B., Blieszner, R., & Adams, R. G. The Context of Friendship Definition in the Third Age. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, November 2004. • Adams, R. G. A Portable Community: Forces Facilitating Repeated Interactions at Shows. Presented at the SW Texas/American Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, TX, April 7-10, 2004. • Adams, R. G. Deadheads: Community, Spirituality, and Friendship. Presented at the Mini-conference on the Sociology of Music, Emory University, August 20, 2003. • Adams, R.G., & Stevenson, M. A Lifetime of Relationships Mediated by Technology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, April 4, 2002. • Adams, R.G., & Rosen-Grandon, J. Mixed Marriage: Music Community Membership as a Source of Marital Strain. Revised and presented at the INPR/ISSPR Joint Conference, Prescott, AZ, June 28-July 3, 2001. • Adams, R.G., & Rosen-Grandon, J. Mixed Marriage: Music Community Membership as a Source of Marital Strain. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 4-7, 2001. • Adams, R. G. What Goes Around Comes Around: Collaborative Research and Learning. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, April 19-22, 2000. • Ueno, K., & Adams, R. G. Perceptions of Social Support Availability and Coping Behaviors among Gay Men with HIV. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August 12-16, 2000. • Wallace, S., & Adams, R. G. The Social Construction of the Meaning of Death at Visitations. Presented at the 52nd Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA, November19-23, 1999. • Adams, R. G. A Portable Community: Facilitating Repeated Interactions at Grateful Dead Shows. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August 6-10, 1999. • Adams, R. G. Encounters among Deadheads outside of shows: More opportunities for repeated interactions. Presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Nashville, TN, April 8-11, 1999. • Adams, R. G., C. P. Wright, & K. Ruffin. Agentic and Communal Approaches to the Study of Friendship in Later Life. Presented at the 51st Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, November, 20-24, 1998. • Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. Baby Boomer Friendships. Revised and presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Winston- Salem, NC, February 19-22, 1998.

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Refereed Paper Presentations (continued) • Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. Baby Boomer Friendships. Presented at the 50th Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 14-18, 1997. • Adams, R. G. The Demise of Territorial Determinism: Online Friendships. Presented at the 9th International Conference on Personal Relationships, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 20-24, 1998. • Adams, R. G., Blieszner, R., & DeVries, B. Definitions of Friendship in the Third Age: Age, Gender, and Study Location Effects. Presented at the 50th Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 14-18, 1997. • Ridenour, M., & Adams, R. G. What Distinguishes Elderly People Who Receive Help from Members of their Churches from Those Who Do Not. Presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Southern Gerontological Society, Norfolk, VA, April 16-19, 1997. • Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. Structural Predictors of Problematic Friendships among Older Adults. Presented at the 49th Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America., Washington, DC, November, 1996. • Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. Structural Predictors of Problematic Friendships in Later Life. Presented at the 8th International Conference on Personal Relationships, Banff, Canada, August 5-8, 1996. • Adams, R. G. Mourning for Jerry. Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Richmond, Virginia, April 11-14, 1996. • Adams, R. G., & Torr, R. Relationships between Structural Characteristics of Older Adult Friendship Networks. Presented at the 48th Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Los Angeles, CA, November 15-19, 1995. • Blieszner, R., & Adams, R. G. The Causes and Consequences of Problems with Friends in Old Age. Presented at the 48th Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Los Angeles, CA, November 15-19, 1995. • Adams, R. G., & Sardiello, R. The Ritual as a Context for the Development of Relationship Solidarity: The Case of Grateful Dead Concerts. Presented at the Bi- Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Network for the Study of Personal Relationships, Williamsburg, VA, June 1-6, 1995. • Adams, R. G. A Simmelian Approach to Field Research. Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA, April 6-9, 1995. • Adams, R. G. Older Adult Friendship Patterns and Mental Health. Presented at the 47th Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA, November 18-22, 1994. • Adams, R. G. Contextual Approaches to the Study of Friendship. Presented at the 7th International Conference on Personal Relationships, Groningen, Holland, July 4-8, 1994. • Adams, R. G., & Blieszner, R. Improving Friendship. Presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Southern Gerontological Society, Charlotte, NC, April 23, 1994. • Adams, R. G. Older Women’s Friendship Patterns. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Raleigh, NC, April 8, 1994. • Adams, R. G. Older Men’s Friendship Patterns.Presented at the 46th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA, November 19-23, 1993.

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Refereed Paper Presentations (continued) • Blieszner, R., Adams, R. G., & Faulconer, L. A. Exploring New Frontiers in Friendship and Well-Being. Presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Southern Gerontological Society, Richmond, VA, April 29-May 1, 1993. • Adams, R.G., & Blieszner, R. An Integrative Conceptual Framework for Friendship Research. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, April 9-12, 1992. • Adams, R.G., & Blieszner, R. Resources for Friendship Intervention. Presented at the 6th International Conference on Personal Relationships, Oxford, Maine, July 23-28, 1992. • Blieszner, R., & Adams, R. G. Seeking the Connection between Late Life Friendship and Health: Research Trends and Future Directions. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, November, 1992. • Adams, R. G. The Persistence of Deadhead Subculture. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 20-24, 1992. • Blieszner, R., & Adams, R. G. Friendship Processes in Adulthood and Old Age. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1992. • Adams, R. G. Experiential Consumption: The Meaning of Expenditures in a Music Subculture. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, August, 1991. • Blieszner, R., & Adams, R. G. Structure and Process in Friendship: Implications for Policy and Practice. Presented at the 11th Annual Meetings of the Southern Gerontological Society, Atlanta, April 11-14, 1991. • Adams, R. G. On the Bus Teaching about Deadhead Subculture. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1990. • Adams, R.G. The Structure of Adult Friendship: Internal and External Aspects. Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Personal Relationships, Oxford, England, July 15-20, 1990. • Adams, R.G. and Edwards, E. Teaching Theory and Research on the Bus: Studying Deadhead Subculture. Video presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Louisville, KY, March 21-25, 1990. • Adams, R.G. Teaching about Subculture. Presented at the American Popular Culture Association, Toronto, Canada, March 7-10, 1990. • Adams, R.G. A Simmelian Approach to Field Research: Deadhead Subculture. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Popular Culture Association, Toronto, Canada, March 7-10, 1990. • Adams, R.G. Editing a Book. Presented at the 10th Annual Meetings of the Southern Gerontological Society, Charleston, SC, April 24-27, 1989. • Adams, R.G. Daisies Won’t Tell: Interviewing the Elderly as an Exchange Process. Presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Norfolk, VA, April 13-16, 1989.

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Refereed Paper Presentations (continued) • Adams, R.G. A Gender-Neutral Approach to the Study of Older Adult Friendship. Presented at the 41st Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA, November 18-22, 1988. • Adams, R.G. Research and the Local Planning Process. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Gerontological Society, Atlanta, GA, April 27, 1988. • Adams, R.G. Conceptual and Methodological Issues in the Study of Friendship. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, August, 1987. • Adams, R.G., & Brittain, J.L. Functional Status and Church Participation of the Elderly: Theoretical and Practical Implications. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, April 9-12, 1987. • Adams, R.G. Attitudes of Decision Makers Toward Adult Day Care. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Gerontological Society, New Orleans, LA, April 12-15, 1987. • Adams, R.G. Interviewer Characteristics and Success in Obtaining Consent. Presented at the 39th Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, Illinois, November, 1986. • Adams, R.G. Re-examining Causal Assumptions about the Relationship between Friendship Activity and Psychological Well-being. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, New York, August, 1986. • Adams, R.G. Impairment and Receptivity to Help from Family, Friends, and Professional Helpers. Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Personal Relationships, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 6-9, 1986. • Adams, R.G. The Davidson County Study on Aging. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the North Carolina Sociological Association, Greensboro, NC, February 28, 1986. • Adams, R.G., & Stark, B.J. Church Conservatism and Services for the Elderly. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, New York, New York, August, 1986. • Adams, R.G. A Look at Friendship and Aging. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Gerontological Society, Norfolk, VA, April 28-May 1, 1986. • Adams, R.G. The Permeable Boundaries of Friendship: A Longitudinal Study of Elderly Women. Presented at the 38th Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, November 1985. • Adams, R.G. Which Comes First: Poor Psychological Well-Being or Decreased Friendship Activity? Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Gerontological Society, Tampa, Florida, May 1985. • Adams, R.G. Patterns of Network Change: A Longitudinal Study of Friendships of Elderly Women. Presented at the 13th Annual International Congress of Gerontology, New York, New York, July 11-17, 1985. • Adams, R.G. People Are More Than Numbers: What Qualitative Researchers Can Teach Quantitative Researchers. Presented at the 79th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Antonio, Texas, August 27-31, 1984.

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Refereed Paper Presentations (continued) • Adams, R.G. Friendships in Public and Private Places. Presented at the 37th Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, San Antonio, Texas, November 16-20, 1984. • Adams, R.G. The Effects of Poor Health and Physically Limiting Conditions on the Friendship Patterns of Elderly Women in Age-Segregated and Age-Integrated Settings. Presented at the Second International Conference on Personal Relationships, Madison, Wisconsin, July 22-27, 1984. • Adams, R.G. De-mystification of Science: A Two-Stage Evaluation of a Museum Exhibit. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the North Carolina Association for Research in Education, February 23, 1984. • Adams, R.G. People Would Talk: Normative Barriers to Cross-sex Friendships for Elderly Women. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Knoxville, Tennessee, April 11-14, 1984. • Adams, R.G. Secondary Friendships and Psychological Well-being. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Gerontological Society, Knoxville,TN, May 8-11, 1984. • Adams, R.G. Research Issues in Studying the Social Support Networks of Widows. Presented at the 36th Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA, November 18-22, 1983. • Adams, R.G. Friendship and Service Support of Old Women. Presented at the 36th Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, California, November 18-22, 1983. • Wilson, S., R.G. Adams, et al. What Practioners Can Teach Researchers about Research. Presented at the 77th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, September 5-10, 1982. • Adams, R.G. Physical Distance and Emotional Closeness between Friends. Presented at the 35th Annual Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts, November 19-23, 1982. • Wilson, S., & Adams, R. G. Community Involvement: A Case Study of the Education Resource Center. Presented at the Wingspread Conference on Research on Teachers’ Centers, January 29-31, 1982. • Adams, R.G. Adult Household Composition and Mother’s Employment Status in A Black Community. Presented at the 76th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, August 1981. • Kellam, S.G., R.G. Adams, C.H. Brown, & M.E. Ensminger. The Long-term Evolution of the Family Structure of Teenage and Older Mothers. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 1979.

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Refereed Roundtable Presentations • With B.M. McCullough & Sheila Cotten, Technological Influences on Social Ties across the Lifespan, ASA, Atlanta, 2010. • With K. Ueno, Friendship and Community Organization, ASA, Montreal, Canada, 2006. • With S. Ammons, Face-to-Face Faculty Discussions about Teaching Online, ASA, Washington, DC, 2000. • On the Bus Teaching about Deadhead Subculture, ASA, Washington, DC, 1990. • With S. Kurth, Adult Women’s Friendships, ASA, 1985. • With S. Kurth & J. Wiseman, Friends and Enemies, Conference on Gender & Relationships, Charlottesville, VA, 1985.

Panel Participant • Invited Panel of Female Presidents of SSS: Thinking Back and Looking Forward (co- sponsored by the Committee on Gender and Sexuality and SWS-S), Southern Sociological Society, April 3-5, 2014. • Women in Higher Education Administration: Sociological Lessons from the Field II, SSS, Atlanta, April 2012. • Publishing Popular Culture Content in Refereed Journals: Focus on Grateful Dead Content, SWTXPCA, Albuquerque, NM, February, 2010. • Portable Communities, ASA Thematic Session, San Francisco, 2009. • Transdisciplinary Methodology in Grateful Dead Studies, SWTXPCA, Albuquerque, NM, February, 2009. • There is Nothing Like a Grateful Dead Conference: Thoughts on the Unbroken Chain Symposium, SWTPCA, Albuquerque, NM, February, 2008. • Quantifying the Deadhead Experience, SWTPCA, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 14-17, 2007. • Exploring an Expansion of the Relationships between Regional Associations and the American Sociological Association, Southern Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, April 14, 2007 • Quantifying the Deadhead Experience, SWTPCA, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 14-17, 2007. • Exploring an Expansion of the Relationships between Regional Associations and the American Sociological Association, Southern Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, April 14, 2007 • Women and the Grateful Dead, SW Texas Popular Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM, February 9-12, 2005. • Cover Bands and Musicians Who Play Music of the Grateful Dead, SW Texas/American Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, TX, April 7-10, 2004. • Surviving the Tenure Process, SWS-South, April 2003. • Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Gerontological Research, Student Organized Symposium, GSA, Atlanta, 1994.

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Session Organizer • Continuities and Discontinuities in the Deadhead Community: The Family, Deadheads, and Jam Band Fans. Invited Panel, So Many Roads, San Jose State University, November 5-9, 2014. • Portable Communities, ASA Thematic Session, San Francisco, 2009. • Writing and Reviewing for an Interdisciplinary Journal, IARR, Providence, RI, 2008. • Negotiating Later Life Transitions in the Contexts of Beliefs, ASA, NY, NY, 2007. • Aging in Latin Contexts, ASA, New York, NY, 2007. • Aging, Social Connections, and Activities, ASA, New York, NY, 2007. • Quantifying the Deadhead Experience, SWTPCA, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2007. • Taking Sociology Public (Regular Thematic Session), ASA, San Francisco, CA, 2004. • Placing Friendship in Context, ICPR, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1998. • Invited Plenary Session, Engaging Publics in Sociological Dialogue through the Media, SSS, Atlanta, GA, 1998. • Invited Plenary Session, Engaging Publics in Sociological Dialogue by Writing Accessible Books, SSS, Atlanta, GA, 1998. • Interest Group on Contextual and Structural Approaches to the Study of Relationships and Contextual Approaches to the Study of Friendship, ICPR, Groningen, Holland, 1994. • SGS Publications, SGS, Orlando, 1990. • The Editorial Process, SGS, Charleston, 1989. • Older Women in North Carolina, NCSA, Raleigh, NC, 1989. • Friendship and Aging, 40th Annual Scientific Meeting of the GSA, Washington, D.C., 1987. • Women in the Academic Labor Market and Alternative Academic Careers for Female Sociologists, SSS, Charlotte, NC, 1985. • Barriers to Career Advancement, SWS, San Antonio, 1984.

Session Presider • Portable Communities, ASA Thematic Session, San Francisco, 2009. • Writing and Reviewing for an Interdisciplinary Journal, IARR, Providence, RI, 2008. • Collective Identity and Music: Resistence, Commodification, and Memory, SSS, Richmond, VA, 2008. • Recent Trends in Dead Studies, SWTPCA, Albuquerque, NM, 2008. • Mixed Marriages, SWTPCA, Albuquerque, NM, 2006 • Postmodern Interpretations of the Deadhead Community, SWTPCA, Albuquerque, NM, 2005. • Taking Sociology Public (Regular Thematic Session), ASA, San Francisco, CA, 2004. • Philosophical and Cultural Perspectives on the Grateful Dead, SW Texas/American Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, TX, April 7-10, 2004. • Social Support, GSA, Philadelphia, PA, 1998. • Social Relationships and Involvement in Old Age, GSA, Los Angeles, CA, 1995. • Sociological Perspectives on Aging and Death, SSS, Atlanta, GA, 1995. • Friendship, Unemployment, and Early Retirement, SGS, Charlotte, NC, 1994. • Caregiving and Social Support, GSA, New Orleans, 1993.

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Session Presider (continued) • Friendships, INPR, Milwaukee, WI, 1993. • Family and Friend Relationships of Older Adults, SGS, 1993. • Media Presentations on Ethical Issues, GSA, Minneapolis, 1989. • Social Indicators, ASA, San Francisco, 1989. • Social Networks and Social Support, GSA, San Francisco, 1988. • Aging, Marriage, and the Family, GSA, Chicago, 1986.

Other Participation in Professional Meetings • Roundtable Participant: The State of Dead Studies, SWTXPCA, San Antonio, TX, April, 2011 • Consultant: Department Resources Group Drop-In Session, ASA, Denver, 2012 and Las Vegas, 2011. • Discussant: Aging, Social Connections, and Activities, ASA, New York, NY, 2007. • Discussant: Improvisation and Teaching with the Dead, SWTPCA, Albuquerque, NM, February 14-17, 2007. • Discussant: New Scholars Perspectives on the Study of Personal Relationships, International Association for Relationship Research Conference, Rethymnon, Crete, July 6-10, 2006. • Poster Presentation: With Berggren, J.M. The Influence of Female Scholars on the Literature on Older Adult Friendship. Presented at the Meetings of the International Association of Relationship Researchers, Madison, WI, July 22-25, 2004. • Pre-Conference Workshop: Perspectives in Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. Presented at the 49th Scientific Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC, November 17-21, 1996. • Video Presentation: Deadheads: An American Subculture, 28 minute video, produced by UNCG Office of Continuing Education, directed by Emily Edwards. Presented at the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA, April 11-14, 1991. • Discussant: Assessing Service Needs: Alternative Approaches using Duke OARS, GSA, Minneapolis, MN, November, 1989. • Poster Presentation: Issues in Studying the Friendships of Older Adults, International Conference on Personal Relationships, Vancouver, July, 1988.

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TEACHING

COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate • Envisioning YOUR Old Age (now GRO 201, was RCO205, once with service learning marker) • Introduction to Sociology (SOC101, SOC101W, sometimes RCO274) • Sociological Perspectives on the Deadhead Community (FMS108W) • Sociology of Friendship (SOC230W) • Introduction to Social Research Methods (SOC301, formerly SOC318) • Perspectives on Aging (GRO301) • Context of Aging (GRO302) • Sociological Perspectives on Women (SOC429) • Sociology of Health Care Organizations (never taught at UNCG) • Complex Organizations (never taught at UNCG)

Graduate • Applied Social Theory and Qualitative Research Methods (taught simultaneously as experimental courses, SOC501 and SOC502) • Social Aspects of Aging (SOC686, formerly SOC586 and SOC586W and once cross- listed with GRO676) • Advanced Research Methods (SOC616) • Sociology of Friendship (SOC711, experimental course) • Music and Aging (taught as GRO676) • Friendship and Aging (taught as GRO676) • Critical Issues in Aging (GRO501, online and on campus) • Successful Aging (taught as GRO676) o Prepared students to participate in Wellspring Aging Innovations Contest and 4 received awards, April 31, 2016 • Baby Boomers (taught online as GRO676) • Disrupting Ageism (to be taught as SWK 510) • The Grateful Dead Legacy (to be taught online and on campus as GRO 589)

Independent Studies Supervised • 2 independent studies, UNCG Gerontology graduate students, Fall 2012-Spring 2016 • 58 independent studies, exclusive of thesis and internship supervision, one with an undergraduate student from Salem College, one with graduate student from the University of Tennessee, and the rest with UNCG sociology students, Fall 1983-Summer 2012 • Undergraduate Honors Project, Spring 2008

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GRADUATE COMMITTEE SERVICE (completed only, August 1983-May 2018))

Service as Chair • 10 Sociology Master’s Thesis Committees • 8 Sociology Master’s Internship Committees • Supervised thesis for Sarah Hosman, UNCG Outstanding Thesis Award, May 2010 • Supervised thesis for Brandi M. McCullough who won the Fischer Gerontology Thesis Award, May 2009

Service as Member • 26 Master’s Thesis Committees, including 2 in Gerontology, 2 in Nursing, 2 in HDFS, one in HHP, one in Folklore at UNC at Chapel Hill, and the rest in Sociology • 10 Doctoral Dissertation Committees, one in Sociology at NC State, one in Management at the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta, one in Education, one in Educational Counseling, one in Psychology, one in CARS, one in Interior Design and Architecture, one in Public Health, one in Nursing, and the rest in in HDFS. • Served on dissertation committees for Elise Eifert, May 2015, and for Denise Rhew, May 2017. who both won the Fischer Gerontology Dissertation Award.

SUPERVISION OF STUDENT ASSISTANTS

Graduate Student Assistants Supervised • Gerontology Program-1 in Fall 2012, 1 in Spring 2013, 3 in Fall 2013, 3 in Spring 2014, 2 Fall 2014, 2 in Spring 2015, x in Fall 2015, x in Spring 2016 • Office of Planning and Assessment-1 in Spring 2010 and 1 in Spring 2011-Summer 2012 • Sociology Department (1983-Spring 2009) o One in each of 44 spring and fall semesters, 2 in one semester o One during each of 11 summers o Editorial Assistant, Fall 2005-Summer 2009

Other Student Assistants Supervised • 5 Undergraduate Research Assistants, including winner of the Behavioral and Social Science Award, Office of Undergraduate Research, UNCG Excellence Day, 2007 • One HDFS Undergraduate Student Intern, Spring, 2004 • One high school student involved in a program through Walkabout, BOCES Center for Educational Services and Research, Yorktown Heights, NY, Spring, 1990. • One college graduate who volunteered on the Deadhead Community Project, 1990-93

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RECENT PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

• Canvas, April 30, May 4, and May 12, 2015. • Community Engagement Launch, August 29, 2013 • ATL Summer Teaching Institute, Flipping Your Classroom, NCA&T, May 13, 2013 • Technology Showcase, February 6, 2013, January 25, 2018 • Starfish, September 25, 2012 • Video Library, August 13, 2012 • Measuring Community Engagement, March 16, 2012

GUEST LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Commencement Addresses • Martin Luther King, Jr. and Horatio Alger, Jr. Meet the Zoombinies, UNCG Ashby Residential College Commencement Address, May 2008. • Through the Glass Ceiling, UNCG Commencement Address, Greensboro Coliseum, December 18, 2003

Guest Lectures to UNCG Classes • Carr’s History of Rock, The History of the Deadhead Community, April 2017 • Rubinoff’s History of Rock Music, video recording for online course, recorded January 2014 • Carr’s History of American Music, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014 (2 sections) • K.Brown’s Introduction to Sociology, 3 sections, Spring 2013 • Perlman’s Problems in Human Development and Family Studies: Relationships Across the Life Cycle, Fall 2011 • Capuzzo’s History of Rock Music, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, and Spring 2008. • King’s On-line Communities, Spring 2002. • Kivett’s The Family in Middle Years, Fall 1998. • Malone’s Introductory Sociology, Deadhead Subculture, Summer 1996 & 1997. • Markham’s Introductory Sociology, Symbolic Interaction, February 1995. • Kivett’s The Family in Middle Years, Friendship in Adulthood, November 1993. • Bondurant’s Social Psychology, Deadhead Subculture as a Friendship Context, August 1993. • Morgan’s Groups, Social Forms and Social Dynamics, April 1990. • Powers’ Context of Aging, Criminal Victimization of the Elderly, April 1990. • Powers’ Context of Aging, Criminal Victimization and the Elderly and Friendship and Aging, February 1989. • Powers’ Perspectives on Aging, Age Stratification, September 1989. • Powers’ Context of Aging Friendship and Social Support, March 1989. • Stephen’s Context of Aging, Friendship and Aging, Spring 1988. • Stephen’s Perspectives on Aging, Methodological Issues in Studying Aging and Age Stratification, Fall 1987. • Kivett’s The Family in the Middle Years, Friendship in Middle Age, Spring 1987. 25

Guest Lectures to UNCG Classes (continued) • J. Brown’s Introduction to Sociology, Ageism, Fall 1985. • Morgan’s Multi-disciplinary Approaches, Spring 1984 & 1985. • Kivett’s The Family in the Middle Years, The Friendships of Older Women, Fall 1984. • Pratto’s Advanced Research Methods, Log-linear Models, Spring 1984. • Humphrey’s Criminology, Aging and Crime, Fall 1983.

UNCG Presentations on Pedagogical Topics • Writing for Professional Journals, Graduate School, November 29, 2005. • Essential Aspects of Teaching, Graduate Assistant Training, August 15, 2003 • Face-to-Face Faculty Discussions on Teaching Online from UNCG, HES, January 2000 • With David Pratto, Using the Equipment in Jarrell Auditorium, February 1995 • Learning Resource Center, Teaching a Large Introductory Course, November 1993 • Teaching Large Introductory Sections, UNCG Teaching Network, February 1991 • With Emily Edwards, Teaching on Tour: Theory, Research and Deadhead Subculture, UNCG Teaching Net, April 1990

Presentations to UNCG Student Audiences • Deadhead Community, Sociology Club, September 18, 2007 • Social Science Perspective, Raft Debate, International Honors College, November 4, 2005 & November 10, 2006. • With Jane Rosen-Grandon, Mixed Marriages, HDFS Research Forum, October 26, 2001. • The Power of Improvisational Music: The Development of the Deadhead Community, School of Music, February 14, 2001. • Is it possible to have an online community? Division of Continual Learning, Conversations Series, MALS Program, May 17, 2000. • A Simmelian Approach to the Study of Subculture, CDFR, February 1990. • Qualitative Methodology for Field Research, AKD, October 1989. • Grateful Dead: Sociology of the Subculture, Sociology Club, October 1989. • What are Deadheads? Gray Dormitory, April 1989. • With J.L. Brittain, Aging and Religion, Alpha Kappa Delta, February 1987. • Patterns of Friendship Network Change, Alpha Kappa Delta, March 1986. • Recommendation Writing, Sociology Club, Spring 1985.

Presentations to Student Audiences at Other Universities and Colleges • Oberlin College, Deadheads: A Music Community, April 2009. • Oberlin College, Greggor Mattson’s Introductory Sociology Class, Friendship, April 2009. • University of Massachusetts, Rob Weir’s History of the Grateful Dead (online chat), October 2007. • The Early College at Greensboro, The Deadhead Community, Greensboro, NC, Fall 2004 & Spring 2006. • Duke University, Rachel Summer’s Deadhead Subculture class, April 1999. •

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Presentations to Student Audiences at Other Universities and Colleges (continued) • East Carolina University AKD Initiation, Deadheads: Community, Spirituality, and Friendship, April 1999. • College of Charleston, Sociology and Anthropology Club, Deadheads: Community, Spirituality, and Friendship, February 1999. • Coastal Carolina University, AKD Initiation, Deadheads: Community, Spirituality, and Friendship, April 1998. • Duke University, Rachel Summer’s Deadhead Subculture class, April 1998. • North Carolina State University’s Sociology Department, Deadheads: Community, Spirituality, and Friendship, April 1998. • University of Richmond Sociology Department, AKD Initiation, Engaging Students in Sociological Dialogue by Studying Deadheads, February 1998. • University of Richmond Department of Sociology, Deadheads: Community, Spirituality, and Friendship, February 1998. • Guilford College, Deadheads: An American Subculture, February 1998. • William & Mary Department of Psychology, Developing a Contextual Approach to the Study of Relationships, January 1994. • William & Mary Department of Psychology, Research in Natural Settings, January 1994. • VPI&SU, Structure of Older Adult Friendships, Gerontology Forum, September 1992. • Elon College, The Deadhead Phenomenon: A Sociological Approach, April 1991. • Elon College, Simmelian Field Research, April 1991. • Trinity College, Coeducation in the Early Years, April 1990. • Emory University, Anthropology Department, A Night with the Dead, April 1990. • Greensboro College, Sociology Club, When Harry Meets Sally, March 1990. • Belmont Abbey College, The Grateful Dead Phenomenon, January 1990. • Belmont Abbey College, A Theoretical and Methodological Approach to the Study of Subculture, January 1990. • Trinity College, The Grateful Dead Phenomenon, September 1990. • Trinity College, Popular Culture: A Sociological Approach, September 1990. • Trinity College, Simmelian Approaches to Subculture, September 1990. • Department of Sociology, Hebrew University, Aging and Friendship as a Voluntary Relationship, July 1986. • Art Institute, Audience Development Class, Chicago, Illinois, 1984.

ADVISING

Gerontology Program • Fall 2013-Fall 2017, as Director of Gerontology Program, advised all new students

Sociology Department • Summer 2005-early Fall 2008, as Director of Graduate Study, advised 59 (Fall 2005), 71 (Fall 2006), 44 (Fall 2007), and 37 (Fall 2008) • 1995-98, as Director of Undergraduate Studies, advised all majors (during last year advised 106 majors and informal advising of 33 second majors and 77 minors) • 1983-84, as a Faculty Advisor, advised 8-10 students 27

Gerontology Undergraduate Program • 1985-89, as Chair of Gerontology Program, advised all 2nd majors and minors (20-25 students/year)

Teaching Fellows • 1999-00, Mentor, Teaching Fellows Program

Other Universities • 1989-May 17, 2018, 402 high school, undergraduate, and graduate students from other institutions requested advice on research papers, theses, and dissertations on “Deadheads” • Through May 17, 2018, 44 undergraduate and graduate students from other institutions requested advice on research papers, theses, and dissertations on “friendship” or gerontological topics

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Gerontology Curriculum • Spring 2018-Fall 2019: o Working with Office of Online Learning to develop GRO 634: Inclusiveness, Diversity, and Aging (add pay) o Submitted paperwork for approval to offer GRO 589 online • Spring 2018: Submitted paperwork to add/delete courses to undergraduate minor elective list • Spring 2018: Submitted paperwork to have GRO 201 approved for online delivery • Fall 2017: Discontinuation of all concentrations for MS, MS/MBA, and on-campus PBC; Approval to offer GRO 651, 676, and 679 online; Approval of MS for online delivery and discontinuation of on-campus MS • Fall 2017: Handed off course prep for GRO 501 to be re-developed as GRO 602 • Fall 2016: Moving GRO 649 online, Changing GRO 612 B and C to three-credit courses—GRO 612 and 613, Changing requirements for all concentrations to match current offerings • PBC proposed and approved to be offered online, 2015-16 • Undergraduate Minor and introductory course (GRO 201: Envisioning Your Old Age) approved to be offered, 2015-2016 • Requested and provided oversight for amendment of GRO611C and GRO 611B to be changed from 1.5 credit courses to 3.0 courses to realign with curriculum changes, 2015- 2016 • Requested and provided oversight for amendment GRO511/ENT 511 to be renamed as: Entrepreneurship in the Longevity Economy: Silver Industries (pending approval) • GRO 651 approved to be offered online, 2015-2016 • Fall 2015, Critical Issues in Gerontology, developed to be offered online and face-to-face • Summer 2015, Friendship and Aging, oversaw development of database of friendship research for student use

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Gerontology Curriculum (continued) • Spring 2015, worked with MBA Director to modify curriculum for MS in Gerontology/MBA Dual Degree • Spring 2015, Music and Aging, taught course for first time with guests from NUR, MTD, Wellspring, CAN-NC, CSD; worked with Division of Continual Learning to capture guest lectures for later use • Spring and Fall 2014, Introduction to Sociology (RCO274), developed as course revealing social structure through comparison of babyboomers and millennials • Spring 2012, Envisioning YOUR Old Age (RCO 205) o Fall 2013, added service learning marker • 1996-97, Gerontology Master’s Certificate Planning Committee • 1993, Gerontology Graduate Planning Committee, 2nd proposal for a master’s degree in gerontology • 1988-89, Gerontology Graduate Planning Committee, original proposal for a master’s degree in gerontology • 1983-84, Interdepartmental Studies Gerontology Program o Helped design the general curriculum, senior seminar (GRO 501) o Developed introductory gerontology (GRO 301 and GRO 302).

Sociology Curriculum • 2005-2008, as Director of Graduate Studies, oversaw development of proposal for changes to the curriculum, passed with some modifications in 2009 • 2008, Online Introductory Sociology Class, worked with team to develop online course for I-school (online courses for high school students) • 2005, Sociology of Friendship (SOC711), developed proposal • 2002-2004, Sociology of Culture Concentration (never implemented) • 2000, Sociological Perspectives on the Deadhead Community (FMS108W), developed proposal • 1999, Sociology of Friendship (SOC230W), developed proposal • 1996-1997, as Director of Undergraduate Studies, oversaw implementation of curricular changes outlined in Department Self-Study o Undergraduate Specializations Committee, Chair . Oversaw development of concentration in Criminology and three other possible areas of specialization . Coordinated and wrote proposals for the re-sequencing of sociology courses o Graduate Curriculum Committee, ex-officio member o Authored, with the help of colleagues, the Undergraduate Sociology Handbook • 1995-96, as Director of Undergraduate Studies, oversaw undergraduate portion of Sociology Department Self-Study

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

International Association for Relationship Research (Charter Member, 2002-present) • Member, Membership Committee, 2002-2005 • Member, Interdisciplinary Taskforce, 2008-2010 • Member, International Committee, 2010-2011 • Member Nominations Committee, 2011 • International Network on Personal Relationships (Member, 1989-2002) o Elections Committee, 1999 o Committee on the Future, 1990-93 • International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships (Member, 1984-2002) o By-Laws Committee, 1994-95 o Recruitment Committee Chair, doubled membership, 1994-96

International Network for Social Network Analysis (Member, 1977-79, 1985-89, 1995-96)

Association for Institutional Research, 2010-2011

Society for College and University Planning, 2008-present

American Sociological Association (Member, 1979-present; Student Member, 1974-1978) • ASA Council, Member-at-Large, 2004-2007 o Council Liaison to Public Sociology Task Force, 2006-2007 o Council Liaison to MA Program Task Force, 2005-2007 o Council Liaison to Minority Advisory Program, 2004-2005 o Attended ASA Council Midyear meetings each year • Member of Department Resources Group, 2006-present o Advisory Group, Fall 2014-Spring 2017 o Led DRG Discussion, October 2016, January 2018 o Served as Department Head Mentor, 2016-2017 o Served on Carla Howery Teaching Award Committee, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 • Committee on Committees, 1994 & 1995 • Section on Aging, 1980-present o Dissertation Award Committee, 1994 o Nominations Committee, 1995-96 & 2001 • Section on Sex and Gender, 1982-89 • Section on Culture, 1989-present • Section on Community and Urban Sociology, 1996-present • Section on Computer, Information, and Technology, 2002-present o Member, Public Sociology Award Committee, 2012-13 o Section Council Member, 2009-2011 o Chair, Ogburn Award Committee, 2011-12 o Proposed thematic sessions for 2011 meeting, Fall 2010 30

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (continued)

Gerontological Society of America (Member Behavioral and Social Science Section, 1980- 2005; GSA Fellow, 1994-present) • BSS Executive Committee, 1997-99 • BSS Membership Committee, did comparative analysis of costs and benefits of membership in social science organizations and recommended changes, 1997-99 • BSS Program Evaluation Committee, 1986-92, 1994-2003 • BSS Media Program Committee, 1990-92, Chair, 1990 & 1991 • BSS Committee on Special Publications, 1980-88

Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) (Member, 1977-2005, 2012-present; Regional Representative, 1984)

Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (Institutional Representative, 1985-89; Charter Fellow, 1997-present)

University Continuing Education Association (Member, 2001-2002)

American Association of Colleges and Universities (Associate Member, 2001-2002, 2009- 2012)

American Popular Culture Association (Member, 1989-90, 2003-2004, 2011-2012)

Southern Sociological Society (Member, 1984-present) • President, 1997-98 & President-Elect, 1996-97 o Worked with committee to revise constitution and by-laws into line with practice o Developed virtual meeting policy o Managed $85,000 budget based on receipts o Worked with Program Chair to develop meeting program including 172 sessions with 762 participants o Expanded Membership Committee to represent and recruit diverse members o Met with representatives from state sociological associations o Established new standing committee on Status of Students o Appointed and supervised almost 100 committee members • Site Selection Committee, 1996-2001 • Executive Committee, 1994-2001 • Program Committee Chair, 1993 o Revised program procedures to be democratic and efficient o Planned, organized, and implemented annual meeting program with 121 sessions and 503 participants, 1993 • Program Committee Member, 1987-88, 1991-94 • Program Procedures Committee, Chair, 1995-96 • Program Handbook Revision Chair, 1998-99 • Abstract Reviewer, 1993, 1995, 1996

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (continued)

SWS-South (Member, 1983-present) • Honors Nomination Committee, Chair, 2003-2004 • SWS-National Liaison, 1990-91 • Membership Chair, doubled membership, 1985-87 • SWS-Piedmont, Co-Chair, 1984-85

Southern Gerontological Society (Member, 1983-2003, 2012-present) • Nominations Committee, 2000-2001 • Publications Committee, 1983-2003, Chair, 1988-91 • Abstract Reviewer, 1990-91, 2007

North Carolina Association for Women in Education (Member, periodically 1999-2012)

North Carolina Sociological Association (Member, 1984-present)

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Editor, Personal Relationships, Official Journal of the International Association for Relationship Research, June 1, 2005-May 30, 2008 (Masthead Editor through December 31, 2009) • Arranged for journal financing • Recruited, appointed, trained, and supervised Editorial Board and 6 Associate Editors (2 from USA, 1 from Canada, 2 from The Netherlands, and 1 from Israel) • Hired, trained, and supervised two successive Editorial Assistants • Developed Manuscript Processing Guidelines, Reviewer Rating Form, Manuscript Tracking Document, Reviewer History File, Manuscript Summary Form, new Manuscript Submission Guidelines (for electronic submission), letter templates, reviewer databases • Recruited Editorial Board representing 12 countries and 7 disciplines • Received and processed 100 submissions during 2005, 159 during 2006, 144 during 2007, 81 in 2008 • Increased international submissions (45% of all articles submitted included at least one international author) • Met with Associate Editors, Editorial Board, and IARR Board at annual meeting in Crete, July 2006. • Wrote new copy for PR Web Page, Blackwell Website, and inside cover of journal • Oversaw development and routine computation of manuscript processing metrics • Wrote Editor’s prefaces • Wrote reports for Relationship Research News • Worked with publisher on 9 press releases and pop-up add campaign • Worked with new Editor on transition

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Editorial Board Member • Emerald Studies in Media and Communications, 2013-present • Sociation Today, 2010-2017 • Journal of Applied Gerontology (Southern Gerontological Society), 1986-2003 • Personal Relationships, 1994-98 & 2001-2005 • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2004-2005, 2014-present • Contemporary Sociology (American Sociological Association), 1997-2000 • Journal of Aging Studies, 1995-2005

Feature Article Editor • The Southern Gerontologist (Southern Gerontological Society newsletter), 1984-1986.

Advisory Editor • The Contexts Reader, edited by James Jasper & Jeff Goodwin, W.W. Norton, 2008. o Recommended articles for inclusion and critiqued pedagogical materials. • Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George Ritzer. Blackwell, 2006. o Solicited and edited 40 entries on friendship and on aging.

Journal Manuscript Referee • American Journal of Sociology • Social Forces • American Sociological Review • Social Psychological Quarterly • Applied Developmental Science • Sociological Focus • Current Sociology • Sociological Perspectives • Educational Gerontology • Social Science Research • Family Relations • Sociological Quarterly • Gender and Society • The Gerontologist • Journal of Aging and Health • International Journal of Aging and Human Development • Journal of Aging Studies • Journal of Applied Gerontology • Journal of Family Issues • Relationships • Journals of Gerontology • Journal of Marriage and the Family • Journal of Personal and Social Psychology • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships • Loisir Société • Personal Relationships • Psychology and Aging • Research on Aging • Sex Roles

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Book Manuscript Referee • Blackwell • Random House • DC Heath • Rodale • FEA Peacock • Rowman Littlefield • Gerontological Society of America • Sage Special Publications Committee • Scott Foresman • Greenwood Press • SUNY Press • Lawrence Earlbaum • Temple University • Left Coast Press • The Haworth Press • Lexington Books • University of Alabama Press • Macmillan • Wadsworth • New York University Press • World Scientific Publishing Co. • Oxford University Press • W.W. Norton • Pine Forge • Vanderbilt University Press • Prentice-Hall

OTHER SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

External Reviews and Consulting • Onsite Reaffirmation SACSCOC Visiting Team, Track B, Level VI Institution, March 26-29, 2018. • Departmental Resources Group, Sociology Department, University of Arkansas Little Rock, Offsite, March 2017. • Departmental Resources Group, Sociology Department, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, October 22-25, 2015. • Departmental Resources Group Reviewer, Sociology Department, University of Denver, October 5-7, 2014. • Departmental Resources Group Reviewer, Sociology Department, Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC, March 23-25, 2014. • Departmental Resources Group Reviewer, Sociology Department, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, February 26-March 1, 2014. • External Consultant, UNC School for the Arts, SACSCOC, CS3.7.1, November 13, 2013 • Departmental Resources Group Reviewer, Sociology Department, Northern Illinois University, October 13-15, 2013 • Departmental Resources Group Reviewer, Sociology Department, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, April 17-19, 2013 • Offsite SACS Team (3 Track B, Level V institutions), November 5-6, 2012 • Departmental Resources Group Reviewer, Sociology Department, University of Houston, April 19-20, 2012 • External Consultant, Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Western Michigan University, February 26-28, 2012

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External Reviews (continued) • Departmental Resources Group Reviewer, Sociology Department, Cleveland State, March 10, 2011 • Departmental Resources Group Reviewer, Sociology Department, Boise State, May 3-4, 2011 • Departmental Resources Group Reviewer, Sociology Department, University of South Alabama, May 16-17, 2011 • On-Site SACS Visiting Team (The Principles, Track B, Level VI), February 2009 • External Consultant, Madison College Reorganization, James Madison University, September 27, 2007. • On-Site SACS Visiting Team (The Principles, Track B, Level VI), April 17-19, 2007 • Departmental Review Team, Sociology Department, James Madison University, October 1-3, 2006. • SACS Visiting Team (The Criteria, Track B, Level VI), April 15-18, 2002

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges • Serving as Member-at-Large of SACSCOC Board of Trustees, 2013-2016 o Reviewed cases as member of Compliance and Reports Committee and served as lead reader (5 cases, June 2013; 5 cases December 2013; 8 cases June 2014; 6 cases December 2014; 4 cases June 2015, x cases December 2015, x cases June 2016, 6 cases December 2016, 3 cases June 2017, 3 cases December 2017) • Designated as first alternate SACSCOC Board of Trustees, Fall 2012

Strategic Planning and Assessment Workshops Presented • Departmental Strategic Planning, American Sociological Association, Academic and Professional Affairs Webinar Series, September 24, 2014. • Department Management and Leadership Workshop: Strategic Planning in Departments of Sociology, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 14-17, 2014. • Departmental Strategic Planning, Department Resources Group Training, American Sociological Association, August, 2013 • Academic Program Prioritization and Departmental Review - How to Prepare and Defend Your Department, American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, August 11, 2013. • Using Assessment Data to Enhance Student Learning, American Sociological Association Academic and Professional Affairs Webinar Series, November 14, 2012 • SCUP Planning Institute Step I: Foundations of Planning in Higher Education, SCUP Southern Regional Conference, Raleigh, October 21, 2012 • Using Assessment Data to Enhance Student Learning, American Sociological Association, Denver, August 16-21, 2012 • Preparing for Program Review, American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, August 19-23, 2011

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Conference Planning • Symposium Planning Committee, Unbroken Chain: The Grateful Dead in Music, Culture, and Memory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, November 15-17, 2007. • Program Chair, Southern Sociological Society, Chattanooga, TN, 1993 • Conference Organizer, Friendship and Aging, VPI&SU, Blacksburg, VA, August 14-16, 1987.

Curriculum Consultant • Psychology/Sociology Curriculum Improvement Project Advisory Committee, NC Community College System, 1997-99

Research Consultant • Greg Becker, friendship incubator start-up, Spring 2014 • Marj Kleinman’s, film about older men’s friendship, 2006-2007 • Barbara Risman’s Adolescent Friendship Study Group, NCSU, March 22, 2001 • Beth Dugan’s A Health Guide to Optimize the Health of Older Adults (NIA), Focus Group Organizer and Leader, Summer 1999 • Linda Dye’s Friend Performance Project, 1997 • Jan Harris’s Study of Male Friendship Groups, 1994-95 • Phil Brown’s Amerasian Research Project, 1988 • Trudy Anderson’s NIA Study of Retirement Couples, questionnaire design, 1988.

Educational Assessment • NY Regents, test items, January 1999 • Educational Testing Service, GRE items, 1998

COMMUNITY SERVICE

International • Presenter, Brookdale Institute of Gerontology, Jerusalem, Israel, Social Networks and Subjective Well-being, July 1986

National • Member of Talent Bank, Faith Popcorn’s Brain Reserve, April 2006-present • Panelist, Dupree’s Diamond News, Light the Song--A Contemplative Retreat, Sociological Perspectives on Deadhead Subculture, August 1996 • Consultant o National Resource Center for Rural Elderly, University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1990 o National Association of State Units on Aging and North Carolina Division on Aging, evaluating the computer-synthesized needs projections, 1985 and 1986

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State • Member of Planning Committee o State Aging Services Plan Work Group, NC Division on Aging, 1989-90 o North Carolina Division on Aging, Training Meeting, 1989 o 1987 and 1988 Symposiums, UNC Institute of Nutrition, 1986-1988 o North Carolina Division on Aging Summer School in Gerontology, January 1986 • Principal Investigator, Pre-election Survey, NC State House Race, 1986 • Consultant o North Carolina’s Legislative Research Commission’s Study Committee on Gerontology, September 21,1988 o Kate B. Reynolds Health Care Trust, discussion of implementation of changes in services for the elderly in North Carolina, 1987 o Ohio State Department of Mental Health, review of a grant proposal for a study using the OARS methodology, 1986 o Idaho Office of Aging, discussion of utility of OARS as a planning tool, 1986. • Presenter, The North Carolina Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Older Adult Friendships and Mental Health, May 1993.

City/Community • Consultant o Michael Stepanian, Esq., Grateful Dead culture, Fall 2012. o Greensboro Coliseum, Marketing Consultant for Mickey Hart concert, Fall 2001 o Greensboro Coliseum, Reducing Impact of Concert on Community, Spring, 1991 o Greensboro Police Department, Deadhead Subculture, Spring, 1991 o Yadkin County Task Force on Aging, 1990 • Principal Investigator, Study of Attitudes Toward Adult Day Care, Junior League of Greensboro, Inc., in cooperation with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Center for Social Research and Human Services, 1984-86 • Presentations o Heritage Greens, Baby Boomers and Music, December 6, 2016. o Division of Continual Learning, Guilty Pleasures, panel with Orson S. Card, 2001 o Starmount Presbyterian Church, Friendship and Aging, September 1993 o Greensboro Women’s Club, Friendships of Older Women, February 1990 o Junior League of Greensboro, Attitudes Toward Adult Day Care, January 1987 o The Yadkin County Commissioners, Yadkin County Study on Aging, May 1987 o The NPCOG-AAA Citizens’ Committee, The Yadkin Data and You, July 1987. o Area Health Education Center, Discussion of the Gin Game, September 1986 o Davidson County Study Committee on Aging, Accessing Data for the Purposes of Planning, April 1986 o Piedmont Triad Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging, discussion of community-based long-term care systems, 1985 o Share-a-home, Gerontology at UNCG," November 1984 o Art Institute, Audience Development, Chicago, IL , 1984 37

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SYSTEM

UNC Accreditation Council, Fall 2009-Spring 2012

University of North Carolina Graduate Council, Fall 2007-Fall 2009

Local Arrangements Committee, Inauguration of President Erskine Bowles, Spring 2006

Inter-campus Gerontology Planning Committee, 1990

Inter-campus Child Care Committee, 1989

Institute of Nutrition Conference/Workshop Planning Committee, 1986-88

UNIVERSITY (UNCG)

Grateful Dead Events Committee, Sixties Theme Project, Fall 2017-2018 • Coordinated planning of three-weekends of events with alumni, faculty, and staff

Association of Retired Faculty, Spring 2017-present • Attended focus group discussion about ARF, March 30, 2017. • Attended meetings, October 6, 2017, January 25, 2018.

Be Here Now Club, Fall 2016-present

Faculty Senate, Fall 2013-Spring 2016 • Senate Liaison to Due Process Committee, Fall 2013-Spring 2015 • Attended Past Chairs Meetings, April 11, 2016, October 26, 2016 and March 27, 2017. • Attended 125th Anniversary Celebration for Past Chairs, April 10, 2018

Gerontology Research Network, Member, Fall 2012-?

School of Nursing Faculty Search Committee, 3 positions, Spring 2014-Summer 2014

Gerontology Strategic Directions Committee, Fall 2013-Spring 2014 (Co-Chair of Curriculum Sub-committee)

Strategic Goal 2.3 (Quality of Life Across the Life Span) Implementation Team, Fall 2012- Spring 2013

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Associate Provost for Planning and Assessment, August 1, 2009-2012 (continued to work half-time for Provost’s Office during 2012-2013 to ease transition) • Ensured proper academic program planning and reporting o Developed and submitted September 8, 2009 monitoring report to SACSCOC which included Substantive Change Policy . Oversaw revision of Substantive Change Policy, Fall 2011 . Trained Associate Deans on Substantive Change, September 15, 2011 o Worked with SACSCOC, the Dean of the School of Nanoscience, and counterpart at NCA&T to attain SACS approval to offer the MS and PhD in Nanoscience and of North and South campus as off-campus instructional site, Spring 2010 o Chaired and enhanced Academic Programs Committee consisting of staff from Enrollment Management, Financial Aid, the Graduate School, Undergraduate Studies, and OPA to increase efficiencies regarding the academic program approval process, maintenance of the academic program inventory, and compliance with federal, accrediting body, and GA standards, 2009-2012 o Notified and requested approval from GA and SACS for program proposals, 2009-2012 o Served as an ex-officio member of University Curriculum Committee and Graduate Studies Council, 2009-2012 o Chaired the Program Review Process Committee and oversaw staff support of the process, 2011-2012 . Process described by James H. Woodward in UNC’s Program Duplication Study report (November 1, 2011) as possibly “the most sophisticated and thorough review ever undertaken by a campus of the University of North Carolina.” . Served as Non-Voting Member on the University Program Review Committee, 2011 . Served as consultant on academic program prioritization, ECU, June 29, 2011; WCU, October 24, 2012 • Served on Deans Council and supports activities sponsored by other members • Served as SACS Liaison th o Chaired the SACS 5 Year Report Steering Committee and oversaw the work of 14 committees as they developed UNCG’s SACS 5th Year Report, 2009-2010 . Received no requests for follow-up to SACS 5th Year Report (only 5/74 of the institutions in the 2014 cohort received no monitoring requests) . Presented to Administrative Systems Committee, Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, Deans Council, and Executive Staff on SACS 5th Year Report

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Associate Provost for Planning and Assessment (continued) o Served as a member of the UNC Accreditation Council . Worked with UNC Accreditation Council on the development of templates to use to respond to SACS standards with system content, 2010-2011 . Presented on Compliance Assist software with Director of Institutional Research to UNC Accreditation Council, June 17, 2010 . Organized annual luncheon of UNC Accreditation Council at SACS meetings, 2009, 2010, 2011 o Developed process for SACS Audit and preparation for submission of Compliance Certification Report (submitted Fall 2013 after resignation) . Set up process and committee structure for development of Compliance Certification Report . Worked with senior leadership and Faculty Senate to populate standards committees . Oversaw initial compliance audit and presented results to campus leadership groups . Identified external consultant and technical writer . Conducted training sessions for SACS Standard Committee Chairs . Handed off responsibility to SACS Leadership Team, Spring 2012 o Continued to support work on selected SACS standard responses after (CR2.4, CR2.5, CR2.8, CS3.1.1, CS3.2.8, CS3.7.1 and others), 2011-2013 o Met with SACSCOC visiting team regarding CR2.8, March 20, 2014 • Coordinated the Academic Affairs Annual Report o Revised and streamlined annual report outline, 2009-2010 o Compiled summary of Academic Affairs 2008-2009 annual reports • Maintained the departmental review calendar • Monitored progress on UNCG Strategic Plan and Institutional Effectiveness o Coordinated the work of UNCG plan implementation teams and established and chaired the Implementation Resource Support Team, 2009-2013 . UNCG recognized by the Educational Advisory Board for best practices in strategic plan implementation leading to cost-containment, 2012 . Prepared materials annually for Deans Retreat for prioritization of initiatives to support the plan and activation of goals, 2009-2013 o Worked with Business Affairs to implement Enterprise Risk Management process for as part of development of operational plans for strategic goals, 2009-2010

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Associate Provost for Planning and Assessment (continued) o Worked with divisions and units and began to work with offices and academic departments through workshops and individualized meetings to develop strategic plans and to close the loop on them, 2009-2012 o Chaired the Institutional Effectiveness Committee, 2011-2012 o Coordinated the development of strategic goal metrics, 2010-2013 o Oversaw a mid-cycle “closing-the-loop” process on the strategic goals in the UNCG Plan 2009-2010, 2011-2012 o Prepared update to UNCG Tomorrow website, Fall 2013 o Presented final report on strategic plan to Executive Staff, October 7, 2013 and handed off strategic planning responsibilities to Director of Accreditation and Assessment on October 8, 2013. • Managed the Office of Planning and Assessment o Established the OPA Office, 2009-2010 . Hired work study student, Technology Planning Specialist, General Education Coordinator, Director of Academic Assessment, Planning Assistant, Academic Programs Specialist, and Executive Staff Assistant o Oversaw campus-wide discussion of accreditation reporting, academic assessment, and planning software and purchased license through June 30, 2017. o Held OPA Staff Retreats, August 10, 2010 & September 1, 2011 o Worked with Technology Planning Specialist to roll out Compliance Assist planning module to replace WEAVE as academic program assessment software, including co-presenting workshops and individual tutorials, 2010-2011 o Provided management oversight and support for the Offices of Academic Assessment and Institutional Research, 2009-2012 . Coordinated all academic assessment activities in the absence of a Director of Academic Assessment, Fall 2010 • Provided leadership for the configuration of Compliance Assist to track progress on student learning outcomes • Met with associate deans to help them develop unit approaches to academic program assessment • Worked with Student Learning Enhancement Committee to establish a Student Learning Enhancement Award to recognize excellence in academic program assessment . Separated technical support and conceptual functions by hiring Technology Planning Specialist to support distributed software and OPA website, Spring 2010

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Associate Provost for Planning and Assessment (continued) . Worked with Faculty Senate and Deans Council to establish Student Learning Enhancement Committee to ensure faculty control over academic program assessment and to distinguish it from the administrative assessment monitored by Institutional Effectiveness Committee, 2009- 2010 . Arranged for Co-Chair of the AACU’s LEAP initiative, Ronald Crutcher, to visit campus, Fall 2010 . Attended General Education Institute, December 8-9, 2010 • Served on and supported work of university committees o Attended meetings of the Board of Visitors Steering Committee (2009-2012), Enrollment Projections Committee meetings (2009-2012), and Budget Sounding Board (2011) o Served on the Chief of Staff Search Committee (Spring 2010), Chief Diversity Officer Search Committee (Summer & Fall 2010), Service Learning Subcommittee of Student Affairs Academic Affairs Restructuring Committee (Fall 2009), CAC Subcommittee of Deans Council (2010-2011), and Integrated Marketing Committee (2010-2012) o Participated in interviews for University Counsel (Spring 2010), VC of Research and Economic Development (Fall 2009), Dean of School of Education (Fall 2010), Dean of Business School (Spring 2011) • Attended administrative workshops o Keston Fulcher Academic Assessment Workshop, UNCG, March 25, 2011 o Integrated Strategic Planning Webinar, November 17, 2010 o Student Success Webinar, November 1, 2010 o Restructuring Webinar, Magna Online Seminars, September 22, 2010 o Alverno College Assessment Workshop, October 15, 2009 o Changes to the Higher Education Opportunities Act, NACUA, September 2009 o IPEDS, March 15, 2010. • Attended conferences o NCAIR, Boone, NC, 2011; Kitty Hawk, 2010. o SACSCOC, December 2008; December 2009; December 2010; December 2011. o AACU, Washington DC, January 20-23, 2010 o WANCHE, via video conference, March 18, 2010 o Atlantic Assessment Conference, Cary, NC, April 11-12, 2010 o AIR, Chicago, May 29-June 2, 2010 o SCUP, 2012, 2011,2010; Southern Regional 2008.

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Ashby Residential College Advisory Council, 2009-2010

Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee (SPC), 2008-2009 • Oversaw the development of the UNCG Strategic Plan 2009-2014 • Coordinated the work of 70-person committee with 3 subcommittees and 10 workgroups o Chair, Plan Drafting Subcommittee, 2008-2009 o Ex-Officio Member of Mission Statement Revision Subcommittee, Fall 2008 o Chair, Phase II Response Committee (coordinated response to UNC General Administration’s UNC Tomorrow initiative), Fall 2008 • Maintained transparency through news releases in Campus Weekly and providing content for UNCGT webpage • Attended Workshop: Communicating Economic Development Impacts of the Engaged University, North Carolina State University, October 13, 2008. • Presented multiple drafts of the plan for feedback and endorsement to the Board of Trustees, Executive Staff, Deans Council, Faculty Senate meeting and forums, Staff Senate, administrative councils in academic units, and the Alumni Board

Chair of the Faculty Senate, 2008-2009 (Past-Chair, 2009-2010) • Facilitated changes to P&T Guidelines mandated by Board of Governors, Summer 2008 • Attended General Education Workshop, June 23-27, 2008 • Participated in hiring of new Faculty Governance Staff Assistant, Summer 2008 • Delivered presentations at Convocation, New Faculty Orientation, and Student Convocation • Served as an ex-officio member of Staff Senate, UNC Faculty Assembly, and University P&T Guidelines Committee • Attended Board of Trustees and BOT Academic Affairs Subcommittee meetings • Facilitated and organized Senate Meetings, General Faculty meetings, Senate Forums, Senate Agenda meetings, Committee Chairs breakfasts, and Senate Leadership lunches • Served on the Budget Sounding Board, CITI Committee, the Campus Safety Oversight Committee, the Emergency Manager Search Committee • Chaired the University Promotion & Tenure Committee • Supported the work of the Inclusive Community Task Force, General Education Council, and Community Engagement initiative • Served on Chancellor’s Installation Committee • Organized dinner for Past Chairs of Senate at Chancellor’s home, May 2009

Chair of Planning Preparation Committee (PPC), Spring-Summer 2008 • Gathered Phase I responses to UNCG Tomorrow: Proposed Major Initiatives through forums and online feedback and reported on results • Oversaw development of UNCGT webpage • Wrote a document to create bridge between UNC Tomorrow and UNCG Plan 2009-13

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Chair-Elect of the Faculty Senate, 2007-2008 • Attended Senate Meetings, Senate Forums, Senate Agenda Meetings, Committee Chair Breakfasts, Leadership Breakfasts, and Board of Trustees meetings • Ex-Officio Member of P & T Guidelines Committee • Chancellor Search Committee, Spring 2008

Blackboard Steering Committee, 2007-2008

University Promotions and Tenure Committee, 2006-2008

Faculty Senator, 2006-2007

Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Planning, Fall 2004- Summer 2005 (and part-time during Summer 2006 & 2007) • Summer 2007 o Worked on Client Needs Assessment as part of UNCG’s Thin Client Initiative o Consulted on development of UNC IT portions of student and faculty and staff surveys and on development of UNCG IT Client Survey • Summer 2006. o Worked with Staff Advisory Group on development of procedures o Began development of Service Catalog o Began to develop action plan based on data from the ITS Annual Survey • Developed ITP Client Relations Plan o Convened and co-chaired meetings of Client Relations Team o Client Survey Plan . Identified the population, sampling methods, data collection procedures, persons responsible, frequency of survey, and item topics and including four types of surveys: an annual survey of faculty and staff, surveys of students conducted by the Office of Institutional Research, period surveys of special populations, and post-service surveys . Developed plans for post-service surveys . Coordinated the development of the technology questions for the 2005 Spartan Experience Survey of undergraduates . Oversaw initial questionnaire development for first Annual ITP-Wide Faculty and Staff Client Survey and met with outsourcers who developed software to ensure all necessary formats were included o External Communications Plan . Gathered initial information about staff perceptions of client concerns . Oversaw two staff people as they developed and produced ITP newsletter . Oversaw staff person’s research on branding and encouraged attention be paid to this as mechanisms for external communication are developed . Served as member of web redesign project to meet client needs

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Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Planning (continued) • Internal Communications Plan . Developed internal communications questionnaire for distribution to staff . Developed protocol for and led internal communications focus groups with 45 staff from each of 8 ITP areas . Met with supervisors, then Assistant Vice Chancellors, and the Associate Vice Chancellors to discuss internal communications issues identified by staff and to develop possible solutions • Developed and Implemented Group Performance Metrics Process o Conducted 9 work sessions with 75 staff from each ITP area as part of grassroots metrics development process o Trained managers in metrics development and coordinated their review of the metrics developed by their staffs o Coordinated metrics pilot test and first month of official metrics measurement o Presented report at ITP-Wide staff meeting, December, 2004 o Recruited members to Metrics Technical Team to oversee implementation of metrics process and convened and co-chaired 11 meetings of the Team o Coordinated development of client satisfaction metrics o Developed metrics process document including guidelines for proposing, piloting, collecting, and retiring metrics and for submitting monthly metrics reports o Consulted on development of metrics database which generates customized reports on ITP metrics • Linked ITP Priorities and Projects to ITP Plan Goals and BOG Initiatives o Classified management priorities and oversaw classification of projects under goals of ITP Plan and BOG initiatives o Consulted on development of relational database so customized reports of progress could be produced • Miscellaneous o Provided feedback to staff member in charge of preparing report on UNCG’s areas of focus o Consulted on development of Facilities Use Survey and wrote report on results o Met with group of current and former University Planning Council members to discuss its future

University Curriculum Committee, Spring 2003

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SACS Self Study, 2000-2003 • Chair of Steering Committee, 2000-2003 o Recruited, supervised, and supported work of approximately 100 members of 14 committees, subcommittees, and advisory groups o Co-managed SACS office and supervised 3 staff members o Worked with SACS Executive Committee to develop and implement Self-Study Plan o Chaired monthly meetings of and developed work plan for Steering Committee o Supervised study design and data collection o Reported on progress to Board of Trustees, University Planning Council, Chancellor’s Executive Staff, Deans’ Council, Faculty Senate, and Staff Council o Worked with Office of Institutional Research staff to develop and maintain web page and with Editor of Self-Study to produce SACS newsletter o Attended SACS meetings, Atlanta, December 1999 & 2000; New Orleans, December 2001; San Antonio, 2003 o Attended 3 state-wide gatherings of UNC Institutional Researchers, 2000-2001 • University Planning Council UNCG Plan Drafting Committee, 2002-2003 • Proposals for the Plan Task Group, summarized proposals to improve UNCG’s institutional effectiveness extracted from SACS data, Fall 2001 • University Planning Council, 2001-2003 • Chair of SACS Purpose Committee, 2000-2003 o Revised The Mission of the University in one semester, accepted by Board of Governors, August 11, 2000 o Assessed compliance with Section II (Institutional Purpose) of SACS Criteria in report accepted by Steering Committee, Fall 2001 o Revised The Mission of the University to reflect Vision Statement, Spring 2003 • Institutional Effectiveness Committee, 1999-2000 • SACS Site Visit Hospitality Committee, ex-officio member, 2002-2003

Gerontology Graduate Program Director Search Committee, 2000-2001

Safe Zone, 2001-present; Training, Fall 2009

Leadership Programs Discussion Group, Lunches for New Faculty, 1999-2008

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Assistant to the Dean of Continual Learning, 1999-2000 • Goal was to help bring about cultural and structural change on campus to encourage development of distance education courses and programs • Retained as Consultant, 2000-2001 • Chair, Services for Off-Campus Students (SOS) Task Force: Supervised development of content of a series of web pages which allow students to do most of their business from off-campus, including meeting with staff of 9 educational support service offices to gain their cooperation • Distance Education Bibliography: Supervised graduate student and worked with distance education librarian to develop online searchable database of articles on distance education • Online Pedagogy Focus Groups: Planned, conducted, and disseminated report on focus groups with faculty, conducted to determine how to facilitate development of distance education courses • Distance Learning Policy: Played key role on Teaching and Learning Technology Roundtable responsible for development of policy; presented proposal to Faculty Senate twice before UNCG became the first in NC to pass such a policy • ACUOPS: Helped develop instruments designed to evaluate need for conference center and for UNCG Non-Credit Outreach Activity Report, 1999-2000 • UNC Distance Education Forum: attended 5 bi-annual meetings, 1999-2001

Ad Hoc Faculty Search Committee, Human Development and Family Relations, 1998-99

Gerontology Graduate Program Committee, 1997-98

Distance Learning Task Force, 1996-97

University Breakfast Series, Moderator and Participant, Spring 1996

Director of Police and Public Safety Search Committee, 1996

Office of Research Services Evaluation Focus Group Participant, 1996

UNCG Aging Network, Participant, 1995-96 • Presenter with Rachel Torr, Relationships between Structural Characteristics of Older Adult Friendship Networks, April 1995.

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Faculty Senator, 1994-2000 • Secretary, 1996-97 o Worked with University Counsel to establish open meetings announcement procedure o Involved in development of Post-Tenure Review guidelines and revision of Promotion and Tenure Guidelines o Worked with Senate leadership and Provost to improve relationships between faculty and administration and to encourage shared governance o Prepared minutes for each meeting • Senator o Liaison to Academic Policies and Regulations Committee, 1999-2000 o Worked with University Counsel to organize 6 Anti-Sexual Harassment workshops for College of Arts and Science faculty, achieved 85% attendance, 1998-99 o Liaison to Due Process Committee, 1997-98 o Liaison to Faculty Welfare Committee, 1994-96

Gerontology Center Planning Committee, 1994

Student Recruitment Activities: Step Ahead Faculty Spotlight (1993, 1994, & 1995) and UNCG Right Now (1995)

Scholarship Committees: Rhodes Scholarship Committee (1987-88) and Truman Scholarship Awards Committee (1986-88)

Commencement Committee, 1984-88

Association for Women Faculty and Administrative Staff, 1983-92 • Secretary, 1984-85 • Planning Committee, Susan B. Anthony Dinner, 1984. • Presenter, Aging as a Feminist Issue, February 1987 • Presenter, Faculty Research Activities, April 1985

Conversations with Women Faculty (Presby House), Participant, 1983-85 • Presenter, Cross-Sex Friendships of Elderly Women, Spring, 1984

HEATH AND HUMAN SERVICES

HHS Inclusiveness Committee (SWOT Subcommittee), Fall 2012-Spring 2014

HHS Cares Committee, Fall 2012-Spring 2013

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GERONTOLOGY PROGRAM

Gerontology Undergraduate Coordinator (Fall 2017-present) • Advise all undergraduate gerontology minors, Fall 2016-present • Maintain communications with constantly updated list of gerontology minors and advise for spring and fall semesters • Maintain drop-in office hour • Maintain Undergraduate Bulletin copy • Attend recruitment events o Navigat1, August 14, 2017 • Work with Social Work Department head to schedule courses

Gerontology Research Outreach Workforce and Teaching Hub (GROWTH) Coordinator, Spring 2013-Present • Re-conceptualized Gerontology Research Network GRN as GROWTH to increase involvement, Fall 2014 • Organize Gerontology Research Outreach Workforce and Teaching Hub (formerly Gerontology Research Network, • Support the work of GROWTH faculty affiliates by writing letters of support, helping with subject recruitment, and establishing connections with community partners and students, 12 faculty supported in 2017-2018 • Host UNCG Gerontology Facebook group and communicate with faculty affiliates, community partners, alumni, and students • Maintain database of alumni, faculty affiliates, community partners, and students and communicate with them as appropriate • Recruit and maintain relationships with community partners • Recruit faculty affiliates and community partners and maintain relationships with them o Established a GROWTH Faculty Executive Committee, Spring 2018 o Hosted lunches with 5 faculty affiliates and 7 community partners, 2017-18 • Host networking events o Lunch “n” Learns, 4 in 2013-2014, 4 in 2014-2015, 3 in 2015-16, 1 in 2016-17, 1 in 2017-18 o Innovation, Ryan Berry guest, November 12, 2018 o Research, Terri Shelton guest, February 13, 2018 o Community Engagement Speed-Dating Event, Emily Janke guest along with 22 community partners (at 7 tables), April 17, 2018 • Presented to HHS BOV with Garrett Saake and 3 students who worked at Wellspring, March 17, 2016 • Attended interviews with Associate VC for Research Candidates, Spring 2018 • Acquire funding from HHS Research Office, UNCG Research Office, and community partners

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Director of Gerontology Graduate Program, Fall 2013-Summer 2017 (with transitional duties through Fall 2017) • Serve as member of HHS Chairs Council and HHS Administrative Council o Served on subcommittee that developed metrics for HHS Strategic Plan proposal, Spring 2015 o Served on subcommittee that developed proposal for metrics for teaching goal, Spring 2016 • Attend meetings of Graduate Faculty and Directors of Graduate Study, including HHS Directors of Graduate Study, and of UNCG Chairs and Interdepartmental Program Directors with Provost • Host International Scholars o Julia Hahmann Postdoc from Universitat Vechta, 2014-15 o Jaesam Yoon, Director of Disability Welfare Policy Division for the Seoul Government, Republic of South Korea, 2015-2017 o Young-Tia HA, Director of Senior Citizen Support Division at the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 2016-2018 • Manage Gerontology Office o Hire, appoint, and supervise faculty, staff, graduate assistants and faculty o Schedule courses and oversee curriculum o Oversee budget o Coordinate development and assessment of Gerontology Program Strategic Plan and Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan . Revised Gerontology Program Mission, Spring 2014 . Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan evaluated as meeting expectations, 2013-2014 o Administrative Workshops Attended . Attended Curriculum Policies and Procedures Forum, October 26, 2016. . Attended Media Training Workshop, October 25, 2016. . Attended Apply Yourself Workshop, October 12, 2016. . Attended Instructional Analysis Workshop, January 21, 2016 . Completed Apply Yourself Training, October 16, 2013 . Attended Substantive Change Workshop, October 24, 2013 in preparation for minor and online proposals o Scanning and archiving gerontology and personal papers, 2014-2018 o Worked with Space Management, Facilities, and other departments to develop plans for ADA compliant family restroom on 2nd Floor of Ferguson o Provide management oversight for maintenance and improvement of Gerontology Program website • Supervise staff and lead faculty o Hosted visiting scholar from Germany, November 2014-April 2015. o Conduct annual reviews of faculty and staff

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Director of Gerontology Graduate Program (continued) • Recruit and Retain students and market program o Meet and correspond with prospective students o Allocate graduate assistantships and tuition waivers o Work with stopped-out students to return o Meet with faculty from other UNCG departments and other universities to create recruitment streams o Secure other funding for students when possible . Graduate Deans Awards, Fall 2014 (3 students), Spring 2015 (5 students), Fall 2015 (3 students), Spring 2016 (3 students), Fall 2016 (3 students), Spring 2017 (3 students), Fall 2017 (x students) . Inclusiveness Award, Spring 2017 and 2016-17. o Attend recruitment events: Bennett College Graduate Fair, November 14, 2013; HHS Health Fair, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018; Wellspring Retirement Community, January 9, 2014; Careers in Aging Day EUC Table, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017; UNCG Graduate Recruitment Fair, Fall 2013, Spring 2015; Greensboro Housing Summit, February 25, 2015, February 24, 2016. o Oversee development of Careers in Aging Library Display, April 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 o Send brochures and logo materials (AGHE 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017; Elder Abuse Event, Smith Senior Center, October 23, 2014; HHS BOV, March 2016; NC Health Expo, March 30, 2016; Royall Company, February 19, 2016. o Nominate Alumni for HHS Pacesetter and other relevant awards o Media . UNCG Magazine, interviewed on November 30. Our last MS/MBA student was featured as December 2016 graduate on UNCG homepage and the spring 2017 issue, p. 6. . HHS Image Archive, photo shoot of graduate student and undergraduate minor ESL class to Bhatanese older adults through Guilford Senior Services, October 18, 2016. . HHS Magazine, photoshoot in Adams GRO 501 class on December 12, 2016 and then followup interview in January. Cover story appeared in Winter, 2017. • Worked with Career Services to develop handout on how aging of the population is driving employment in Allied Health Professions, Fall 2014. o Working with Well-Spring Retirement Community on Technological Innovations in Aging contest, 2015 o Presented to HHS Administrative Council on future of Gerontology Program, October 2, 2014

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Director of Gerontology Graduate Program (continued) • Oversee Gerontology Program Events: o Conduct graduate student orientation, Fall 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 o Oversee and preside over end-of-year event, Spring 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 o Co-sponsored Elder Abuse Inter-professional Workshop at UNCG with Triad Retirement Living Association and Elon Elder Law Clinic, UNCG, October 24, 2014. o Organized FlashBack  FastForward, a panel of past chairs of UNCG gerontology programs, September 11, 2013 . More than 80 alumni, retired faculty, and community supporters attended . Searched Registrar’s Office files for names of graduates who predated electronic systems . Provided panelists with scans of historical documents from the library archive . Worked with Michael Frierson’s media studies class to video tape event and interview panelists to submit to archive and use in promotional video • Advise all master’s and post-baccalaureate students o Coordinated development of Career Map, Spring 2014 • Support the work of the HHS Development Officer o Maintain friendly communications with donors o Visited School of Education Alumnus for Development Office while in Israel and reached out to three others, Spring 2016 o Phelps Family, pledged $50,000—annual donation of $1000, Spring 2016, 2017 o Hannah Family-donated $22,477.50 towards $50,000 pledge, Spring 2016, Fall 2017 donated x o Attended HHS Donor Celebration, November 1, 2016. • Plan and Modify Curriculum o Coordinate efforts with other programs with students interested in aging o Worked with Dean of DCL on EAB burning glass study as environmental scan for online gerontology program, Research Data Pull: Market Demand for Individuals with a Graduate Degree and Gerontology Related Skills, Spring 2014 o Participated in Educational Advisory Board Study of Market Demand for Management of Aging Services, May 13, 2014 • Schedule all gerontology courses and work with other programs to schedule electives • Serve as Advisor to Sigma Phi Omega (SPO) Delta Gamma Chapter, 2014-2018 • Work with Development

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Director of Gerontology Graduate Program (continued) • Attend community events o Attended TRLA social, December 12, 2017 o Attended AARP Age-Friendly Event, September 20, 2017 o Guilford County Housing Summit, February 25, 2015, February 24, 2016 o Reimaging the Future Summit: Shaping the Future of Aging in Guilford County, UNCG, May 21, 2015, May 16, 2017. o ACES Breakfast, May 6, 2015 o Creative Aging Symposium, May 6, 2015 o Silver Tsunami, Westminster Presbyterian Church, May 20, 2014 o Attended occasional meetings of the Guilford Senior Services Roundtable, 2014- 18 o Attended occasional meetings of the Triad Retirement Living Association, 2015- 2018 . Served on the Education and Advocacy Committee, 2015-16 . Triad Retirement Living Association, Perspectives on Aging, Gateway University Research Park, September 22, 2016. • Attended meetings to develop MOU for relocation of Gerontology to the Social Work Department and began to implement plans, 2016-2017. • Participated on search committee to hire Gerontology Graduate Coordinator, Summer 2017 • Met with Office of Online Learning and Library Staff to plan Gerontology Online, 2017- 2018.

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

MERGE lunches, Spring and Fall 2010

College Additional Requirements (CAR) Task Force, 2006-2007 • Organized and moderated focus groups with undergraduate advisors from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences to gather information on attitudes towards CAR

Service on Faculty Review Committees • Department of Anthropology, external member of Post-Tenure Review Committee, Spring 2009 • Department of Broadcasting and Cinema, external member of Promotions and Tenure Committee, Spring 2008 • Department of Communication Studies, external member of Promotions and Tenure Committee, Spring 2006

Budget and Planning Committee, 2002-2003, 2005-2006

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Harriet Elliott Program Committee, 1990-91

Dean’s Review Committee, 1989-90

Committee on Minority and Feminist Perspectives, 1989

College Council, 1988-90 • Chair, 1989-90 o Implemented experiment in faculty governance, replacing Dean as person who chaired College Council and College Assembly meetings o Regularly met with Dean to consult on policy and planning o Worked with the College’s Committee on Undergraduate Studies, the University Curriculum Committee, and Instructional Area Committees to implement AULER curriculum and approve courses for inclusion • Dean’s Representative, 1988-89

Interdepartmental Studies Board, 1987-88

Center for Social Research and Human Services presenter with Lee Bernick, When Academics Get Involved in Planning Services, January 1986.

Interdepartmental Studies Gerontology Program, 1984-93 • Chair, 1985-89 o Oversaw development of operational code and program brochure o Served as main liaison between UNCG and North Carolina aging network o Advising (see TEACHING, Advising, Gerontology Program) o Developed and managed Gerontology Program Budget o Supervised curriculum review and revision and development of new courses o Recruited faculty, including adjuncts, to teach courses Sponsored wide variety of events on campus o rd o Facilitator, 3 UNCG Gerontology Conference, Nutrition Issues and Aging, co- sponsored with the UNC Institute of Nutrition, April 1988 nd o Facilitator, 2 UNCG Gerontology Conference, Social Issues & Aging, 1987 o Presenter, Attitudes Towards Adult Day Care, 2nd UNCG Gerontology Conference, Social Issues and Aging, Greensboro, NC, 1987. st o Planning Committee, 1 Annual UNCG Gerontology Conference, Mental Health Issues and Aging, Greensboro, NC 1986. o Presenter, Social Networks and Subjective Well-Being, 1st Annual UNCG Gerontology Conference, Mental Health Issues and Aging, Greensboro, NC, 1986. • Member, 1983-84 (Planning Committee), 1984-85, 1989-93 • Gerontology Journal Club, 1987-91 o Presenter, Aging and Friendship, February 1987 54

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Director Graduate Study, May 2005-August 2008 • Attended Graduate Student Orientations, Orientation for New Graduate Directors, Graduate School Luncheons, Graduate Recruitment Fairs, Graduate Faculty Meetings, Meetings of Directors of Graduate Study, Meetings of the College Graduate Directors • Conducted Sociology Graduate Student Orientations each Fall including 2008 • Chaired Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2006-2008 o Oversaw curriculum revision, 2007-2008 • Served on Course Scheduling Committee, 2005-2008 • Hosted party for graduate students each Fall • Presented to Guilford College Students, November 7, 2006 • Updated Graduate Bulletin copy each Fall including 2008 • Revised Sociology Graduate Student Handbook each fall • Oversaw revision of admissions requirements and application process to include undergraduate course pre-requisites and personal statement, respectively • Forwarded and distributed messages to graduate students • Advised graduate students (see TEACHING, Advising, Sociology Department) • Held at least one office hour or more per week in evening • Met with prospective graduate students and responded to email and telephone requests • Worked with staff support person to develop graduate student tracking database and process for monitoring students who are admitted provisionally or pending completion of pre-requisites • Oversaw development of departmental policies on how to handle student writing problems, funding of graduate student travel to professional meetings, departmental library use, course substitution, graduation procedures, and extension request policy • Secured additional funding for assistantships. • Circulated and processed applications in timely way • Organized pre-conference conference for graduate students presenting at the Southern Sociological Society, Spring 2008 • Coordinated nominations for summer assistantships, fellowships, etc. • Proctored examinations for pre-requisite courses as needed

Post-tenure Review Committee, 2000, 2001, & 2002 (Chair), 2003, 2006, & 2007 (Member), 2008 (Chair)

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Sociology Department, 1995-98 • Advising (see TEACHING, Advising, Sociology Department) • Curriculum Development (see TEACHING, Curriculum Development, Sociology Curriculum)

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Annual Review Committee, 1994-95 (Member), 1999-2003 (Chair), 2004-2005 (Chair)

Faculty Search Committee, 1993 (Member), 1998 (Member), 1999 (Chair)

Colloquia Committee Chair, 1993-95

Academic Program Assessment Committee, 1990-91, 2000-2002

Promotions and Tenure Committee, 1990-93, 1996-97, 2006-2007

Public Relations, 1990-91

Graduate Committee, 1985-1990

Department Goals Committee, 1984

Combined Campaign Representative, 1984

Undergraduate Committee, 1983-85

Faculty Advisor, 1983-84 (see TEACHING, Advising, Sociology Department)

Sociology Club Advisor, 1983-90, 1995-96

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Adult Friendship Project (1992-May 17, 2018) • Newspapers: 33, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Washington Post, The New York Times, Arizona Republic, Columbus Dispatch, Northwest Herald, Napa Valley Reporter, and Greensboro News & Record • Magazines: 26, Time, Newsweek, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Reader’s Digest, Prevention, Parenting, Slate, Contact, The Canadian, Teen, Men’s Health, Healthy Living, MORE, The New Republic, Allure, Cosmopolitan • Radio Shows: 7 shows, including on BBC, MPR, WHYY, WTOP, Sirius/XM’s Doctor Radio Channel • Online: 7, including CNN, WebMD, Ceridian Life Works (podcast), Barbara Meltzer & Associates, Atlanta-Journal Constitution Blog, NBC News, Vox • Podcasts: The I Can’t Even Show • Films: Interviewed by Marjory Kleinman, older men’s friendships, November 8, 2006 • Book Authors: 7, Meredith Melnick, Barb Bradley Hagerty, Jan and Eddie Fiore, Bella de Paulo, Mary Quigley, Judy Holland, John Medina 56

Deadhead Community Project (1989-May 17, 2018) • Newspapers: 88 articles, including those in New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, LA Times, Indianapolis Star, Newsday, Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, Detroit Free Press, London’s Mail on Sunday, Triad Business News, Village Voice, News & Record, and Chronicle of Higher Education • Magazines: 25 magazines, including Museum and Arts, Spin, Playboy, Golden Road, Photo, Relix, Dupree’s Diamond News, Q, Atlantic Monthly, Slate, and All Women • Radio: 36 shows, including those on WNYC, WUNC, NPR, NRS (Canadian Broadcasting System), and BBC • Television: 16 shows, including those on ABC, MSNBC, MTV, HBO, Entertainment Tonight, and local stations nation-wide • Films: appeared as expert on music subculture in “Dreadheads” • Podcasts: Rock “N” Roll Archeology Project • Book Authors: 3, Jesse Jarnow, Joanne Colangelo, Parke Puterbaugh

Junior League Project (1985), Greensboro News and Record

Davidson County Study (1985), project covered in 5 local newspapers and 5 local radio stations

Office of Planning and Assessment (2011), The Chronicle of Higher Education

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