Vern Bengtson Ph.D.
AARP University Professor of Gerontology,
Professor of Sociology, and
Director of the Division of Social and Behavioral Services Research, Aging families, grandparenthood, social-change theories of aging.

Courses Taught

Gero 585 The Aging Family (2 or 4, Sm) Family processes and structure in families with aged persons will be reviewed, including marital and family therapy and intervention strategies.

Gero 592 Multidisciplinary Research Seminar in Aging (2, max 8, FaSp) Multidisciplinary perspectives on current research in gerontology, including physiology, neurobiology, health and medicine, psychology, sociology, and public policy. Topics will change each semester.

Gero 628 Theories of Aging (4) An examination of the nature and adequacy of existing explanations of aging. Focus will be on psychological, sociological, and biological paradigms, and on the epistemology of theory.

Soci 150gm Social Problems (4, Fa) Analysis of factors in current American social problems: crime, delinquency, prostitution, family disorganization, race relations, mental illness.

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