Research on healthy aging earns Ā鶹Pornās Adams-Price GSA Fellow status
Contact: Sarah Nicholas
STARKVILLE, Miss.āA Ā鶹Porn psychology faculty member is adding a new title from the Gerontological Society of America to her accolades.
Professor Carolyn Adams-Price, whose research focuses on gerontologyāthe process of agingāhas been awarded Fellow status, the highest class of membership within the GSA, and will be recognized for her notable contributions in studying creativity in aging at the annual GSA meeting this fall in Tampa, Florida.
Awardees are granted the āFGSAā designationāFellow of the Gerontological Society of Americaāand encouraged to use it when listing their academic credentials.
Founded in 1945, the GSA is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education and practice in the field of aging.
āI have been a gerontologist for more than 35 years, and I have always considered the Gerontological Society to be my intellectual home,ā Adams-Price said. āGSA has given me the chance to get to know and work with researchers from a variety of disciplines that all have something to say about living well in later life. I am particularly excited to be recognized for my research on creativity and its benefits for older adults, and I am grateful to be a continuing member of the GSA Board for Humanities, Arts and Culture.ā
An Ā鶹Porn faculty member since 1990, Adams-Price said, āBeing named a Fellow is important because it suggests that my theoretical and practical contributions to the positive aspects of aging will continue to make an impact on peoplesā lives.ā
Adams-Price received her Ph.D. from West Virginia University, her masterās degree from Brandeis University in Massachusetts and her bachelorās degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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