Christopher R. Wellin current CV

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CURRICULUM VITAE September 2016
Christopher R. Wellin Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Illinois State University
Address
Office Home
Department of Sociology &Anthropology 1110 South Fell Ave.
Schroder Hall, Rm. 383 Normal, IL, 61761-3639
Campus Box 4660 (309) 808-0875
Normal, IL, 61790-4660
Office: (309) 438-7698
Fax: (309) 438-5378
Email: cwellin@ilstu.edu
Employment
2015—present Associate Professor of Sociology, Coordinator of Gerontology Programs
Illinois State University
2009—2015 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Coordinator of Gerontology Programs,
Illinois State University
2001—2008 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Research Fellow,
Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University
2000—2001 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Working Families
An A.P. Sloan Center, University of California, Berkeley
Education
1998-2000 Post-doctoral Trainee, NIA/AHRQ, Health Services Research,
University of California, San Francisco
1997 Ph.D. Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Dissertation: "Liberation Technology? Workers’ Knowledge and the
Micro-Politics of Adopting Computer Automation in Industry.”
Dissertation Advisor: Arthur L. Stinchcombe
1990 M.A. Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
M.A. Thesis "The Moral Order and Career Mobility: Tension as
Revealed in the Case of Theatrical Technicians."
Thesis Advisor: Howard S. Becker

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1989 B.A. Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(Summa cum laude)
Honors Thesis: "Alzheimer’s Disease and the Social
Transformation of Self." Thesis Advisor: Dale J. Jaffe
ResearchInterests
Aging/ social gerontology, chronic illness and care-giving, work and occupations, ethnography
and qualitative methods, social interaction/social psychology, teaching/pedagogy
Courses Taught
Introduction to Gerontology, Senior Experience in Sociology (capstone seminar for majors),
Sociology of Aging and the Life Course, Aging, Self, and Society, Social Inequality, Field
Methods in Social Research, School and Society, Work and Occupations, Social Problems,
Changing Terrain of Work and Retirement in the U.S. (undergraduate/graduate), Advanced
Theory and Knowledge Construction in Gerontology (graduate), Seminar on College Teaching
(graduate).
Publications (Peer Reviewed)
Wellin, C. and B. Hollister (2012) “Societal Aging in the U.S.: Impact on Health,
Economic Security, and Retirement. Pp. 101-15 in G. W. Muschert, et al., (eds) Agenda
for Social Justice, Solutions 2012 (Knoxville, TN: Society for the Study of Social
Problems).
Wellin, C. (2010). “Growing Pains in the Sociology of Aging and the Life Course: A
Review Essay on Recent Textbooks.” Teaching Sociology, Vol. 38, No. 4: 373-382.
Carr, D., C. Wellin, and H. Reece. (2009) “Arts and Aging Research: Revealing an Elusive but
Promising Direction for the Era of the Third Age.” Journal of Arts, Humanities,
And Aging, Vol. 3, No. 3: 199-221.
Jaffe, D.J. and C. Wellin. (2008) “June’s Troubled Transition: Adjustment to Residential Care
For Older Adults with Dementia.” Care Management Journals, Vol. 9, No. 3: 128-137.
Wellin, C. (2008) “Telling Tales Out of School: Dilemmas of Race and Inclusiveness in the
Liberal Academy.” The American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 51, No. 5: 686-708.
Wellin, C. (2007) “Narrative Interviewing: Process and Benefits in Teaching about Aging
And the Life Course.” Gerontology & Geriatrics Education,
Vol. 28, No. 1: 79-99.
Estes, C.L., K. Linkins, S. Shostack, C. Goldberg, C. Wellin, R. Beard. (2006). “Implications of
Welfare Reform for the Elderly: A Case Study of Provider, Advocate, and Consumer
Perspectives.” Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Vol. 18, No. 1: 41-63.

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Wellin, C. (2006). “Scrutinizing Familial Care in Consumer-Directed Long Term Care
Programs: Implications for Theory and Research.” Pp. 195-220 in S. Kunkel
And V. Wellin (Eds.) Consumer Voice and Choice in Long-Term Care. New York:
Springer.
Estes, C.L. , C. Wellin, D.D. Ogawa, & T.A. Weitz. (2006). “History of Health Care Policy
For the Elderly.” Pp. 490-496 in R. Schulz, et al. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Aging (Fourth
Ed.). New York: Springer.
Wellin, C. and D.J. Jaffe (2004). “In Search of Personal Care: Challenges to
Identity Support in Residential Care for Elders with Cognitive Illness.” Journal of Aging
Studies, Vol. 18, No. 3 (August): 275-295.
*(A previous version was published as Working Paper # 22 in series: Center for Working
Families, University of California, Berkeley. http:// workingfamilies.berkeley.edu.)
Wellin, C. and G.A. Fine. (2001). "Ethnography as Work: Career Socialization, Settings, and
Problems." Pp. 323-38 in Paul Atkinson, et al.(eds). Handbook of Ethnography.
Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. (Reprinted in softbound edition, 2007)
Estes. C.L. and C. Wellin. (2000). "Health Policy Analysis." in Edgar F. Borgatta and Marie L.
Borgatta (eds.) Encyclopedia of Sociology, (2nd Ed.) New York: Macmillan.
Wellin, C. (1996). "Life at Lake Home: An Ethnographic Performance in Six Voices, An Essay
on Method in Two." Qualitative Sociology, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Winter) Pp.497-516
Wellin, C. (1996). "Teaching as Modeling Inquiry" Pp.74-80 in Kenneth Allan & Melinda
Messineo (Eds.) Training Teaching Assistants (2nd Ed.) Washington, DC: ASA Teaching
Resources Center. (Reprinted in Graduate Student Instructor and Teaching Assistant
Program Development, 3rd Edition. Edited by Melinda Messineo. ASA T.R.C.
Wellin, C. (1993). "Careers in Art Worlds" Dilemmas of Mobility in Theater Work." Pp.247-276
in Muriel Cantor & Cheryl Zollars (Eds.) Creators of Culture: Current Research on
Occupations and Professions, Vol. 8. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Jaffe, D. J. and C. Wellin. (1989). "The Nature of Problematic Homesharing Matches: The Case
of Share-A-Home of Milwaukee." Pp.181-193 in Dale J. Jaffe (Ed.) Shared Housing for
the Elderly. Greenwood Press: Westport, CT
ResearchMonograph/Commissioned or Technical Reports
Wellin, C. (2008). “Paid Caregiving for Older Adults with Serious or Chronic Illness:
Ethnographic Perspectives, Evidence, and Implications for Training.” Paper
Commissioned by the National Academies Center for Education on Research Evidence

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Related to Future Skill Demands. Washington, DC.
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cfe/Future_Skill_Demands.html
Wellin, C. and C. S. Kart. (2007). “Enhancing the Performance of Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Programs in Ohio: A State-Level Case Study.” A report submitted to the Cleveland
Foundation. (Research conducted in conjunction with the Institute for Health & Aging,
UCSF).
Estes, C.L., K. Linkins, S. Goldberg, C. Wellin, S. Shostack. (2001). “”Implications of Welfare
Reform for the Elderly: Provider, Advocate, and Consumer Perspectives.” A report
Submitted to the San Francisco Foundation.
Book Reviews and Review Essays
Wellin, C. (2014). Review of “Retirement on the Line” by Caitrin Lynch.The American
Anthropologist, Vol. 116, No. 3 (August): 685-86.
Wellin, C. (2014). “Documentary Film, Teaching, and the Accumulation of Sociological
Insight:The Work of Richard Broadman.” Teaching Sociology, Vol 41, No. 4 (October):
403-407.
Wellin, C. (2003). Review of "The Elusive Quest: Accountability in Hospitals" by
Carolyn L. Wiener. Qualitative Sociology, Vol. 26, No. 1(Spring): 131-135.
Wellin, C. (2002). Review of "Caring and Doing for Others” edited by Alice S. Rossi. in
In Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 32, No. 1 (January): 32-34.
Wellin, C. (1999). “Researching Technicians’ (and Others’) Work: The Key to Understanding is
Practice." Qualitative Sociology, Vol.22, No.1 (Spring): 73-82. [Review Essay]
Fine, G.A. and C. Wellin. (1999), "Tricks and Reveries." Qualitative Sociology, Vol. 22, No.1
(Spring): 93-98 [Review Essay]
Manuscripts under review or forthcoming
Wellin, C. (Ed.) Critical Gerontology Comes of Age. Under contract at Routledge/Taylor &
Francis Publishers. Submitting for external review, late 2016.
Wellin, C. and D. J. Jaffe. "Clock Time and Story Time: Narrative Dimensions of Care
for the Fragile Self.” Revising to resubmit to Symbolic Interaction. An earlier version
appeared in the Working Paper # 58 in Series, Center for Working Families, a Sloan
Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jaffe, D.J. and C. Wellin. “Treatment for Dying Selves: Realities of Work and Care in
an ‘Alzheimer's’ Group Home." Revising to resubmit to Journal of Aging Studies.

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Wellin, C. and C. Caronna. “Career Considerations and Challenges in Post-Doctoral
Fellowships for Sociologists in Health Services Research.” Revising to submit to
American Sociologist.
Papers presented (or accepted) at professional meetings
M. Schmeeckle and C. Wellin. “Fostering Independent Undergraduate Research to Explore
Global Connections and Social Worlds.” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study
Of Social Problems, Seattle, WA. August 2016.
Wellin, C. “Career Contributions of Howard S. Becker”: A Panel Celebrating a Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems.” Annual
Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, IL. August 2015
K. Raynor and C. Wellin. “Evidence Based Health Programs in the Community for Elders: A
Formative Evaluation of Participation.” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of
Social Problems, Chicago, IL. August 2015
Wellin, C. “Exemplars of Qualitative Health Research: Contributions of Leonard Schatzman,”
Annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA.
August 2014
Wellin, C. and C. Mallory. “Benefits and Challenges of Discourse across Professional
Boundaries: An Imperative in Serving Older and/or Disabled People in the Community,”
Annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA.
August 2014
Wellin, C. “Evidence Based Practice in Health and Human Services: Keys to Critique from a
Sociological Perspective.” Annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social
Problems, New York, NY. August 2013.
Wellin, C. “Involving Faculty Members in the Internship Process.” Annual meeting of the
Illinois Cooperative Education and Internship Association, Normal, IL April 2013.
Wellin, C. “Undergraduate Research, Interactionism, and Re-constructing Social Problems.
Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. March, 2013.
Wellin, C. “Making Gray Gold: A Twenty-Year Retrospective.” Annual Meetings of the
Society for the Study of Social Problems, Denver, CO. August 2012.
Wellin, C. and C. Kart. “Advocating for the Aged and Disabled in Community-Based Care: the
Promise and Limitations of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.” Annual Meeting
of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Denver, CO. August 2012.

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Wellin, C. and C. Mallory. “Developing a Network of Teachers, Researchers, and Clinicians to
Support Student Learning about Aging, Health, and Disability. Annual Teaching and
Learning Symposium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL. January 2012.
Wellin, C. “Meanings and Benefits of Interdisciplinary Education: Reflecting on Gerontology
in the Development of Students in Health and Social Service Fields.” Annual Teaching
and Learning Symposium, Illinois State University. Normal, IL. January 2011.
Wellin, C. “ Integrating Cohort Analysis and Narrative Interviewing: The Case of the G.I. Bill
and Expansion of the Post-WWII Professoriate.” Annual Meetings of the Society for the
Study of Social Problems. Atlanta, GA. August 2010.
D. Carr, C. Wellin, and H. Reece. “The Arts and Creativity in the Third Age: an Elusive
But Promising Theme in Aging Research.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study
of Social Problems, New York, N.Y. August 2007.
Wellin, C. and K. Stock. “Mutuality and Mentoring: How Integrating Social Gerontology and
Clinical Fields Enhances Both Teaching and Practice.” Annual Meeting of the
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), Portland, OR, March 2007
Wellin, C., C. Kart, and M.E. Stone. “Assessing Challenges Facing the Long-Term Care
Ombudsman Program in Ohio.” Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society
Of America, Dallas, November 2006
Wellin, C. “Enhancing Interdisciplinary Connections.” American Sociological Association,
Montreal, Canada. August 2006
Wellin, C. and C.L. Estes. “Embattled Advocates for Aging Services and the Fragility
Of the Non-Profit Sector.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social
Problems, Montreal, Canada. August 2006.
Cherney, J., J. Dolmage, K. Hutchinson, C. Lewiecki-Wilson, J. Lynch, K. McMahon-
Klosterman, C. Wellin. “Developing a Disability Studies Curriculum.” Annual
meeting of the Society for Disability Studies, Bethesda, MD. June 2006.
Wellin, C. “Narrative Interviewing: Benefits and Risks in Undergraduate Courses on Aging and
the Life Course.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher
Education, Indianapolis, IN: February 2006
Wellin, C. and C. Caronna. “Negotiating Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Health Services
Research.” Annual Meetings of the ASA, San Francisco, CA: August 2004.
Wellin, C. “Problematizing Familial Care Decisions in Consumer-Directed Long-
Term Care.” 4th Annual Carework Conference, San Francisco, CA: August 2004.

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Carr, D. and C. Wellin. “The Arts, Creativity, and Educational Programming for Older
Adults: A Marginal Theme in Social Gerontology.” Annual Meetings of the
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Richmond, VA, March 2004.
Wellin, C. “Narrative Interviewing: Process and Product in Teaching Sociology of Aging and the
Life Course.” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association (ASA),
Atlanta, GA, August 2003.
Wellin, C. “Integrating Theory and Practice in Gerontology: Narrative vs. Prescriptive
Accounts.” Annual Meetings of the Ohio Association for Gerontology and Education,
Dayton, OH, March 2003.
Wellin, C. and D.J. Jaffe. "Clock Time and Story Time: Tensions in Paid Care for the Fragile
Self in Alzheimer's Disease." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Chicago, IL, August 2002.
Wellin, C. and D. J. Jaffe. "Consumer Direction and the Commodification of Care."
Panel members at the Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America,
Chicago, IL, November 2001.
Wellin, C. "Framing (Social Problems), Funding, and Field Research: Community Mental Health
and the NIMH." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Anaheim, CA, August 2001.
Estes, C.L., K. Linkins, S. Shostak, C. Wellin, and R. Beard. "Unintended Consequences of
Welfare Devolution for Provision of Health and Social Services to the Aged in San
Francisco." Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco,
CA, November 2000.
Wellin, C. and D.J. Jaffe. "Multiple Realities of Work and Care in an 'Alzheimer's' Group
Home." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Washington, D.C., August 2000.
Wellin, C. and G.A. Fine. "Ethnography as an Occupation." Annual Meetings of the ASA,
Chicago, IL, August 1999.
Wellin, C. "Paradoxes of Work and Care in an 'Alzheimer's' Group Home." Institute for Health
and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, May 1999.
Wellin, C. "Managers’ Rhetorics of Workers’ Skill in Introducing Computer-Automation in
Industry." Annual Meetings of the ASA, San Francisco, CA, August 1998
Wellin, C. and B. Beck."Managing and Honoring Career Inactivity in the Arts: Variations in
Theater Work." Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction,
San Francisco, CA, August 1998.

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Wellin, C. "Negotiating Technical Change in Industry: An Ethnographic Case-Study of the
Appropriation of Shop Floor Skill." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Toronto, Canada.
August 1997.
Wellin, C. and B. Beck. "Modeling Inquiry as a Principle in Teacher’s Training."
Annual Meetings of the ASA, Toronto, Canada, August 1997
Wellin, C. and D. Shulman. "Representations of Theorizing in Field Research: From Prescriptive
to Experiential Models." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Washington, D.C., August 1995.
Wellin, C. Principal organizer for conference: "Critical Methods in the Study of Culture." Center
for International Studies, Northwestern University, October 1995.
Wellin, C. "The Critical Dimension in Evaluation Research: A Sociology of Knowledge
Approach." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Los Angeles, CA, August 1994.
Wellin, C. "Research, Identity, and Estrangement." Invited lecture to the ASA Honors Program,
Annual Meetings of the ASA, Los Angeles, CA, August 1994.
Wellin, C. "Adaptation to Computer-Automation in Industry: A Case Study of Changing Skill
Demands." National Science Foundation Seminar on Race, Poverty, and Urban
Inequality, University of Chicago, October 1993.
Wellin, C. "Performance, Realism, and (Re) Presenting Social Life." Annual Meetings of the
ASA, Miami, FL, August 1993.
Wellin, C. "Didactic Session on Planning and Implementing Field Studies." Annual Meetings of
the ASA, Miami, FL. August 1993
Wellin, C. "Dilemmas of Mobility in Art Worlds." Annual Meetings of the ASA, Pittsburgh, PA,
August 1992.
Jaffe, D. J., C. Wellin, and S. Steely. "Creating Alzheimer’s disease and Destroying the Self:
An ethnography of dementia." Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of
America (GSA), Boston, MA. November 1990.
Wellin, C. "The Structure of Loneliness: Power and Interaction in an Alzheimer’s Group Home."
Annual Meetings of the ASA, Washington, D.C. August 1990.
Wellin, C. "The Social Organization of Technical Theater Work in Chicago." Center for
Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts. Northwestern University. November 1990.
Wellin, C. "Problems of Writing and Analysis in Qualitative Sociology." Annual Meetings of the
ASA, San Francisco, CA, August 1989.

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Wellin, C. "Alzheimer’s Disease and the Social Transformation of Self." Annual Meetings of the
American Sociological Association (ASA), Atlanta, GA, August 1988
Invited or Departmental Lecture
Wellin, C. “Hidden but Essential Work: The Impact and Complexity of Hospice Volunteering.”
Invited keynote presentation to staff of Advocate-Bromenn Hospice, Bloomington, IL
April 2015
Wellin, C. “Evidence Based Practice in Health and Human Services: A Critique and Research
Agenda from a Sociological Perspective. Departmental colloquium, Department of
Sociology & Anthropology, Illinois State University. Normal, IL, September 2014.
Wellin, C. “Generational Changes in Retirement Patterns. Invited lecture at Westminster
Village Retirement Community. Bloomington, IL, July 2013.
Wellin, C. “Applying Research to Enhance Quality of Life for People with Dementia and
their Caregivers.” Invited keynote presentation for the Family Forum of the
Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Illinois. Normal, IL, August 2011.
Wellin, C. “Integrating Cohort Analysis with Narrative Interviewing: The Post WWII
G.I. Bill and its Impact on Academic Careers. Gerontology speaker series,
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, January 2011.
Wellin. C. Discussant for Session on Institutional Ethnography: “Speaking to ‘The System’:
Diagnosis, Access, and Services from Users' Perspectives.” Society for the Study of
Social Problems, Boston, MA, July 2008.
Wellin, C. “The Arts and Creativity in Gerontological Research: Findings and Implications of
Content Analysis for Understanding the Third Age.” California State University,
East Bay, Hayward, CA, April 2008.
Wellin, C. “Paid Caregiving for the Aged and Disabled: A Challenge and Agenda for Medical
Sociology.” Howard University, Washington, DC. April 2008.
Wellin, C. “Themes and Implications of Ethnographic Research of Paid Caregiving.”
Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, February 2008.
Wellin, C. “Karl Mannheim’s Sociology of Knowledge, and Contemporary Political Discourse.”
Salem State College, Salem, MA, January 2008.
Wellin, C. “Paid Caregiving for Older Adults with Serious or Chronic Illness: Ethnographic
Perspectives, Evidence, and Implications for Training.” Presented to the National
Academies Center for Education. Washington, DC. May, 2007

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Wellin, C. and C. S. Kart. “Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Program in Ohio.” Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University. September, 2006.
Wellin, C. "The Denial of Fun in Late Life: A Critique of Academic Gerontology."
Lecture in honor of Bernard Beck, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University.
May, 2006.
Wellin, C. “Telling Tales out of School: Dilemmas of Race and Inclusiveness in the Liberal
Academy.” Departmental Colloquium, Miami University. Miami University, October,
2005.
Wellin, C. “Developing a Reflective, Ethnographic Perspective on the Annual Meetings.”
Presentation to the Honors Program of the American Sociological Association, (2001-
2004). [Part of the orientation to ASA Honors Program participants.]
Wellin, C. “In Search of Personal Care.” Departmental Colloquium, Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, OH, March 2004.
Wellin, C. “Organizational Culture: Notes from an Ethnographic Case Study of Technical
Change in Industry.” Sociology of Culture series, University of California, Davis, CA,
October 1998.
Service to the Profession
Mid-West Regional Representative of the ASA Honors Program, 1988-89
Vice-President, ASA Honors Program Student Society, 1989-90
Member, Steering Committee of the Carework Network, 2004-2006
Member, Program Committee, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, 2005-2008
Chair, Division on Youth, Aging, and the Life Course, Society for the Study of Social Problems,
2009-2011.
Participant in Mentorship Program of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2009—
present.
Deputy Editor, Teaching Sociology (2011-2013)
Member, Membership and Outreach Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems
(Elected position), 2016-’18.
Reviewer of articles for American Journal of Sociology, American Anthropologist, The
Gerontologist, The Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Sociological Perspectives,
Qualitative Research, Qualitative Sociology, Teaching Sociology, Health Services
Research, Sociology of Education, JAI Series on Work/Occupations. Reviewer of book
prospectus and manuscript for Palgrave Press.
Professional Associations
American Sociological Association Gerontological Society of America
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education Society for Study of Symbolic Interaction

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Association for Professionals in Aging Carework Network
Society for the Study of Social Problems Society for Disability Studies
Service to the Community
Member, Community Health Advisory Committee, McLean County Health Department
(2012)
Board Member, Senior Citizens, Inc. of Butler County, OH 2003-2006
Faculty Advisor, Miami University, to Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Butler County, OH 2004-
2007.
Other Grants, Awards, and Honors
Dale J. Jaffe and Christopher Wellin, "The Survey of Barter Homesharing Participants:
Major Findings and Analysis," Interfaith Program for the Elderly, Milwaukee, WI,
1986 ($5,000.00)
Dale J. Jaffe and Christopher Wellin, "Elderly Housing Issues in Milwaukee: Results from
the 1987 Key Informant Survey," Interfaith Program for the Elderly, Milwaukee,
WI, 1987 ($5,000.00)
University Honors Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1987
Selected as participant in ASA Honors Program, 1988
Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1989.
Research Fellowship, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts, Northwestern
University, 1989-1991 ($10,500).
Research fellowship, Russell Sage Foundation, Faculty Sponsor: Roberto Fernandez
Research and training fellowship in poverty, race, and urban inequality, sponsored by National
Science Foundation and Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University,
1991-93
Robert Boguslaw Award for humanistic scholarship on technology and society, sponsored by the
ASA Section on Environment and Technology, 1999
Research grant: "Context and Implications of Family-Care Decisions in Consumer-Directed
Long-Term Care." Ohio Long-Term Care Research Project. 2002-03 ($20,000).
Outstanding Professor Nominee, Associated Student Government of Miami University,
2003, 2004, 2005.
Research grant: “Enhancing the Performance of Long-Term Care Ombudsmen in Ohio.”
The Cleveland Foundation. ($50,000) [Co-PI with Cary S. Kart, Ph.D.] 2007.
Invited Panelist to Workshop on Research Evidence Related to Future Skill Demands,
National Academies of Science, Washington, DC. August, 2007.
New Faculty Initiative Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University. 2010.
Excellence Award for Outstanding Teaching—Pre-Tenure. College of Arts & Sciences,
Illinois State University. April 2012.

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References
Professor Jean Lynch* Professor Carroll L. Estes*
Department of Sociology & Gerontology Department of Social & Behavioral Science
Miami University-Middletown University of California, San Francisco
Johnston Hall, Rm. 213 3333 N. California Street, Suite 340
Middletown, OH 45042 San Francisco, CA 94118
(513) 727-3259 CarrollEstes.gmail.com
lynchjm@muohio.edu
Professor Toni Calasanti* , Professor Dale Dannefer
Department of Sociology Department of Sociology
Virginia Tech University Case Western Reserve University
560 McBryde Hall 10900 Euclid Ave.
Blacksburgh, VA Mather Memorial Building
(540) 231-8971 Cleveland, OH 44106-7124
toni@vt.edu Dale.Dannefer@case.edu
(* indicates faculty references who have prepared letters, available on request.)