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Frank J. Whittington, PhD
Frank J. Whittington, PhD, is professor emeritus of gerontology, Department of Social Work, at George Mason University, and professor emeritus of sociology at Georgia State Univers...view moreFrank J. Whittington, PhD, is professor emeritus of gerontology, Department of Social Work, at George Mason University, and professor emeritus of sociology at Georgia State University (GSU), where he was both a faculty member (1973–95) and director (1995–2008) of the Gerontology Institute. His research interests focus on the social dimensions of health and health care of older persons, especially African Americans. His publications include 11 books and more than 60 articles and chapters on health behavior, medication use, long-term care, and global aging. Based on research funded by the National Institute on Aging, he coauthored, with five colleagues at the GSU Gerontology Institute, Communities of Care: Assisted Living for African Americans, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 2005. More recent projects include The International Handbook on Aging, coedited with Erdman Palmore of Duke University and Suzanne Kunkel of Miami University, and the first edition of Global Aging: Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course, coauthored with Suzanne Kunkel and Scott Brown of Miami University. Dr. Whittington has served as the president of the Southern Gerontological Society, from which he received the Gordon Streib Academic Gerontologist Award in 2009; he also received the 2010 Clark Tibbitts Award for outstanding contributions to academic gerontology from the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.view less