Professional Service

• International Association of Gerontology & Geriatrics. Abstract reviewer for World Congress. 03/2017 - 03/2017
• Research on Aging. Manuscript Reviewer. 05/2014 - 05/2014
• Soclal Sciences & Humanities Research Council - Canada (Federal Agency). Ad Hoc Reviewer for Insight Grants Program. 02/2014 - 02/2014
• LGBT Health. Manuscript Reviewer. 01/2014 - 05/2014
• Aging and Mental Heatlh. Editorial Board Member. 07/2013 - present
• Anxiety, Stress, and Coping. Manuscript Reviewer. 03/2012 - present
• Developmental Psychology. Manuscript Reviewer. 08/2011 - present
• Dunhill Medical Trust, London, UK. Ad Hoc External Reviewer, Grants and Research Committee. 06/2010 - 07/2010
• Aging and Mental Health. Manuscript Reviewer. 03/2010 - present
• Journal of Applied Gerontology. Editorial Board. 07/2006 - 06/2009
• International Journal of Aging and Human Development. Editorial Board. 01/2001 - present
• Omega Journal of Death and Dying. Editorial Board. 01/1997 - present
• The Gerontologist. Manuscript Reviewer. 08/1994 - present
• Death Studies. Editorial Board. 01/1994 - 11/2020

Internal Service

• Academic Senate. Member, 08/2018 - 06/2021. University service.
• Executive Committee, Consortium for Families and Health Research (C-FAHR). 08/2017 - present. University service.
• RPT Oversight. 08/2016 - 06/2018. College service.
• Credits and Admissions Committee. 08/2013 - 06/2020. University service.
• Tenure Track Faculty Search Committee. 08/2011 - 06/2012. College service.
• Mentor for Corinna Trujillo (2nd Hartford PhD Cohort). 08/2010 - 08/2019. Other service.
• Research Committee. Chair - 2011- 2012, 07/2010 - 06/2012. College service.
• Gerontology Program Advisory Committee. 08/2009 - present. Department service.
• RPT Oversight Committee. Chair, 2009 -2010, 07/2008 - 06/2010. College service.

Community Partnership

• Utah Coalition for Caregiver Support. 08/2017 - present
• Participant - Virtual Global Forum on Aging and Health sponsored by the Alliance for Healthy and Active Ageing. 10/01/2010 - 10/12/2010

Honors & Awards

• Excellence in Teaching Award. College of Nursing, University of Utah, 09/2014
• Faculty Award – “For distinguished and exemplary service to students with disabilities”. Center for Disability Services – University of Utah, 05/2014
• 2013 Pioneer Award. Utah Aging Alliance, 10/2013
• Top 100 Nursing Professors in 2012. www.bsntomsn.org/nursing-professors/. 09/2012
• Honorable Mention, Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence in Program Innovation (For Pathfinders Demonstration Project). Gerontological Health Section - American Public Health Association, 2000
• Fellow. Gerontological Society of America, 2000
• Excellence in Research Award. College of Nursing - University of Utah, 1998
• Outstanding Alumnus Award. Dept. of Health Promotion & Education - University of Utah, 1998
• National Honor Society in Gerontology. Sigma Phi Omega, 1989

Affiliations

• Alliance for Healthy Active Ageing (AHAA), Member, 2010 - present
• Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), Member, 1993 - present
• American Association for Health Education (AAHE), Member, 1992 - present
• Gerontological Society of America (GSA), Member/Fellow, 1985 - present
• American Society on Aging (ASA), Member, 1984 - present

In the Media

• Quoted in NY Times article about some of the unique experiences of grief when experienced by men who lose a spouse or partner. 07/25/2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/health/26grief.h...
• I was quoted in the Washington Post in an article about how older adults adapt to loss. I particularly spoke about how bereaved individuals adapt over time and arrive at a level of functioning. 08/10/2010.
• Article in Salt Lake Tribune regarding my appointment to the Rice Endowed Chair in which I was interviewed about my perspective on Healthy Aging. 03/15/2010.