Research Summary
Principal Investigator, Dissemination of an electronic medical registry for end-of-life preferences. Principal Investigator, Utah Humanities Council Oral History Grant. Principal Investigator, Bernard Osher Foundation grant to establish Institute of Lifelong Learning.
Education
- Ed.D, Lifelong and Comparative Education, University of London, Institute of Education. Project: International Dimensions of Lifelong Learning, Academic Conceptions of the United States Peace Corps
- MPA, Public Administration, University of Utah. Project: Barriers and Incentives to University Teaching with Technology
- BA, English, University of California, Berkeley
- Certificate in Teaching Ethics, Anderson School of Business, University of New Mexico
Biography
Anne Palmer is a policy and research leader in University-community engagement who has created new interdisciplinary and international programs. She initiated the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, which provides education to older adults at the University of Utah. She was appointed to the Utah Commission on Aging in 2005, and became Executive Director in 2012. She is leading a state-wide study of needs and trends in senior housing which is now being tested against AARP’s livability indexes. With her Aging SMART (Services for Meaningful Access to Resources and Technology) Commission on Aging team, her committee set the groundwork for establishing the Utah Aging & Disability Resource Connection, whose services now benefit Utah veterans.
She documents life stories of older people through the collection and dissemination of oral histories, teaches international dimensions of lifelong learning, and specializes in University academic programming and organizational development to meet the changing needs of learners.
Anne completed her Doctorate in Education in 2009 at the University of London Institute of Education. Her master’s is in Public Administration, and her bachelor’s is from the University of California, Berkeley.