Behavioral and Social Sciences
Executive Committee - 2008

CHAIR

Ellen L. Idler, PhD
Rutgers University
Health Care Policy Institute
30 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 932-7516
Fax: (732) 932-6872
EMAIL: idler@rci.rutgers.edu

CHAIR-ELECT

Karen A. Roberto, PhD
Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University
237 Wallace Hall (0426)
Center for Gerontology
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-7657
FAX: (540) 231-7157
EMAIL: kroberto@vt.edu

IMMEDIATE PAST-CHAIR 

Peter A. Lichtenberg, PhD
Wayne State University
Institute of Gerontology
87 East Ferry Street
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 577-2297
Fax: (313) 875-0127
EMAIL: p.lichtenberg@wayne.edu

NEXT IMMEDIATE PAST-CHAIR

Deborah T. Gold, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3003
Durham, NC 27710
(919) 660-7530
Fax: (919) 684-8569
EMAIL: dtg@geri.duke.edu

SECRETARY-TREASURER/FINANCE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE

MEMBER-AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVE

Martha R. Crowther, PhD, MPH
Department of Psychology
348 Gordon Palmer Hall
505 Hackberry Lane
PO Box 870348
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-7802
(205) 348-7802
Fax: (205) 348-8648
EMAIL: mrcrowther@ua.edu

MEMBER-AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVE

Janet M. Wilmoth, PhD
Syracuse University
Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244
(315) 443-5053
Fax: (315) 443-1081
EMAIL: jwilmoth@maxwell.syr.edu

MEMBER-AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVE

Linda A. Wray, PhD
Department of Biobehavioral Health
Pennsylvania State University
315 Health and Human Development East
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-0764
Fax: (814) 863-7525
EMAIL: law30@psu.edu

MEMBER-AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVE

Becca Levy, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine
Dept Epidemiology & Pubic Health
60 College St, PO Box 208034
New Haven, CT 06525
(203) 785-2869
FAX: (203) 785-6980
EMAIL: becca.levy@yale.edu

MEMBER-AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVE

Nancy E. Schoenberg, PhD
University of Kentucky
Department Behavioral Sciences
125 College Medicine Office Building
Lexington, KY 40536-0086
(859) 323-8175
FAX: (859) 323-5350
EMAIL: nesch@uky.edu

MEMBER-AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVE

Carol J. Whitlatch, PhD
The Benjamin Rose Institute
Margaret Blenkner Research Institute
11900 Fairhill Road Suite 300
Cleveland, OH 44120-1053
(216) 373-1629
FAX: (216) 373-1813
EMAIL: cwhitlat@benrose.org

AWARDS COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE

Margaret Gatz, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Southern California
3620 McClintock Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061
(213) 740-2212
FAX: (213) 746-5994
EMAIL: gatz@usc.edu

FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR

Richard Schulz, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
121 University Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 624-5442
FAX: (412) 624-4810
EMAIL: schulz@pitt.edu

HUMANITIES & ARTS COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE

Judith C. Hays, PhD
3605 Stonegate Drive
Durham, NC 27705-5475
(919) 660-7556
EMAIL: Judith.Hays@duke.edu

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR

Hector M. Gonzalez, PhD
Wayne State University
Institute of Gerontology
Department of Family Medicine
87 East Ferry Street
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 577-2297
Fax: (734) 998-6837
EMAIL: hmgonzalez@med.wayne.edu

PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE

Janet M. Wilmoth, PhD
Syracuse University
Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244
(315) 443-5053
FAX: (315) 443-1081
EMAIL: jwilmoth@maxwell.syr.edu

RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND PRACTICE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE

Martha R. Crowther, PhD, MPH
Department of Psychology
348 Gordon Palmer Hall
505 Hackberry Lane
PO Box 870348
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-7802
(205) 348-7802
Fax: (205) 348-8648
EMAIL: mrcrowther@ua.edu

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE/TASK FORCE ON PUBLICATIONS REPRESENTATIVE

Karl A. Pillemer, PhD
Cornell University
Department of Human Development
MVR Hall, 644
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 255-8086
Fax: (607) 255-8767
E-MAIL: kap6@cornell.edu

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE

Toni M. Calasanti, PhD
Department of Sociology
Virginia Tech
560 McBryde Hall (0137)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-8961
FAX: (540) 231-3860
EMAIL: toni@vt.edu

TASK FORCE ON MINORITY ISSUES REPRESENTATIVE

Yang (Claire) Yang, PhD, MS
Department of Sociology
The University of Chicago
1126 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 834-1113
Fax: (773) 702-4849
EMAIL: yangy@uchicago.edu

TASK FORCE ON ORGANIZATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTERS REPRESENTATIVE

Ronald P. Abeles, PhD
Building 31C, Room B1c11
MSC 2027
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-2027
(301) 496-7859
FAX: (301) 435-8779
EMAIL: abeles@nih.gov

TF ON WOMEN REPRESENTATIVE

Madonna Harrington Meyer, PhD
Syracuse University
Gerontology Center
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244
(315) 443-9440
FAX: (315) 443-1081
EMAIL: mhm@maxwell.syr.edu

TASK FORCE ON INTEREST GROUPS REPRESENTATIVE

Lori B. Frank, PhD
United BioSource Corporation
Center for Health Outcomes Research
7101 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 600
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 986-6762
Fax: (301) 654-9864
EMAIL: lori.frank@unitedbiosource.com

EMERGING SCHOLAR AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION REPRESENATIVE

Katherine S. Morris
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
University of Illinois
906 S. Goodwin Avenue
338 Louise Freer Hall
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-2427
Fax: (217) 333-3124
E-MAIL: ksmorri1@uiuc.edu

EMERGING SCHOLAR AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE

Patrick J. Doyle, BA
909 Walker Avenue
Apt 2109a
Baltimore, MD 21228
(401) 508-0665
EMAIL: pdoyle@umbc.edu

BSS AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIR

Peter A. Lichtenberg, PhD
Wayne State University
Institute of Gerontology
87 East Ferry Street
Detroit, MI 48202
(313) 577-2297
Fax: (313) 875-0127
EMAIL: p.lichtenberg@wayne.edu