CURRICULUM VITAE
Eleanor Krassen Covan
812 Jackey’s Creek
Lane, S.E.
Leland, North
Carolina 28451
(910) 962-3435 (Campus)
(910) 962-7385
(fax)
(910) 383-0540
(Home)
Date
of Birth September 18, 1949
Education
September 1974 - Ph.D.
in sociology, University of California,
January
1979 San Francisco (U.C. Medical
Center), Degree, January 1979
September 1970 - M.A.
in sociology, Temple University
February
1973
September 1966 - A.B.
in sociology, Temple University
May 1970
Areas of Specialization
Gerontology,
Applied research and evaluation methods, Life history review (Curator, Covan
Life History Collection, 120 life stories of women in the 60s, 70s 80s and
90s), Women's health, Impact of disaster on elderly
Administrative
and Research Experience
Position/Dates Institution
and Responsibilities
July 1999 – Present Director
of Gerontology
The
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, College of Arts and Sciences.
Direct graduate and undergraduate gerontology programs. Broaden university agenda regarding
teaching, research and service in gerontology.
Expand
gerontology service-learning opportunities for gerontology students.
2001 – Present Editor-in-Chief, Health Care for Women International, Journal of the International Council on Women’s Health Issues (ICOWHI. Taylor and Francis Publishers, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
1991 – July 1999 Gerontology
Coordinator
The
University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Develop and coordinate interdisciplinary
gerontology minor, advise students, coordinate course offerings, plan
post-baccalaureate
certificate
program.
1979-1984
Planning Director
Kern County Economic
Opportunity Corporation
Grant writing, program development and evaluation,
and community organization. Prepare
annual reports for county wide-community action agency.
Teaching
Date Responsibilities
1985 - Present Department
of Sociology and Criminal Justice, The University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Present rank, Professor of Sociology with tenure.
1997 Faculty
Exchange, University of Heidelberg, Germany, July 1997. Department of Sociology with Professor
Thomas Klein.
1984 - 1985 Lecturer,
full-time, California State College, Bakersfield.
Courses
Taught:
Social Services and Social Problems
Sociology of Social Work
Sociology of Health and Illness
Sociology of Organizational and
Administrative Behavior
Social Gerontology
Senior Seminar for Education Majors
January - March 1984 Lecturer, part-time, California State College,
Bakersfield. Sociology of Health and
Illness, with Robert J. Maxwell.
January - March 1982 Lecturer, part-time, California State College, Bakersfield. Sociology of Social Work.
May 1980 - May 1985 Instructor,
University of San Francisco, College of Professional Studies in Organizational
Behavior Program.(Instructor in Bakersfield, California).
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Organizational Behavior
Social Psychology
Research Methods in Organizations
Descriptive Statistics
Organizational Communications
Managing Organizational Change
Research Methods/Senior Project
September 1980 - Instructor,
Bakersfield College. Sociology of Aging.
January 1981
May 1978 Lecturer,
University of California, San Francisco.
"An Application of Continuous Comparative Analysis to the Study of
the Aged."
January - June 1976 Instructor, Chabot College, Hayward, California. Marriage
and the Family.
Position/Dates Institution
and Responsibilities
Post-doctoral Fellow Gerontological Society of America.
Summer
1988 Consultantship with
Billings Area Indian Health Service.
Field work with Northern Cheyenne and Blackfeet Indian Nations.
Planning Director Kern
County Economic Opportunity Corporation.
4/79 -
8/84 Evaluated programs,
prepared proposals, press releases and budgets for county-wide poverty
program. Planned and directed
county-wide commodity distribution program.
Research Analyst Pragmatica
Systems, Inc.
9/78 -
3/79 Historical
ethnographer of research organization, a Department of Energy contractor
validating energy reporting systems.
Research Assistant University
of California, San Francisco,
4/78 -
9/78 California.
Proposal
preparation, data collection, etc., on three projects concerned with
step-families, maternity wards, and medical machinery.
Research Associate Cal State College, Bakersfield,
California.
7/74 - 3/78 Proposal preparation, data
collection and analysis of NIA funded cross-cultural study of the treatment of
the aged. Supervised and trained
research assistants. Assisted in preparation
of final report for National Institute on Aging.
Research Fellow The
Gerontological Society of America.
Summer
1976 Consultantship with
Alaska State Office on Aging. Field work in Juneau, Hoonah, and Skagway.
Research Associate Philadelphia
Geriatric Center.
5/72 - 6/74 Instrument construction, data
collection and analysis of HUD funded national survey of housing for the
elderly.
Research Assistant Philadelphia
Geriatric Center.
9/70 - 5/72 Questionnaire construction and
interviewing in HUD survey of housing for the elderly.
Undergraduate Research Temple University.
Assistant Interviewing, data analysis
in family research
1969 - 1970 project.
Supervised by Robert R. Bell.
Academic
Service/Administrative Experience
A. University
of North Carolina at Wilmington
1. University Committees
a. Director, UNCW Gerontology Program,
1991-present; represent UNCW on University of North Carolina Institute on Aging
Advisory Committee
b. Chairperson, College of Arts and Sciences
Gerontology Curriculum Planning Committee, 1990-present
c. Member, Special Faculty Hearings Committee,
Summer 1992
d. Member, Recruitment Committee for position
of Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, 1989
e. Chairperson, Faculty Welfare Committee,
1987-89; 1993-97.
Completed
major revision of faculty handbook; reviewed dental plan bids; reviewed
employee benefit package; developed faculty leave proposal, etc.
f. Member,
Faculty Welfare Committee, 1986-87; 1990-92; 1997-present.
g. Chairperson, Faculty Professional Relations
Committee, 1988-89, 1994-95.
h. Elected Member, Faculty Professional
Relations Committee, 1988-89, 1995-96
i. Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Reappointment,
Promotion, and Tenure, 1987-1990
j. Member, General College Advisory Committee,
1987-1993
k. General College Advisor, 1986-1993
l. Member,
University Articulation Committee, 1997-present; work with Cape Fear Community
College faculty on collaboration agreement
m. Member, Grade Appeal Committee, Spring 1995
2. Department
Service
a. Coordinator, Gerontology Program, 1991-
present.
b. Chair, Library Committee, 1993-95
c. Member, Departmental Recruitment Social Work
Committee, 1992-93
d. Member, Departmental Graduate Program
Planning Committee, 1990-91, 1998-99
e. Member, Space Allocation Committee, 1990-91,
1993-94
f. Coordinator, Sociology Faculty, 1989-90,
1994-95
g. Member, Departmental Ad Hoc Committee on
Student Evaluation of Faculty, 1988
h. Member, Department Ad Hoc Committee, 1987-88
on RPT Procedures
i. Member, Departmental Recruitment Committees,
1985-99
j. Member,
Departmental Committee on Evaluating Advising, 1997-98.
B. California
State College, Bakersfield
Member, Gerontology Curriculum Committee,
1984-85. Personally prepared survey
report to Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, regarding feasibility of expanding
gerontology curriculum at CSC, Bakersfield.
Interviewed sample of students, faculty, and concerned community members
regarding interest in gerontology.
Member, Black Studies Committee, 1984-85
C. University of San Francisco
Member, Curriculum Committee, College of
Professional Studies, 1982-84
Consulting
Date Responsibilities
1999 Regents College Examination
Development Office.
(paid) Proficiency test in Foundations
of Gerontology.
1997-present Wilmington Interfaith Hospitality Network. Program evaluation.
(unpaid)
1996-98 New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Consultation and program development for “caregiver college.”
1995 "Reaching
Hands with Healed Hearts."
Research planning and
(unpaid) proposal
writing.
1992 New
Hanover Adolescent Health Council, Inc.
(paid) Board
Retreat, Strategic Planning Work Session. September 12, 1992.
1991 Teleconference
Participant, Southeastern Community College.
(paid) "Exploding
Myths on Aging Through Sociological Analysis and Literary Criticism." October 3, 1991.
1990-91 New
Hanover County Department of Social Services.
(unpaid) Qualitative
Program Evaluation Methods.
1990-91 New
Hanover County Department of Aging.
Qualitative
(unpaid) Program
Evaluation Methods.
1990-91 Hobbs
Financial Advisors. Assistance in
designing retirement planning workshops.
Date Responsibilities
1988 Billings
Area Indian Health Service. Designed
and tested a
(paid) health needs assessment instrument
for use with the elderly on eight reservations served by Billings Area IHS.
1987 Regents College Examination
Development Office.
(paid) Item development for proficiency
test in Foundations of Gerontology.
1985
Kern County Mental
Health Association. Program design and
1986
(paid) preparation of proposal for elderly day
care.
1980-1985 De
facto consultant for various Kern County, California
(unpaid) institutions,
applying research techniques to organizational efficiency, including Chevron
USA, Mercy Hospital, Kern County Sheriff's Department and Tehachapi District
Hospital.
1980 Orange
County Community Development Corporation, Santa Anna,
(paid) California. Preparation of major refunding proposal,
staff training. Designed mobile clinic
program.
1979 Kern
County Economic Opportunity Corporation, Bakersfield
(paid) California. Preparation of wage comparability survey.
1979 C.J.
Singh Wallia, Psychological Studies Institute, Palo,
(unpaid) California;
Curriculum development, "phenomenological research methods."
1978 L.
Schatzman, Department of Sociology, University of
(unpaid) California, San Francisco; Curriculum
development "non-experimental research designs."
1978 Board
of Directors, Birth Sholom House, Philadelphia;
(unpaid) Provided advice on helping families to
adjust to impairment of their older members.
1978 P.
Stern, University of California, San Francisco;
(unpaid) Developed
a training program to educate hospital personnel in maternity wards as to
cultural perceptions which influence a health care.
1976 Alaska
State Office on Aging; Service delivery in rural
(paid) communities,
an evaluation and needs assessment.
1972 U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development;
(unpaid)
Delivery of housing for elderly
blacks, report on limited services.
Professional
and Community Service
Date Responsibilities
2002-Present Editor-in-Chief,
Health Care for Women International.
Summer 2001 Convener,
12th International Congress on Women's Health Issues, Wilmington, N.C. June
20-23, 2001
2000-summer 2001 Co-Chair,
Program Committee, NC Summer Symposium on Aging,
Wilmington,
NC (Conference July 18-20, 2001)
May 2000 Speaker,
Social Security Symposium, “What to Consider Before Parenting Your Parents,”
Symposium co-sponsored by UNCW Gerontology Program and the Social Security
Administration,
Wilmington,
North Carolina
1991-2001
Associate Editor, Health Care for
Women International.
1998 Guest
Editor, Health Care for Women International.
Special
Issue devoted to health of older women.
September-October,1998.
1996-1998 Member, Planning Committee, “Caregiver
College,” a collaborative project with New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
1998 Member,
Performance Team. New Hanover County
Project ROAR (Raising
Older Americans Rights)
1998 Trainer, New Hanover County Foster Grandparent Program. “Intergenerational Relationships.” January 1998.
Session I. Foster Grandparents, Senior Center;
Session II. Sociology of Aging Class & Foster Grandparents,
UNCW.
1996-98 Coordinator,
Human Resource Workshops, “Parenting Your Parents.”
1996 Local Teleconference Discussant. “Living with Grief After Sudden Loss,” April 17, 1996, sponsored by Cape Fear Hospice and Coble Ward-Smith Funeral Service.
1995-96 Member,
Community Charge on Cancer Advisory Committee.
1995 Reviewer,
Gender and Society.
1994 Reviewer,
Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect.
1992 Speaker, New Hanover County Late
Life Divorce Support Group. "The Impact of Late Life Divorce on Adult
Children." June, 1992.
1991 Workshop Facilitator, When Your
Parents Break Up, Coping with Your Parents' Divorce. Workshop for UNCW students, September 23, 25, 30, October 2,
1991.
1989-1994 Member, New
Hanover County Nursing Home Advisory Committee.
1989-1994 Chairperson,
New Hanover County Nursing Home Advisory Committee.
1989-92 Member, Organizing Committee,
Association of Academic Gerontologists in North Carolina.
1989 Workshop
Leader, "Negotiating a Role in our Health Care," Unitarian Women's
Spirit Gathering, May, 1989.
1989 Member,
UNCW Faculty Women's Network; plan campus programs to celebrate Women's History
Month.
1988 Speaker,
UNCW Philosophy and Religion Department Lecture Series on Feminism. With Candace Gauthier, prepared a lecture,
"Paternalism in Women's Health Care." October 26, 1988.
1988 Member,
Planning Committee, N.C. Division of Aging Summer School of Gerontology.
1987-1988 Member,
Board of Directors, Hospital Hospitality House of Wilmington.
1987 Keynote
Speaker, New Hanover County National Organization for Women Awards Dinner,
February 13, 1987. "Deference to
Women: Considering Our Community
Image."
1987 Speaker,
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wilmington, January 25, 1987, "New
Faces of Older Women."
1987 Member,
Wilmington Women's Health Network.
1987 Discussant. Film, "Trip to Bountiful." Screened during UNC-Wilmington Women's
History Month celebration, March 25, 1987.
1986 Member,
Planning Committee for "Long Term Care: Issues and Directions," a
seminar co-sponsored by Wilmington AHEC, UNCW Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, Area Agency on Aging, and Cardinal Health Agency.
1986-1987 Member,
Planning Committee for New Hanover County School Program entitled "Taking
Your Place," designed to encourage teenage girls to train for
nontraditional female occupations. Presented lectures on women and work.
(Honorarium paid).
1986 Assisted
staff at Cape Fear Council of Governments regarding needs assessment of the
elderly.
1985-1997 Reviewer,
Issues in Mental Health Nursing.
1985 Member,
October 1985, UNCW Professional Womens Organization: presented talk on women
and health to membership.
1984-1985 Member,
Pacific Bell Telephone Company Regional Consumer Advisory Board; advised the
company concerning submissions to the California Public Utilities Commission,
planning services with regard to elderly, handicapped, and low income
consumers. Paid honorarium for participation.
1980-1985 Member,
Kern County Information and referral Coordinating Task Force which researched,
developed and evaluated an on-line information and referral system for Kern
County, California.
1981 Convenor,
Gray Panthers, Bakersfield, California.
1980-1985 Member,
Kern County California Information and Referral Advisory Committee; designed
survey of social service agencies for "on-line" information and
referral directory.
1979-1985 Testimony
offered at several public hearings regarding neighborhood issues and social
service programs in Kern County, California.
Grants
and Fellowships and Awards
2002 Archstone Foundation Nominee, Award for Excellence in Program Innovation
2002 Cape Fear Memorial Foundation, $35,000 for service-learning activities in gerontology education
2001 Taylor and Francis, $11,000 per calendar year for assistance with regard to position as editor-in-chief of the journal Health Care for Women International
2000 Cape Fear Council of Governments, Area Agency on Aging Award for Education/Service partnership.
1999 University of North Carolina at
Wilmington, Distinguished Teaching Professorship (monetary award and medallion)
1999 Association for Gerontology in
Higher Education Generations Together Service Learning Grant to expand
service-learning opportunities for gerontology students (competitive)
1998 University
of North Carolina Institute on Aging, Gerontology Curriculum
Development Grant (competitive)
1992 UNCW
College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Enhancement Award (competitive),
Caregiving Systems.
1989 UNCW
Faculty Development Research Award (competitive).
1988 Gerontological
Society of America Post-doctoral Fellowship, funded by the Fred Meyer
Charitable Trust and the Billings Area Indian Health Service.
1976 Gerontology
Society of America Summer Fellowship, Alaska State Office on Aging.
1976-1978 The
Anthropology of Aging, a Qualitative Analysis, supported by NIA grant # AG-00482.
1977 University
of California, San Francisco, Student Research Contest. Second Prize for project entitled
"Professional Models of Aging and Health."
Membership
in Professional Organizations
Southern Gerontology Society (1999 – present)
Gerontological Society of America (1971 - present)
International Council on Women's Health Issues
(1986 - present)
Institutional Representative, Association for
Gerontology in Higher Education American Sociological Association (1970 - 1995)
American Anthropological Association (1974 - 1992)
Publications
Journal Publications and Book Chapters
Covan,
Eleanor Krassen
2001 "Using Service-learning to Teach Research Methods to
Gerontology Students," in Educational Gerontology 27:7: 623 - 627.
Covan,
Eleanor Krassen, Marlene M. Rosenkoetter, Beth Richards, and Anita Lane
2001 "The Impact of Hurricane Floyd on the Elderly Residing in
Four Southeastern North Carolina Counties," in Facing Our Future: Hurricane Floyd and the
Recovery in the Coastal Plain, John R. Maiolo, John C. Whitehead, Monica McGee,
Lauriston King, Jeffery Johnson, Harold Stone, (Eds), Coastal Carolina Press.
Covan,
Eleanor Krassen
2000 "Revisiting the Relationship Between Elder Modelers and
Their Protégés." Sociological Perspectives 43:4:S7-S20.
Covan, Eleanor Krassen
1998 “Caresharing: Hiding Frailty in a Florida Retirement Community,” Health Care for Women International,Vol. 19, No. 5, September-October, 1998.
Covan, Eleanor Krassen
1997 “Cultural Priorities and Elder Care: The Impact on Women.” Revised key note address, delivered at 7th International Congress on Women’s Health Issues, in Health Care for Women International, Vol. 18, No. 4, July-August, 1997.
Kotwall, Cyrus A., J. Gary Maxwell, Deborah L.
Covington, Paige Churchhill, and Eleanor
Krassen Covan
1996 "Clinico-Pathological Factors and Patient Perceptions
Associated with Surgical Breast Conserving Treatment," in Annals of
Surgical Oncology. Spring, 1996.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and Robert J. Maxwell
1992 "Insults to the Body Civil: Mistreatment of Elderly in Two Plains Indian Tribes." Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology,
7:1, January 1992).
Gauthier, Candace C. and Eleanor Krassen Maxwell
1991 "Time Demands and Medical Ethics in Women's Health
Care." Health Care for Women
International, (12:2, pp. 153-165).
Maxwell, Robert J. and Eleanor Krassen Maxwell
1988 "Education in the Southern Coastal Plain. A Cline in Success Strategies." Sociology and Social Research,
(72:4:242-248) July 1988.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1988 "Status Differences in Cohorts of Older Women." Health Care for Women International,
(9:2:83-91).
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1986 "Fading
Out: Resource Control and
Cross-Cultural Patterns of Deference."
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 1:1, pp. 73-89. January 1986.
Maxwell, R. J. and E. Krassen Maxwell
1983 "Cooperative Independence Among the Tlingit Elderly."
Human Organization, (42:178-180).
Maxwell, Robert J., Philip Silverman, and Eleanor
Krassen Maxwell
1982 "The Motive for Geronticide." Special issue, Studies in Third World
Societies, Jay Sokolovsky (ED.), (No. 22, pp. 67-83).
Stern, Phyllis N., Virginia Tilden, and Eleanor
Krassen Maxwell
1980 "Culturally Induced Stress During Childbearing: The
Filipino-American Experience." Issues
in Health Care of Women, (2:3-4, pp. 67-81. Reprinted in Women Health, and Culture: Concepts in Ethnic Reasoning, Phyllis
Noerager Stern (Ed.), Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, Washington, D.C., pp.
105-121, 1986.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and R. J. Maxwell
1980 "Cross-Cultural Explanations for Contempt Expressed
Towards Old People." Research
Report, Current Anthropology, (21:4, pp. 569-570).
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and Robert J. Maxwell
1980 "Search and Research in Ethnology: Continuous Comparative
Analysis." Behavior Science
Research, (15:3, pp. 219-243).
Lawton, M. Powell and Eleanor Krassen
1972 "Federally Subsidized Housing Not for the Elderly
Black." Journal of Social and
Behavioral Sciences, (19:3-4, pp. 65-78).
Reviews
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen. The Reindeer Queen. The Gerontologist,
Vol. 34:4:574-5, August 1994.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen. 1993.
Audio visual review of "Pueblo People's First Invasion." The Gerontologist, Vol. 33:1:143-4,
February 1993.
Papers
Presented at Professional Meetings
Eleanor
Krassen Covan and Virginia Lundeen
2001 "Elder
Circles" at the North Carolina Summer Symposium on Aging, Wilmington, NC,
July 19, 2001.
Eleanor
Krassen Covan and Faye Hoffman
2001 "What Matters in the Life Experiences of Older Women,"
paper presented at the 12th International Congress on Women's Health Issues,
Wilmington, NC, June 24, 2001.
Covan,
Eleanor Krassen
2001
"Using
Service-learning to Teach Research Methods to Gerontology Students," power
point workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Association for
Gerontology in Higher Education, February, 2001, San Jose, CA.
Covan, Eleanor Krassen, Marlene M. Rosenkoetter,
Beth Richards, and Anita Lane
2000
“The Impact of
Hurricane Floyd on the Elderly Residing in Four Southeastern North Carolina
Counties.” Presented at East Carolina University Hurricane Conference, May 24,
2000.
Covan, Eleanor Krassen, Jane Jones, Pat Jessup,
and Toni Benton
1999 Project ROAR (Raising Older
Adult Rights: Developing a Community Strategic Planning Process.” Workshop presented at the North Carolina
Summer Symposium on Aging, Fayetteville, North Carolina,
July, 1999.
Covan, Eleanor Krassen with Phyllis Stern, Rita
Schreiber, and Jane Milliken
1999 “Grounded Theory Methodology”: Its Uses and Processes,” Institute Leader, First Interdisciplinary Post-Congress Methodological Institute (International Congress on Women’s Health Issues), June 19,1999, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Covan, Eleanor Krassen and Kelli McGuire
1999 “Looking
Ahead Without Dread: Learning About Women Through Life Histories.” Paper
presented at the 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress on
Women’s Health Issues, Indianapolis, Indiana, June17th, 1999.
Covan, Eleanor Krassen
1999 “The
Need for Internal Consistency in Defining the Verb ‘To Age’: Distinguishing a
Framework that Contributes to the Dichotomy from a Framework that Contributes
to the Solution.” Discussion at the 25th
Annual Meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, St.
Louis, Missouri, February 27, 1999.
Covan, Eleanor Krassen
1998 "Revisiting the Relationship Between Elder Modelers and Their Protégés." Paper presented in a special session, “Papers in the Tradition of Anselm Strauss,” at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, April 17, 1998, San Francisco, CA.
Covan, Eleanor Krassen
1996 "Cultural Priorities and Elder Care: The Impact on Women." Key note address delivered at the 7th International Congress on Women’s Health Issues, Khon Kaen, Thailand, November 7, 1996.
Covan, Eleanor Krassen
1995 "Caregiving
Near and Far: A Discussion of Transference and Burnout."
Paper presented at the North American Congress on Women’s Health Issues.
Galveston, Texas, October 6, 1995.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1994 "The Introduction to Gerontology Course: "What's it About?" What Do You
Think It's About?" Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education
(AGHE). March 12, 1994.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1993 "Explaining Caregiving: A System's Approach." Paper presented at the North American
Congress on Women's Health Issues, Toronto, Canada. October 7, 1993.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and Barbara F. Waxman
1992 "Teaching College Students About Aging Through Literary
Texts/Criticism and Sociology."
Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Association for
Gerontology in Higher Education.
Baltimore, MD, March 1, 1992.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1992 "Professional Services for the Elderly. The Impact on Women in Families." Paper presented at the 5th International
Congress on Womens Health Issues, Copenhagen, Denmark, August, 1992.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and Robert J. Maxwell
1990 "The American Indian Construction of Elder Abuse as a
Medical Problem." Paper presented at
the 40th Annual Meeting of The Society for the Study of Social Problems. Washington, D.C., August 10, 1990.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and Robert J. Maxwell
1990 "Housing for Plains Indians Elderly: A Pattern of Seasonal Use." Paper presented at the meetings of the
Southern Sociological Society.
Louisville, Kentucky, March 23, 1990.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and Candace Gauthier
1988 "Decision Frames and Medical Ethics in Women's Health
Care" presented at the 1988 meeting of the International Congress on
Women's Health Issues, Tampa, Florida, November 11, 1988.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1987 "Horatia Alger in a Lily-White Classroom: Using a
Sociological Perspective to Broaden Students' Horizons about American Ambitions
Versus Ethnic Tradition." Panel
presentation at the annual meeting of the National Women's Studies Association,
June 27, 1987, Atlanta, Georgia.
Polgar, Sylvia K. and Eleanor Maxwell
1987 "Changes
in the Structure and Timing of Family Life:
Policy Implications for Aging Women." Presented at "A Gender at Risk Conference." University of South Carolina-Coastal, Myrtle
Beach, SC, April 3, 1987.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1986 "Status Differences, Policy and Psychosocial Well-being of
Elderly Women." Invited
presentation at the Second International Congress on Women's Health Issues,
November 7, 1986, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and Robert J. Maxwell
1986 "Adaptation to the Aging Process: Six Public Figures Grow
Old." Refereed Roundtable Paper presentation at the 1986 annual meeting of
the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 31, 1986.
Tjaden, Patricia and Eleanor Krassen Maxwell
1986 "Pornography, Sex Education, and Coercive Sexuality." Round Table Discussion presented at the 1986 meeting of the Southern Sociological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Maxwell, Robert J. and Eleanor Krassen Maxwell
1986 "Education and Strategies for Success on the Coastal Plain." Paper presented at the combined 1986 meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society and the 108th Annual meeting of the American Ethnological Society, Wrightsville Beach, NC, April 1986.
Eleanor Krassen Maxwell
1986 "The Ecology of Neonatal Display: A Catholic Hospital in 1974." Paper presented at the 1986 annual meeting
of the Society for Medical Anthropology, Wrightsville Beach, NC, April 1986.
Silverman, Philip and Eleanor Krassen Maxwell
1982 "In Search of the Aged: Methodology of Holocultural Studies." Paper presented at the meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., November, 1982.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1982 "Deference in Traditional Societies: The Perspective of Symbolic
Interactionism." Paper presented
at the meetings of the Society of the Study of Symbolic Interaction. San Francisco, September, 1982.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1976 "Some Observations Concerning Facilitating Devices in
Cross-Cultural Research." Paper
presented at the meetings of the American Anthropological Association,
Washington, D.C., 1976.
Maxwell, R. J. and E. Krassen Maxwell
1976 "Constituents of Funeral Rites." Paper presented at the annual meetings of
the Southwestern Anthropological Association, San Francisco, 1976.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1975 "Dynamic Aspects of Ritual Performance: A Resource in Decline?" Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Gerontological Society, Louisville, Kentucky, October 1975. Included in the ERIC/CAPS microfilm series, #ED 126 370, Vol. 11:12, December 1976, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan.
Krassen, Eleanor and Carlota DeLerma Salter
1972 "Sampling Methods in a National Survey of Housing for the
Elderly." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological
Society, San Juan, P.R., December 1972.
Poster
Sessions
Eleanor Krassen Covan
1999 “Looking
Ahead Without Dread: Learning About Women Through Life Histories.” Poster session at the annual meeting of the
Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, California, November 21,
1999.
Gobble, Elizabeth and Eleanor Krassen Covan
1996 “The Caregiving Dilemma: Examining the
Effects of Racial, Age, and Gender Differences in Providing
Elder-Care.” Poster session presented at the annual
meetings of the Gerontological Society of America,
November, 1996.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and Robert J. Maxwell
1989 "Elder Abuse Among Cheyenne and Blackfeet: An Initial Look." Poster session presented at the annual meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, Minneapolis, MN, November 20, 1989.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and Robert J. Maxwell
1988 "Measuring Access to Health Care on the Reservation: Perceived Needs of Northern Cheyenne and Blackfeet Elders." Poster session presented at the annual meetings of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, California, November 19, 1988.
Stern, Phyllis N., Eleanor Krassen Maxwell, and
Virginia Tilden
1980 "Dichotomous Health Prescriptions for Filipino-American Childbearing Women: Solving Problems in Health Teaching." Poster session presented at the annual Nursing Research Conference, Tucson, Arizona, September 18, 1980.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and Robert J. Maxwell
1979 "Explanations of Contempt Expressed Towards Old People." Poster session presented at the annual meetings of the Gerontological Society, Washington, D.C., November 27, 1979.
Stern, Phyllis N., Virginia Tilden, Maxine Lahm,
and Eleanor Krassen Maxwell
1979 "Problems Pertaining to Culture, Approach and Language in
Health-Teaching of Filipino-American Childbearing Families by Nurses and Their
Ancillary Staff: The Smiling Wall."
Poster session presented at the Octoberfest Nursing Research Conference,
Los Angeles, California, October 1979.
Teleconference
Maxwell, Eleanor K. and Barbara Waxman
1991 "Exploding the Myths of Aging Through Sociological Analysis and Literary Criticism." Teleconference Participant, Exploding the Myths of Aging. Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, N.C., October 3, 1991.
Brief
Research Report
Maxwell, R. J., P. Silverman, and Eleanor Krassen
Maxwell
1977 "A
Cross-Cultural Study of Aging." Medical
Anthropology Newsletter, May 1977, R. J. Maxwell, P. Silverman, and Eleanor
Krassen Maxwell.
Research
Monographs and Final Reports
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen and Robert J. Maxwell
1988 "Perceived Health Care Needs of Elderly Northern Cheyenne
and Blackfeet." Gerontology
Society of America Final Report, September 1988. Research Fellowship supported by the Fred Meyer Charitable Trust
Fund and the Billings Indian Health Service.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1979 Modeling Life: The
Dynamic Relationship Between Elder Models and their Proteges. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of
California, San Francisco, January 1979.
Ann Arbor, University Microfilms International, 1979.
Maxwell, R. J., E. Krassen Maxwell, and P.
Silverman
1978 The
Cross-Cultural Study of the Aged: A Manual for Coders. New Haven, CT; HRAFlex Press, 1978.
Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
1978 "The Anthropology of Aging: A Qualitative Analysis." Washington: National Institute on Aging, Final Report, #AG-00482, 1978.
Maxwell, R. J. and Eleanor Krassen Maxwell
1976 "Cooperative Independence: Support of the Elderly in Tlingit and Non-Native Alaskan Communities." Juneau: Alaska State Office on Aging, Final Report, 1976.
Covan, Eleanor Krassen
2002 "Looking
Ahead Without Dread: Learning About Women Through Life Histories."
Book In Progress
Covan, Eleanor Krassen, editor
WOMEN AND AGING: The Impact of Social Issues (an edited volume with four original chapters
written by Covan)
Covan,
Eleanor Krassen and Phyllis Noerager Stern, DNS, FAAN (Professor of Nursing,
Indiana University and I are outlining a book proposal on "Coming of Age
During WWII: Student Nurses on the Home Front." We hope to complete the first draft this project during spring
2003.