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.

 

 

Manuscripts in Process

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.