Dr. Amber DeJohn is a health geographer studying the interaction between built environments, technology, and their impact on loneliness and health, particularly among older adults. Using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, including Fitbit data, surveys, interviews, and time-use data, Dr. DeJohn’s research focuses on how urban environments affect social interactions and healthy aging.
Dr. Michael Duncan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in the College of Social Sciences & Public Policy. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His research and teaching focus on sustainable transportation planning that mitigates environmental impacts and improves social equity. This includes research that focuses on providing better transportation options for older adults.
Dr. Miles Taylor earned her Ph.D. from Duke University in 2005 and is Professor of Sociology. Dr. Taylor’s research primarily focuses on racial and educational disparities in physical and mental health trajectories in later life. Her recent work also involves the application of complementary statistical techniques to analyze trajectories across the life span.
Dr. R. Mark Isaac is the John and Hallie Quinn Eminent Scholar and Department Chair of Economics at Florida State University. He received his Ph.D. in Social Science from Caltech in 1981 and taught for many years at the University of Arizona before moving to Tallahassee in 2001. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters, which can be found on his website at mailer.fsu.edu/~misaac.
Dr. Timothy S. Chapin is Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy and a professor of Urban and Regional Planning. Prior to stepping into the interim dean’s role in May 2016, he served a six-year term as chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and two years as Associate Dean for Development for the college. Since joining FSU in 1999, Chapin has undertaken research on the effectiveness of Florida’s growth management system and the role of sports facilities in the promotion of urban redevelopment.
Anne Barrett, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology and faculty associate of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy. Her research interests include gender and aging, subjective aging, ageism, and cultural constructions of later life.
Dr. Barrett received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Duke University.
