Gerontology
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Jacquelyn Frank, Ph.D.
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Dr. Jacquelyn Frank, assistant professor of family and consumer sciences, currently serves as the coordinator for the graduate program in gerontology. The graduate program offers a Master of Arts in Gerontology and is a multidisciplinary program with cooperating academic units including the School of Family and Consumer Sciences and the departments of physical education, psychology, secondary education and sociology/anthropology.
The program has been recognized as a Program of Merit by the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. Dr. Frank’s research interests are in the area of family caregiving, the experience of Alzheimer's disease, and aging prisoners. She has written a book based on her research in the experience of assisted living, titled The Paradox of Aging in Place in Assisted Living. She is a member of the American Society on Aging and the Gerontologocal Society of America. She received her doctorate in cultural anthropology from Northwestern University in 1994.
Admission to the graduate program in gerontology requires an application to The Graduate School as well as an additional application to the School of Family and Consumer Sciences. Please contact Dr. Frank or visit the program's website for program admission criteria.
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Graduate programs achieving the distinction of "First Choice" have applied for and been subjected to rigorous review from EIU's Council on Graduate Studies — with oversight from The Graduate School — to ensure they meet the highest standards of scholarly excellence as evidenced through sustained achievement of criteria developed and adopted by the council in 2006. |
