Expectations for Families to Care for Older Adults in the United States: Rapid Scoping Review 2011–2023 Open Access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... This scoping review was a labor of love and I get into the main results over at LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/sarah-...

NHATS/NSOC Webinar Tomorrow! Fri., Dec. 5, 2025 at Noon ET Zhiyong Lin (UT San Antonio) & Zhuoer Lin (University of Illinois Chicago) The Role of Social Isolation and Dementia in Exacerbating Unmet Care Needs among Older Adults Register: tinyurl.com/NHATSNSOCweb...

Do sexual minorities experience more social isolation throughout the life course? @zlinsoc.bsky.social Kara Joyner & @wendymanning.bsky.social explore using longitudinal data: bit.ly/3Tp9MNd #PrideMonth #NewPublication @UTSASociology @BGSU_Sociology @asamedsoc.bsky.social

Excited to collaborate with my amazing coauthors Kara Joyner and Wendy Manning on studying social isolation by sexual orientation! Our research shows that sexual minority adults face higher levels of isolation and experience a faster rise in isolation as they age journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Excited to share my first JMF publication! In China, we found that adult children caring for their own parents showed better cognitive functioning compared to non-caregivers, while no such effect was found for in-laws. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Instruction who can teach courses related to health, aging, and/or quantitative methods: www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

This paper is lead-authored by my amazing master’s student, Nhan. So excited to have him on this project!

We are excited to see researchers using #NHATS/#NSOC data at #PAA2025's workshops, posters, and presentations! Will we see you there? We hope you can attend one of these sessions and also stop by our booth to say hello. Wishing everyone a successful conference!

Excited to share my new sole-authored paper published in the @geronmedia.bsky.social, exploring racial/ethnic differences in care networks of older adults: doi.org/10.1093/gero...