Longevity for All Ages: An Interview with Dr. Laura Carstensen

Authors

  • Nicolette Grace Obel Stanford University

Keywords:

aging, longevity, Stanford Center on Longevity

Abstract

Laura L. Carstensen, PhD is a Professor of Psychology and the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy at Stanford University. Laura is also the founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, which explores innovative ways to solve the problems of people over 50 while improving the wellbeing of people of all ages. Her best-known academic work is on socioemotional selectivity theory, a life-span theory of motivation, and she has published more than 150 articles on life-span development with her students and colleagues. Laura's research has been supported by the National Institute on Aging for more than 20 years and she is currently supported by a MERIT Award. In 2011, she wrote A Long Bright Future: Happiness, Health, and Financial Security in an Age of Increased Longevity. Laura is a member of the MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on an Aging Society and currently serves on the National Advisory Council on Aging to NIA. She is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Kleemeier Award and Distinguished Mentorship Award from the Gerontological Society of America, as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship. She received a BS from the University of Rochester and PhD in clinical psychology from West Virginia University (biographical sketch adapted from http://longevity3.stanford.edu/people/laura-carstensen/).

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Published

2016-03-24

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Interviews

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