Psychologists Against Ageism: Promoting Productive Narratives and Inclusivity About Aging Webinars

Chair, Committee on Aging @American Psychological Association

Fingerman is a professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at UT Austin. She studies adult development and old age. She has conducted research and published numerous scholarly articles on positive and negative emotions in relationships. Her work has examined parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, friends, acquaintances, and peripheral social ties. The National Institute on Aging funded her work on problematic social ties across the lifespan and currently funds her research on middle-aged adults, their grown children and aging parents. The Brookdale Foundation and the MacArthur Transitions to Adulthood group also have funded her research. She received the Springer Award for Early Career Achievement in Research on Adult Development and Aging from Division 20 of the American Psychological Association in 1998 and the Margret Baltes Award for Early Career Achievement in Behavioral and Social Gerontology from the Gerontological Society of America in 1999.

Associate Clinical Professor @Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Hinrichsen is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and an instructor at the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Columbia University Teachers College. Hinrichsen is a graduate of Harvard College and holds a doctorate in psychology with a focus on gerontology from New York University. In his 25-year career at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, he served in research, clinical, and administrative positions that included director of psychology training and associate director of psychology. He has held various aging-related leadership positions in the American Psychological Association (APA). He has also worked in the office of Senator Ron Wyden on health and aging legislative issues, and as an aging and mental health policy liaison and national director for community mental health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Professor of Epidemiology and Psychology @Yale University

Levy is a professor of epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health and professor psychology at Yale University. Her research explores psychosocial factors that influence older individuals’ cognitive and physical functioning, as well as their longevity. She is credited with creating a field of study that focuses on how positive and negative age stereotypes, which are assimilated from the culture, can have beneficial and adverse effects, respectively, on the health of older individuals. She has received numerous awards for her research including the Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award from APA and the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award from GSA. She has given invited testimony before the US Senate on the effects of ageism and contributed to briefs submitted to the US Supreme Court in age-discrimination cases. She serves as a scientific advisor to the WHO’s Campaign to Combat Ageism. Her recent book is entitled Breaking the Age Code: How Your Age Beliefs Determine How Long and Well You Live.

Professor of Psychology @Stony Brook University

Levy is a professor and former chair of the psychology department at Stony Brook University and received a PhD from Columbia University. She is a United Nations Representative for the NGO Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (APA Division 9) with a focus on aging, climate action, eliminating racism, gender equality, and human rights. Levy developed a model for reducing ageism and promoting intergenerational peace called the PEACE model (Positive Education about Aging and Contact Experiences). She has received numerous awards and authored over 100 publications, and her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation. Levy was editor-in-chief of Journal of Social Issues. She writes a blog for Psychology Today and created a web-based resource called “Taking Ageism Seriouslyopens in new window”.

President @Gerontological Society of America

Lichtenberg is the director of both Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute, the Institute of Gerontology and the founding director of the Wayne State University Lifespan Alliance. He is also a Distinguished University Service Professor of Psychology. He devotes his clinical and research efforts to better understand the intersection between cognitive impairment, financial capacity, and financial exploitation. Across the past decade, he has created several tools to help assess financial vulnerability, and financial decision making capacity and partnered with the State of Michigan to have his tools implemented by Adult Protective Services. The recipient of several major professional awards Lichtenberg has authored seven books and over 200 scientific articles. He has been active in service to the profession throughout his career; holding many board positions, and leadership roles in APA, GSA, and Psychologists in Long Term Care.