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DESCRIPTION:Melanie PlasenciaAssistant Professor of Sociology\, \;Rutge
rs UniversityTitle: \;“Aging in Urban Precarity: Community-Engaged Res
earch with Older Latinx Immigrants”Bio: Melanie Z. Plasencia\, Ph.D.\, is
an assistant professor of sociology at Rutgers University–Newark. She earn
ed a doctorate at the University of California\, Berkeley\, and completed
a multi-year César Chávez Postdoctoral Fellowship at Dartmouth College. He
r research examines how older immigrants navigate aging amid poverty\, dec
lining health\, limited access to social safety nets\, and the intersectin
g forces of race\, ethnicity\, gender and class.She is currently working o
n her first book manuscript\, Aging on the Hudson\, an ethnographic study
of older Latino immigrants aging in an urban community across from Manhatt
an. She also leads a community-engaged research project in Paterson\, New
Jersey\, through the Rutgers Hub for Aging Collaboration\, partnering with
grassroots organizations to better understand and address the everyday ne
eds of older adults.Her scholarship has appeared in Social Problems\, The
Gerontologist\, Generations\, and Inside Higher Ed. She is also a Ford Fou
ndation Fellow and currently serves as membership chair for the Section on
Aging and the Life Course of the American Sociological Association. A com
mitted educator and mentor\, she teaches courses on aging\, migration\, ra
ce and inequality\, and works to equip students with the tools to critical
ly engage with the social issues shaping their communities.Co-sponsored by
: Department of Human Development and Family Science
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SUMMARY:Aging in Urban Precarity: Community-Engaged Research with Older Lat
inx Immigrants
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div>Assistant Professor of Sociology\, \;Rutgers University
Title: \;“Aging in Urban Precarity: Community-Engaged R
esearch with Older Latinx Immigrants”
Bio
: Melanie Z. Plasencia\, Ph.D.\, is an assistant professor of soc
iology at Rutgers University–Newark. She earned a doctorate at the Univers
ity of California\, Berkeley\, and completed a multi-year César Chávez Pos
tdoctoral Fellowship at Dartmouth College. Her research examines how older
immigrants navigate aging amid poverty\, declining health\, limited acces
s to social safety nets\, and the intersecting forces of race\, ethnicity\
, gender and class.
She is currently working on h
er first book manuscript\, Aging on the Hudson\, an ethnographic
study of older Latino immigrants aging in an urban community across from M
anhattan. She also leads a community-engaged research project in Paterson\
, New Jersey\, through the Rutgers Hub for Aging Collaboration\, partnerin
g with grassroots organizations to better understand and address the every
day needs of older adults.
Her scholarship has
appeared in Social Problems\, The Gerontologist\, G
enerations\, and Inside Higher Ed. She is also a Ford Foundation Fell
ow and currently serves as membership chair for the Section on Aging and t
he Life Course of the American Sociological Association. A committed educa
tor and mentor\, she teaches courses on aging\, migration\, race and inequ
ality\, and works to equip students with the tools to critically engage wi
th the social issues shaping their communities.
Co-sponsored by: De
partment of Human Development and Family Science