Madonna Harrington Meyer
University Professor, Sociology
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Aging Studies Institute
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Degree
Ph.D., Florida State University, 1991
Specialties
Social policy, aging, gender, life course
Courses
Summer 2020
SOC 305 Sociology of Sex and Gender (Maymester)
Biography
Madonna
Harrington Meyer is
University Professor at Syracuse University. She is professor of
sociology at the Maxwell School of Public Affairs and Laura J. and L. Douglas
Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence. She is senior research
associate at the Center for Policy Research and faculty affiliate at the Aging
Studies Institute. She is co-author, with Ynesse Abdul-Malak, of
Grandparenting Children with Disabilities. She is co-editor, with Ynesse
Abdul-Malak of Grandparenting in the United States (2016).
She is co-editor with Elizabeth Daniele of Gerontology: Changes, Challenges,
and Solutions (2016). She is author of Grandmothers at Work:
Juggling Families and Jobs (2014), winner of the Gerontological Society of
America’s Kalish Book Award. She is co-author with Pamela Herd of Market
Friendly or Family Friendly? The State and Gender Inequality in Old Age (2007),
which also won the Gerontological Society of America’s Kalish Book
Award. She is
editor of Care Work: Gender, Labor, and the Welfare State (2000).
She has published over 50 scholarly articles; her work appears in leading
journals including American Sociological Review, Journal of Health and
Social Behavior, Gender & Society, and Social Problems. Her
research has been reported in the media including New York Times, Boston
Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, and LA Times. In 2016 she was named winner of
the American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Aging and the Life
Course (SALC) Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award. Full Biography
Publications
Selected Papers
Research Interests
Areas of Specialization
Social Policy, Aging, Gender, Life Course
Current Research
Grandparenting
Care Work
Older Women and Social Security
Research Grants and Awards
Principle Investigator. "Hunger SNAPS: Food Insecurity Among Older Adults." Funded by Russell Sage Foundation. 2020-2022.