Presentations
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
June, 2012. Negotiating the Academy. Summer Training Workshop on African American Aging Research. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan.
May, 2012. Alzheimer's Association, West Central Dementia Care Network. Changing Hues and the Baby Boom: Emerging Trends in Aging. Saint John of God Retirement and Care Center, Los Angeles, CA.
May, 2012. Immerging Trends in Aging: Who Will Be Served and Who Will Serve Them? Field Instructor Workshop, Shape your Future, Reshape the World. University of Southern California, School of Social Work. Los Angeles, CA.
April, 2012. Changing Hues and the Baby Boom: Profiles of Our "Aging" Population. Plenary speaker. Presented at the California Wellness Foundation Conference on Healthy Aging, Glendale, CA.
November, 2011. Who Will Be Served? Who Will Serve Them? Presented at the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging, "Centers of Today...Investing in Tomorrow, Senior Center Stakeholder Forum," Los Angeles, CA.
October, 2007. Profiles of Depressive Symptoms among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks. Presented at the Emory S. Bogardus Research Colloquium Series, University of Southern California, Department of Sociology.
September, 2004. Mayor's Council on African Americans Elders: Advisors, Advocates, Educators. Presented to the Honorable Mayor Greg Nichols, Seattle, WA.
May, 2004. African American Elders Project. The Mayor's Council on African American Elders. Presented to the Honorable Mayor Greg Nichols, Seattle WA.
May, 2004. African American Elders Project. The Mayor's Council on African American Elders. Presented at the Mayor's Council on African American Elders (MCAAE), Seattle, WA.
April, 2004. My Journey: The Road to Becoming a Professor. Presented at The Breakfast Group/University of Washington Education Task Force Forum, Meany Middle School, Seattle, WA.
March, 2004. Faith in Action: A Plan for Community Outreach. Emerald City Community Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Seattle, WA.
March, 2004. Afrocentric Social Work. Presented at the Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS), Social Work Department, Seattle, WA.
November, 2003. Financial Strain, Negative Interactions, Mastery and Depression among Older Black and White Adults. Loma Linda University, Department of Social Work, Loma Linda, CA.