Associate professor, Mary Ann Erickson, received the Warren M. Beattie, Jr. award at the 46th Annual Conference of the State Society on Aging of New York ("Building a Culture of Health and Well-Being for All Ages") for her outstanding contributions to the work of the State Society on Aging (SSA).
Dr. Erickson has been a member of SSA since 1996. During those years she has served as Membership Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, President-Elect, and President (2016 and 2017). She also served on the Visions Task Force. Dr. Erickson is chair of the K-12 Gerontology Education Committee of AGHE, where she also serves on the Program Planning Committee.
Her current research focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning in gerontology, with a particular interest in applying contemplative pedagogy to gerontology education.
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