Faculty member named AGHE Fellow
Dr. Janet Hahn, coordinator of the WMU Center for Gerontology and assistant professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs, has been named Fellow in the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE).
Fellow status is an honor conferred by AGHE to recognize outstanding leadership in gerontology and/or geriatrics education by established scholars and educators. The group announced its 2018 fellows in March at AGHE’s 44th Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
"Dr. Hahn has been an active gerontological contributor to her university, her community, state and the nation," says one of her nominators, Dr. Harvey Sterns, from the University of Akron. "Of note are her community and state level reports, evaluation reports [and] a number of scholarly contributions that add to our field. She has been a major supporter of gerontology and geriatric education for many years."
Dr. Hahn is active on various committees in the academy. She also presented two papers and offered a workshop at the conference, which provides a forum for professionals in the field of aging to present their work and share ideas about gerontological and geriatric education and training.
“It is wonderful to see Dr. Hahn receive this honor from her professional organization and to know that she has the respect of her fellow gerontologists,” says Dr. Mark Kelley, director of WMU's School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs.
Dr. Hahn earned her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Minnesota in 1992 and her bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology from Kalamazoo College in 1982.
About the AGHE
The Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) is the educational unit of The Gerontological Society of America, the nation’s oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging. AGHE seeks to advance gerontology as a field of study at institutions of higher education through conferences, publications, technical assistance, research studies, and consultation with policy makers. It is currently the only institutional member organization dedicated to gerontology and geriatrics education worldwide.