Family, Aging, and Life Course

A family sitting around a dinning room table preparing to eat.

CLA scholars who study health and well-being across families, generations, and the life course. Research in this cluster addresses aging, caregiving, reproduction, relationships, intergenerational support, disability, and the social and cultural contexts that shape health from early life through later life.

Amanda Veile

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Email: aveile@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Reproduction; Nutrition; Human Evolution; Health; Quantitative

Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Quantitative Methods and Research Design

Additional Clusters: Environment, Food, Ecology, and Human Health

Chantel Haughton

Assistant Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication

Email: chaughto@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Mental Health; Family; Culture; Intergenerational; Conflict

Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Quantitative Methods and Research Design

Additional Clusters: Behavioral Health, Cognition, Mental Health, and Psychological Processes

Christie Sennott

Professor, Sociology

Email: csennott@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Sexual And Reproductive Health; Contraception; Maternal And Infant Health; Inequality; Gender

Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Place, Culture, Language and Religion | Law, Human Rights, Justice | Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Quantitative Methods and Research Design | Individual and Collective Decision-Making

Additional Clusters: Population Health, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health

Emily Buehler

Assistant Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication

Email: embuehle@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Social Support; Communication Technologies; Close Relationships; First-Generation College Students; Social Media

Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Quantitative Methods and Research Design | Cognition, Cognitive Science | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology | Human-Computer Interaction

Additional Clusters: AI, Digital Health, Health Communication, and Decision Science

Hui (Cathy) Lui

Professor, Sociology

Email: liu3839@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Intergenerational Relations; Family Relationships and Health; Aging and Life Course; Cognitive Aging; Health Disparities

Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Individual and Collective Decision-Making | Cognition, Cognitive Science

Jill Suitor

Distinguished Professor, Sociology

Email: jsuitor@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Intergenerational Relations; Family Relationships And Well Being

Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Quantitative Methods and Research Design | Science of Science and/or Science of Team Science

Mariko Wei

Associate Professor, School of Languages and Cultures

Email: moroishi@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Japanese; Second Language Acquisition; Language Disorder; Language Pedagogy

Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Place, Culture, Language and Religion | Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Quantitative Methods and Research Design | Cognition, Cognitive Science

Additional Clusters: Behavioral Health, Cognition, Mental Health, and Psychological Processes

Marlo David

Associate Professor, English

Email: mdavid@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Literature; Film; Cultural Studies; Women's Leadership; Maternal Health

Research Tags: Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Place, Culture, Language and Religion | Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology | Individual and Collective Decision-Making | Digital Humanities

Additional Clusters: Medical Humanities, Ethics, Disability

Patti Thomas

Associate Professor, Sociology

Email: pthomas4@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Social Support; Aging; Life Course; Affection

Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Quantitative Methods and Research Design

Additional Clusters: Behavioral Health, Cognition, Mental Health, and Psychological Processes; Population Health, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health

Risa Cromer

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Email: risac@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Reproductive Politics; Religion; Us; Art; Advocacy

Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Place, Culture, Language and Religion | Law, Human Rights, Justice | Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Communication, Media, and Communication Technology

Additional Clusters: Medical Humanities, Ethics, Disability

Shawn Bauldry

Professor, Sociology

Email: sbauldry@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Demography; Medical Sociology; Statistics; Life Course Framework; Cognitive Health

Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Outcomes, Social and/or Genetic Determinants of Health, Epigenetics | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Quantitative Methods and Research Design

Additional Clusters: Population Health, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health; Behavioral Health, Cognition, Mental Health, and Psychological Processes

Sherylyn Briller

Professor, Anthropology

Email: sbriller@purdue.edu

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Keywords: Aging & Life Course; Disability; Convergence Education; Transdisciplinarity; Applied Anthropology

Research Tags: Health, Well-Being, Aging, Families | Health Policy, Public Health, Health Communication | Place, Culture, Language and Religion | Qualitative Methods and Research Design | Individual and Collective Decision-Making | Science of Science and/or Science of Team Science | Science, Technology, and Society