The Association for Gerontology in Social Work (AGESW) provides leadership in the areas of gerontological social work education, research, and policy, and fosters cooperation, collegiality, and an exchange of ideas among social work educators, researchers, and students committed to or interested in gerontology.
Effective Friday, September 14, 2007, AGESW changed it's web site address from http://www.agesocialwork.org to http://www.agesw.org . If you have not changed your bookmarks, please do so now. The old address will work for a period of time, but it will go away.
AGESW is pleased to announce the selection of the first cohort of the Gerontological Social Work Pre-Dissertation Initiative for doctoral students. These students were selected from a highly qualified pool of applicants. The Pre-Dissertation Initiative awardees will receive a stipend from AGE SW which will be matched by their home insitution, one-year memberships to The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and AGE SW and registration to the 65th Annual Scientific meeting of GSA. At GSA, the awardees will meet for a one-day pre-conference session focused on gerontological research, teaching, and practice.
Please join us in congratulating the ten AGE SW Gerontological Social Work Pre-Dissertation Intiative awardees:
 Crystal Broussard University of Alabama |
 Terrell Brown Howard University |
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 Vanessa Fabbre University of Chicago |
 Noelle Fields Ohio State University |
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 Jennifer Greenfield Washington University |
 Andrea Jones University of Maryland |
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 Anita Kahan Yeshiva University |
 Nancy Kusmaul University of Buffalo |
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 Laneshia McCord University of Louisville |
 Mark Williams University of Washington |
It is time to renew your AGESW membership for 2010!
We hope that you have enjoyed the many new benefits of membership that we introduced this past year: 8 issues of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work (JGSW), and access to the new "members only" section of the AGESW website, where we offer a membership database, information on aging-related funding sources, and a job site where programs seeking faculty with aging relate backgrounds can post their job announcements for viewing by doctoral students on the job market.
The renewal dues for your January through December 2010 membership are $65 for new and renewing members, $35 for renewing student members, $25 for new student members, $45 for new or renewing retired members, and $180 for a new or renewing institutional membership that provides membership for up to 4 individuals. There are several ways to renew your AGE-SW membership. You can renew at the AGESW receptions we will be holding at CSWE and GSA (be sure to bring your checkbook!) or you can download and send in the membership form available here.
I hope that you will re-join AGESW, remain involved in AGESW activities such as the receptions at the GSA and CSWE conferences, and receive the many benefits of membership! If you have any questions about membership, please feel free to contact Tracy Schroepfer via email (tschroepfer@wisc.edu) or by phone (608-263-3837).
Thank you!
Sherry Cummings, Ph.D.
AGE-SW, President
It is hard to believe but JGSW has just celebrated its first anniversary under the management of AGESW. On behalf of the managerial team, I would like to offer a special Thank You to the members of AGESW, the JGSW Editorial Board, and most importantly to all our authors and reviewers who have supported us during this inaugural year. To help us celebrate our remarkable achievement we are happy to announce an exciting change. The Journal of Gerontological Social Work has completed its transition to the ScholarOne - Manuscript Central online submission and review system. Authors will find the ScholarOne-Manuscript Central online system easy to navigate and significantly improve the submission of new manuscripts, tracking a manuscript while it is under review, and submitting revisions. If you are one of our much valued Reviewers for JGSW your contact information has already been uploaded onto ScholarOne. You will be asked to log-in and update your password and personal information. The management team of JGSW is certain you will find the entire review process a significant improvement over our prior online system. We invite authors and reviewers to take a look at the new and improved JGSW online system. I invite all the members of AGESW to check us out on ScholarOne. Thanks and I look forward to receiving your submissions and reviews.
Carmen L. Morano, Ph.D.
Managing Editor
The Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW) is pleased to feature the following articles in our Members area: