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.
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
The chair of the Awards Committee, Dr. Bradley Zodikoff, is pleased to announce the 2009 recipients of the AGESW Awards.
 Dr. Esme Fuller-Thomson, University of Toronto, is the recipient of the 2009 Leadership Award |
 Dr. Tracy Schroepfer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the recipient of the 2009 Faculty Achievement Award. |
Pictured with both recipients is Marilyn Luptak from the University of Utah.
Congratulations to the award recipients! The awards were presented at the AGESW meeting at GSA.
We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Gerontological Social Work will have its backlog of accepted articles cleared soon. This increase in the timeliness of publications is due to the publisher's (Taylor and Frances, Inc.) commitment to the journal and agreement to increase the pages per issue and the number of issues per year. JGSW will now publish eight issues each year.
Now that our 40-member editorial board is in place we are ready and eager to receive submissions and can assure a timely response. Let's fill those issues with the best our field has to offer!
Amanda Barusch, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Gerontological social Work
The Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW) is pleased to feature the following articles in our Members area: