Research Fellows
Research publications, books/book chapters, technical reports, and conference presentations are conducted by our Research Fellows. To learn more about our Research Fellows, click here.
If you'd like to become a Research Fellow with OLLI at ASU, please contact us by emailing Dr. Richard Knopf at richard [d o t] knopf
asu [d o t] edu.
Housed in the ASU Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, OLLI at ASU engages in research pertaining to lifelong learning, adult education, and community building. We take pride in that our work is both research-inspired and research-inspiring.
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All Research
Below is a list of all research, listed alphabetically, including publications, books and book chapters, and technical reports. To view an abstract and link to each piece of research, click on the titles below.
- Accessibility and Inclusion in Learning Management System Design: Creating an Online Learning Platform for Lifelong Learners (2019)
- Age Friendly Universities and Engagement with Older People: Moving from Principles to Practice (2016)
- Barriers to Age-Friendly Universities: Lessons from Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Demographics and Perceptions (2019)
- Captivating Lifelong Learners in the Third Age: Lessons Learned from a University-Based Institute (2015)
- Careers in Aging: How Job Seekers Search for and How Employers Advertise Positions in Aging Related Markets (2019)
- Considering Family Stories and Phenomena in Older Adult Lifelong Learning (2019)
- Cultivating Age-friendly Institutions for Older Adults: Insights from Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Network in the United States (2019)
- Decreasing Loneliness and Social Disconnectedness among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Potential of Information and Communication Technologies and Ride-Hailing Services (2020)
- Directions for 21st Century Lifelong Learning Institutes: Elucidating Questions from Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Studies (2018)
- Enhancing Older Adult Access to Lifelong Learning Institutes Through Technology-Based Instruction: A Brief Report (2019)
- Exploring college students’ attitudes toward older adults: A description of methods used by the gerontological literacy network (in press)
- In search of transformative moments: Blending community building pursuits into lifelong learning experiences (2017)
- Learning Later: Responding to the evolving educational needs of older people (2018)
- LGBT Loss & Grief: Working with grief and traumatic loss: Theory, practice, personal self-care and reflection for clinicians (2019)
- Linking Vibrancy, Purpose, and Community to Engagement in Older Adulthood: Unlocking the Wisdom of Lifelong Learners (in development)
- Promoting Healthy Aging Through Program Development, Evaluation, Education/Training and Research For South Carolina's Older Adults (2018)
- Report on Distance Learning Research (2020)
- Report on the 2018 National Survey of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes’ Membership (2019)
- Report on the 2020 National Survey of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes’ Membership (2021)
- Responding to social isolation among older adults through lifelong learning: Lessons and questions during COVID-19 (2020)
- Rethinking Diversity, Inclusion, and Inclusiveness: The Quest to Better Understand Indicators of Community Enrichment and Wellbeing (2017)
- Social Leisure Activity, Physical Activity, and Valuation of Life: Findings from a Longevity Study (2019)
- The Benefits of Intergenerational Learning in Higher Education: Lessons from the International Age Friendly University Movement (2016)
- The Social and Cognitive Transformation of Older Adult Women: An Analysis of Community Well-Being for a University-Based Lifelong Learning Community (2018)
- The Social Determinants of Healthy Aging (in-press, 2021)
- Unleashing the Value of Lifelong Learning Institutes: Research and Practice Insights from a National Survey of Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes (2019)
- Weaving Reflection, Action, and Knowledge Creation: Lived Experience as a Catalyst into the Cycle of Praxis for Community Development (2020)
- Wisdom and Curiosity Among Older Learners: Elucidating Themes of Well-Being from Beautiful Questions in Older Adulthood (2018)
Conference Presentations and Posters
To view a list of conference presentations and posters, click here.