About
Group Co-leaders:
Nicolai Wohns (nwohns@uw.edu) is a doctoral student in the UW Department of Philosophy and an internal medicine-trained hospitalist. His dissertation work is in the Philosophy of Aging, with particular interest in the ontology of aging and the ethical implications of geroscience. He is also a predoctoral research associate with the UW Neuroethics Research Group.
Sarah McKiddy (sm256@uw.edu) is a doctoral student in the UW School of Nursing. Her dissertation work is in music-based interventions for cognitive health and intergenerational community-based participatory research. Sarah is a predoctoral scholar with the UW de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging.
The UW Graduate Aging Group is generously funded by the University of Washington Retirement Association (UWRA) and sponsored by the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging.
Past and Upcoming Events
Autumn Quarter Book Information
Aging Thoughtfully, by Nussbaum and Levmore: The ebook is available at no cost through UW Libraries
All meeting times at 5:00 PM
| Date | Event | Room Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 26: | Introductions & paper discussion: Jessica Stanier, “Nostalgia, Ageing, and Older Age,” in The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia, ed. by Tobias Becker and Dylan Trigg, 2025. | Hans Rosling, 101 |
| October 10 | Discussion of chapters 1 and 2 from Aging Thoughtfully, by Nussbaum and Levmore | Hans Rosling, 101 |
| October 24 | Speaker: Andrea Stocco, Associate Professor of Psychology | Hans Rosling, 135 |
| October 30 | Special Event: James Appleby, CEO of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) | Zoom (Please RSVP for the link) |
| November 7 | Discussion of chapters 3 and 4 from Aging Thoughtfully, by Nussbaum and Levmore | Hans Rosling, 101 |
| November 13
3:30 – 5:00 |
Simpson Center for the Humanities Lecture: Stephen Katz, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Distinguished Research Award recipient at Trent University (Feel free to stay afterward for some informal discussion and socializing!) |
Communications, 202 |
| November 21 | Speaker: Sasha Johfre, Assistant Professor of Sociology | Hans Rosling, 101 |
| December 5 | Discussion of chapters 5 and 6 from Aging Thoughtfully, by Nussbaum and Levmore | Hans Rosling, 101 |
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