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Graduate Aging Group

 

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:

9/26 RSVP form

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 

10/10 RSVP form

Discussion of chapters 1 and 2 from Aging Thoughtfully, by Nussbaum and Levmore Hans Rosling, 101
October 24

10/24 RSVP form

Speaker: Andrea Stocco, Associate Professor of Psychology Hans Rosling, 135
October 30

10/30 RSVP form

Special Event: James Appleby, CEO of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Zoom (Please RSVP for the link)
November 7 

11/7 RSVP form

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 

11/21 RSVP form

Speaker: Sasha Johfre, Assistant Professor of Sociology Hans Rosling, 101
December 5 

12/5 RSVP form

Discussion of chapters 5 and 6 from Aging Thoughtfully, by Nussbaum and Levmore Hans Rosling, 101

Contact Us

If you are interested in joining our group, please complete this interest form!