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In 2020, I obtained a Ph.D. degree in Gerontology with an emphasis on aging perceptions, family relationships, and health disparities from the University of Massachusetts Boston. I received rigorous training across a broad spectrum of research methods and datasets throughout my graduate studies, including multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, and dyadic analysis techniques. My research program particularly investigated how the aging experiences of older individuals are shaped in the context of close social and family relationships. My dissertation was comprised of three independent studies that found different ways in which parent-child ties in very late life, parent/in-law ties in midlife, and spousal relationship in midlife influence individuals’ subjective aging views.
My graduate training in an interdisciplinary gerontology program has laid the groundwork for the postdoctoral position at the University of Texas at Austin, which coincided with the global COVID-19 pandemic. During my postdoctoral training, I have expanded my research focus to linking the social environment and the use of information and communications technology to older adults’ health and well-being. Utilizing datasets such as the Daily Experiences and Well-Being Study, the Health and Retirement Study, and the National Health and Aging Trends Study, I have collaborated with a multidisciplinary team of experts in the areas of technology and aging to examine the social impacts of technology access and use in later life (e.g., older adults' daily social media use).