Cheryl Elman, Ph.D.

Title: Professor Emeritus
Dept/Program: Sociology
Office: Olin Hall 254
Email: cheryl2@uakron.edu
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Research

Professor Elman’s research areas include the sociology of aging and the life course, historical demography, sociology of health, and sociology of the family.  Her current projects explore early-to midlife educational trajectories and late-life health status; U.S. patterns of multigenerational living arrangement; and regional differences in the family structure, employment and health of the 19th century frontier women.