We are proud to announce the recipients of the
2007 Adele Whitenack Davis Faculty Research in Gerontology awards!

The Adele Whitenack Davis Faculty Research in Gerontology awards are stipends awarded to University of Northern Iowa faculty interested in conducting publishable research in the area of aging. Faculty compete for a maximum of $5,000 per year to conduct applied gerontological research in their areas of expertise.

Angela Burda Riess, associate professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders, and Elaine Eshbaugh, assistant professor in the Department of Design, Textiles, Gerontology, and Family Studies, are the recipients of this year's awards. Dr. Riess's research will focus on the communication abilities of healthy aging adults, and Dr. Eshbaugh's research will center on older women who live alone.

These stipends are part of the Adele Whitenack Davis Professorship in Gerontology Endowment Fund given to the University of Northern Iowa Foundation for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Davis and her husband, T. Wayne, were active members of the Cedar Valley and advocates of UNI. The fund was established to encourage research activities in the field of gerontology and the professional development initiatives of gerontology faculty at UNI.

Read the full press release and description of the research projects >>