Joyce Weil

Associate Professor

Joyce Weil

Contact Info

Phone:
410-704-2345
Office:
Linthicum Hall, Rm 121C
Email:
jweil@towson.edu

Education

PhD, Sociology, Demography Concentration, Fordham University, New York, NY, 2007

MPH, Population and Family Health, Maternal and Child Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1995

BS, Health Science, Community Health Education, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York, NY, 1993

Credentialed Professional Gerontologist (CPG), National Association for Professional Gerontologists. (September 21, 2016 - Present)

Certificate in Gerontology, Institute on Aging, School of Medicine, Temple University, 2008

Areas of Expertise

Meaning and role of place for older adults

Aging and the inequalities across the lifecourse

Intersectionality and aging

Interdisciplinary aging research

Applied and social research methods

Selected Publications

Books

  • Weil, J. (under contract). Why place matters: Place and place attachment for older adults. Routledge.
  • Weil, J. (2017). Research design in aging and social gerontology: Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods. New York: Routledge.
  • Mitra, D. and Weil, J. (1014). Race and the lifecourse: Readings from the intersection of race, ethnicity and age. Palgrave.
  • Weil, J. (2014). The new neighborhood senior center: Redefining social and service roles for the Baby Boom generation. Rutgers University Press.

Book Chapters

  • Weil, J. & Mendoza, N. (2019). Research methods and grandparenting. In B. Hayslip & C. Fruhauf. Handbook of grandparenting:  The changing dynamics of family relationships. Springer.
  • Mendoza, N. & Weil. J. (2014). Pues a mi me da gusto, porque ando con mis nietos: Latina grandmothers raising grandchildren as an extension of the caregiving role over the lifecourse. In D. Mitra & J. Weil. Race and the Lifecourse. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Peer Reviewed Articles

  • Weil, J. (2022). Exploring dialogic analysis and thematic analysis of place conversations with older adults, Working with Older People, Ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-07-2022-0026
  • Karlin, N. J., Weil, J., & Monroe, K. (2022). Experiences of service providers working with older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Loss and Trauma: International Perspectives on Stress & Coping, 27(6), 495–515.
  • Weil, J., Kamber, T., Glazebrook, A., Giorgi, M., & Ziegler, K. (2021). Digital inclusion of older adults during COVID-19: Lessons from a case study of Older Adults Technology Services (OATS). Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 64(6), 643-655.
  • Weil, J. (2020). Pandemic place: Assessing domains of the person-place fit measure for older adults. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 33(4/5), 332–341.
  • Weil, J. (2020). Is the place the thing?: The role of place in later life. Journal of Women and Aging, 32(1), 1-2.
  • Weil, J. (2019). Relationship to Place for older adults in a New York City neighborhood undergoing gentrification: A discourse analysis. City & Community (18) 4, 1267-1286.
  • Weil, J. (2019). Developing the Person–Place Fit Measure for Older Adults: Broadening place domains (Measurement Article). The Gerontologist, 60(8), e548–e558.
  • Karlin, N., Ben Salem, M., & Weil, J. (2018). Aging in Tunisia. The Gerontologist, 58(6): 1004-1008.
  • Weil, J., Milbrath, G., Sharp, T., McNeill, J., Dunemn, K., Gilbert, E., Patterson, M., Snyder, A. (2018). Interdisciplinary partnerships for rural older adults’ transitions of care. Quality in Aging and Older Adults (19)4, 232-241.
  • Mendoza, A. N., Fruhauf, C., Bundy-Fazioli, K., Weil, J. (2018). Understanding Latino grandparents raising grandchildren through a bioecological lens. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 86(3), 281-305.
  • Weil, J., Mendoza, A. N., & McGavin, E. (2017). Recruiting older adults as participants in applied social research: Applying and evaluating approaches from clinical studies. Educational Gerontology, 43(12), 662-673.
  • Weil, J. (2017). Relocating in place: The experience of rural older persons moving to age in place in town. Online Journal of Rural Research & Policy (Kansas State University), 12(1), 1-28.
  • Karlin, N., Weil, J., Felmban, W. (2016). Aging in Saudi Arabia: Contemporary older persons’ views about daily life, health, and the experience of aging. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, January-December 2016, 1-9.
  • Weil, J., & Smith, E. S. (2016). Revaluating aging in place: From traditional definitions to the continuum of care. Working with Older People, 20(4), 223-230.
  • Weil, J. (2015). Applying research methods to a gerontological population: Matching data collection to characteristics of older persons. Educational Gerontology, 4(10), 723-742.
  • Weil, J. (2014). Exploring the relationships among performance-based functional ability, self-rated disability, perceived instrumental support and depression: A structural equation model analysis. Research on Aging, 36(6), 683–706. 
  • Weil, J. (2014). Using experiential and collaborative learning with undergraduates and rural elders as part of an introduction to gerontology course. PRISM: A Journal of Regional Engagement, 3(1), 3-22.

Teaching

  • AHLT 445: Research Methods in Interprofessional Health Studies
  • GERO 101: Introduction to Gerontology