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Dr. Sterns received his Ph.D., in Life-Span Developmental Psychology from West Virginia University in 1971. His major areas of interest include industrial gerontology, life-span development, training and career development. He is Director of the Institute for Life- Span Development and Gerontology.
His publications have appeared in many gerontology journals including Experimental Aging Research, The Counseling Psychologist, Journal of Gerontology, Generations, Journal of Applied Gerontology. He has also served on the editorial board of Psychology and Aging, The Gerontologist, and Journal of Women and Aging and serves on the editorial boards of Experimental Aging Research and Research on Aging. He is a Fellow of the American Psychology Association, Gerontological Society of America and the American Psychological Society.
Current research includes training of adult and older adult workers, personality factors, and retirement adjustment and satisfaction, as well as personality factors in housing choices in retirement. Other research includes alcohol treatment and aging, and life planning issues for older adults with mental retardation.
Selected Publications:
Sterns, H.L., Doverspike, D. and Lax, G.A. (2005). The age discrimination in employment act. In F.S. Landy (Eds.) Employment discrimination litigation: Behavioral quantative and legal perspectives. (pp. 256-293) San Fransico: Jossey-Bass.
Sterns, H.L., and Sterns, A.A. (2005). Past and future directions for career development theory. In P.B. Beatty and R.M. Visser (Eds.). Thriving on an aging workforce: Strategies for organizational and systematic change. Malabar, Florida, Krieger.
Sterns, H.L., Burkhardt, J.E., & Eberhardt, J.W (Summer 2003). Moving along the mobility continuum: Past, present and future. Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging, XXVII, 8-13.
Sterns, H.L. & Kaplan, J. (2003). Self-management of career and retirement. In T. Beehr and G. Adams (Eds.), Retirement: Current Research and Future Directions. (pp.188-213) New York: Springer Publishing Co.
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