AGE-SW Awards

Each year AGE-SW recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of social work and aging and celebrates achievements of its members at the AGE-SW Awards ceremony. The Board of Directors has established three award categories to recognize contributions in the field of aging:

• Career Achievement Award:
  The Career Achievement Award is awarded to a faculty member who has been an outstanding leader in social work education and aging. This person will have significant career achievements in this area including major research and publications, prominence in promoting education in gerontology, and mentoring of faculty and students interested in aging.
   
• Leadership Award:
  The Leadership Award is awarded to a faculty member who has made significant contributions in aging research, teaching and scholarship. Indicators of a faculty member's contribution to the field of aging include publications, the conduct of grant-funded research, presentations at major conferences, and teaching aging content in the curriculum, as well as serving as field liaison for students who have practicum assignments with older clients.
   
• Faculty Achievement Award:
  The Faculty Achievement Award is awarded to a faculty member who is in the early stages of career development, and will be based on the individual's contributions and potential in this area. Indicators will include development of a line of research and scholarship in aging, a beginning presence (presentations, committee participation) in local, state, or national organizations focused on aging issues, and teaching age-related content in his/her program.

Nominations for these award categories can come from any member of AGE-SW, and self-nominations are acceptable. Both the person who is nominating and the nominee must be members of AGE-SW; however, enrolling for membership at the time of nomination is acceptable. Please click here for the 2010 Nomination Form in Rich Text Format (RTF).

Deadline for Nomination Letters is May 31, 2010

Electronically Submit Nomination Letters to:
Bradley Zodikoff, Ph.D.
Adelphi University School of Social Work
zodikoff@adelphi.edu

The awards will be presented at the reception during the AGE-SW membership meeting at the 2010 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans.

Award Recipients

Here is a listing of each of the recipients over the last few years:

Career Achievement Award:
Jan Greenberg - 2008
Ron Toseland - 2007
Bob Schneider - 2006
Roberta Greene - 2005
Terry Hokenstad - 2004
Susan Sherman - 2003
Barbara Berkman - 2002
Jordan Kosberg - 2000
Rose Dobrof - 1999

Leadership Award:
Esme Fuller-Thomson - 2009
Elizabeth Bertera - 2008
Amy Ai - 2007
Judith Gonyea - 2005
Joan Zlotnik - 2004
Linda Harootyan - 2003
Amanda Barusch - 2002
Jim Lubben - 2001
Nancy Morrow-Howell - 2000
Connie Saltz Corley - 1999

Faculty Achievement Award:
Tracy Schroepfer - 2009
Sara Sannders - 2008
Mercedes Bern-Klug - 2007
Debrah Parker-Oliver - 2006
Betty Kramer - 2004
Stephanie Roberts - 2003
Amy Ai - 2002
Cathy Tompkins - 2001
Esme Fuller-Thomson - 2000
Marla Berg Weger - 1999