Intergeneraional Family Support for Chinese Older Adults: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society

The USC Roybal Institute for Aging presents a two day conference examining new perspectives of intergenerational family support in Chinese culture.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Location: Davis School of Gerontology, GER224

9:00 AM  Welcome and Introduction

9:30 AM  Keynote Presentation: Recent Development of Aging

     Professor Du Peng, China Renmin University

10:15 AM Networking Coffee and Tea Break

10:30 AM   Panel One:  Intergenerational Support and Parental Well-being

    Iris Chi, PhD
    Chair, Golden Age Association
    Director, China Program
    Professor, USC School of Social Work

    Peng Du, PhD
    Professor AND Director
    Institute of Gerontology
    China Renmin Univesity

    Pamela C. Krochalk, DrPH
    Professor and Chair, Division of Health Science
    College of Professional Studies
    California State University, Dominguez Hills
   
    Yawen Li, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    School of Social Work
    San Diego State University

    Ju-Ping Lin, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Department of Human Development and Studies
    National Taiwan Normal University

    Ling XU, MSW & PhD Candidate
    USC School of Social Work
   
    Weijuan Zhang, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Institute of Gerontology

12:15 PM  Luncheon

1:45 PM  Panel Two:  Filial Norms and Family Values in Old-Age Support

    Gong Chen, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Director, Research Center on Aging
    Peking University

    Xinmin Song, PhD

    Sanjun Chen, PhD

    Ju-Ping Lin, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Department of Human Development and Family Studies
    National Taiwan Normal University

    Heying Jenny Zhan, PhD
    Associate professor
    Department of Sociology
    Georgia State University

3:30 PM  Networking Dessert Break

3:45 PM  Panel Three

Frday, May 7, 2010

Location: School of Social Work, Hamovitch Research Center MRF

9:00 AM  Poster Session

9:30 AM  Keynote Presentation: The Change in Intergenerational Relationship and Elderly Support in Rural China and the Corresponding Strategy and Policy

    Professor Pan Yi
    Associate Professor
    Sector of Social Policies Studies
    Institute of Sociology
    Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

10:15 AM  Networking Coffee and Tea Break

10:30 AM  Panel Four: The Longitudinal Study of Older Adults in Anhui Province, China

    Dongmei Zuo, PhD
    Lecturer
    Institute for Population and Development Studies
    School of Public Policy and Administration
    Xi’an Jiaotong University

    Zhen Cong, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Human Development and Family Studies
    Texas Tech University

    Merril Silverstein, PhD
    Professor
    USC Davis School of Gerontology

    Lu Song, PhD

    Shuzhuo Li, PhD
    Professor and Director
    Institute for Population and Development Studies
    School of Public Policy and Administration
    Xi’an Jiaotong University

    Lindsay Baker, MSW and PhD Candidate
    Research Assistant Professor
    USC Andrus Gerontology Center

    Man Guo, MSW and PhD Candidate
    USC School of Social Work

12:15 PM  Luncheon

1:45 PM  Panel Five: Grandparents & Grandparenting

    Vivian W.Q. Luo, PhD

    Feinian Chen, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology
    North Carolina State University

    Guangya Liu, PhD

    Ju-Ping Lin, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Department of Human Development and Family Studies
    National Taiwan Normal University

    Heying Jenny Zhan, PhD

3:00-3:30 PM  Campus Tour

3:45 PM  Closing Remarks

Please RSVP to:

Iris Aguilar
iaguilar@usc.edu
213-740-1876