Jaclynn Jill Suitor (born 1954) is an American Distinguished Professor of
Sociology
Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of Empirical ...
and a member of the Center on Aging and the Life Course at
Purdue University
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. Her research focuses primarily on the relationship between parents and adult children. Since 2000, she has led the Within-Family Differences Study, a panel investigation of the predictors and consequences of parental favoritism in the middle and later years among more than 500 multigenerational families. She is an elected Fellow of the
Gerontological Society of America
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is a multidisciplinary organization devoted to research and education in all aspects of gerontology: medical, biological, psychological and social.
History and organization
The Gerontological Society ...
and an elected member of the
Sociological Research Association The Sociological Research Association is an honor society of sociological scholars founded in 1936.
With more than 400 members, the association's importance comes from the members being leading sociologists who use the SRA's meetings to network an ...
.
Education
B.A. California State University Sociology 1976
Suitor earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's ...
in 1985.
Major work
In 2001, Jill Suitor and
Karl Pillemer
Karl Andrew Pillemer (born October 15, 1954) is an American sociologist and gerontologist who is the Hazel E. Reed Professor of Human Development at Cornell University, and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. His resea ...
began The Within Family Differences Study (WFDS), to achieve greater understanding of these processes in aging families. WFDS is a longitudinal project focused on understanding the relationship between parents and their adult children, and the ways in which these ties affect the well-being of both generations. The goals are to contribute to the scientific study of intergenerational relationships and provide a basis for the development of strategies for practitioners to employ when working with later-life families.
References
External links
Jill Suitor Purdue University
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1954 births
Living people
American sociologists
American women sociologists
California State University, Fullerton alumni
Stony Brook University alumni
Purdue University faculty
21st-century American women