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JCCC Society Series

Join us for “Possessions Across the Life Course” with Dr. David Eckerdt. Hear his analysis of the downsizing process and what it says about the meaning and management of our possessions.

Date: Thursday, April 2
Time: 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Location: Polsky Theatre, Midwest Trust Center
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Free event

Ekerdt is the author of “Downsizing: Confronting Our Possessions in Later Life” from Columbia University Press. He is a retired Professor of Sociology and Gerontology at the University of Kansas, where he taught the sociology of the life course and research methods. 

His research focuses on workers’ changing experience of retirement, the ways that people manage and dispose of their possessions in later life, and the ways older adults think about the future. His studies have been supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging and the Volkswagen Foundation. 

Ekerdt has served as President of the Gerontological Society of America, the nation's oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging. The principal mission of the Society — and its 5,500+ members — is to advance the study of aging and disseminate information among scientists, decision-makers, and the general public.

Faculty: Bring your class and/or offer extra credit to students who attend.

Questions? Contact Eve Blobaum at eblobaum@jccc.edu or 913-469-8500, ext. 4965.

JCCC’s Society Series hosts a presentation by a guest scholar each year and highlights the connections between sociology and other careers and fields of study.