Nancy R. Hooyman, Ph.D.
Dr. Nancy R. Hooyman, Hooyman Professor in Gerontology and Dean Emeritus at the School of Social Work, received her Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Work from the University of Michigan.  She is recipient of the School’s first endowed professorship in gerontology, the Nancy R. Hooyman Professorship. She served as Investigator of the Hartford Geriatric Enrichment in Social Work Education Project (GeroRich), a national curriculum change initiative (2001-04) and is co-Principal Investigator of the CSWE National Center on Gerontological Social Work Education (2004-12), co-PI of the Hartford-funded Planning Grant National Center for Family Care Initiatives (2007-09), and PI of the Hartford Practicum Partnership Project at the School of Social Work (2006-09). She is author of eleven books and over 120 peer review articles and book chapters related to gerontology and women’s issues and is a frequent presenter at conferences on gerontology, resilience and well-being, older women, end-of-life care,  caregiving and gerontological curricular change. Her co-authored books include a widely used text, Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (9th edition); Transforming Social Work Education: The First Decade of the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative;  Living through Loss: Interventions across the Lifespan; Achieving Curricular and Organizational Change;  Feminist Perspectives on Family care: Policies toward Gender Justice; and Taking Care of Older Relatives, one of the first widely used books on family caregiving.

She is a Fellow and past-chair of the Social Research Policy and Practice (SRPP) Section of the Gerontological Society of America and received numerous awards for her service as Past-President of the Society for Social Work and Research,  Past-President of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Social Work; past-Board member of the National Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research; and Past Chairperson of the Action Network for Social Work Education and Research (ANSWER). She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work Education in 1998 and is the 2009 recipient of the 2009 CSWE Significant Lifetime Achievement Award in Social Work Education. She has served on the Advisory Boards for all the Hartford Foundation Geriatric Initiatives, and is a National Mentor and member of the selection committee for the Hartford Scholars Program.  In Seattle, she is President of the Board of Senior Services, the largest non-profit serving older adults and their families,  and chaired the United Way Impact Council on Older Adults.