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| Published 8 March 2022 |
Because I teach a class called Death, Dying, and Bereavement, I like to read a few titles on that topic every year.
Because I had already read a novel by Amy loom, I decided to pick up a copy of her nonfiction book In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss, published in March of 2022 by Random House.
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| Karen in the Conservatory (at Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK) with a cell phone. June 2022. |
My employer is submitting documents for a project, and she needed my curriculum vitae. I decided to include it here.
Karen D. Austin
Gerontologist
MA earned from 2010 to 2013; part-time teaching conducted 2013 to the present (2023)
My LinkedIn profile documents my work and education prior to 2010. I previously worked in support services in higher education and taught classes in composition, technical writing, tutor training, and surveys of literature (world literature, American literature).
For a few years, I actually was employed outside of a higher education setting when I worked as a technical writer.
Other than those four years working in the private sector, I have been a student and/or an employee at nine different colleges / universities.
At midlife, I shifted my focus to gerontology.
Current Position: Adjunct / Lecturer from Fall 2016
to present in the Gerontology Program under the supervision of Dr. M. Catherine
(Katie) Ehlman Health Professions Center 3068, (812) 461-5332 mehlman@usi.edu within
the College of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of Southern
Indiana, 8600 University Blvd., Evansville, IN 47712.
Courses taught:
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Gerontology 215: Health Care Aspects of
Gerontology
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Gerontology 215 (renamed): Intro to Global Aging
and Healthcare
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Gerontology 321: Sociological Aspects of Aging
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Gerontology 317: Continuum of Care and Community
Services
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Gerontology / Sociology 343: Death, Dying and
Bereavement
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I have long given up making resolutions.
Instead, I choose a Word of the Year.
I like how malleable a word can be over the course of a year.
This year, I am choosing BREATH(E). Yes, I put parentheses around the final letter to create a two-for-one word:
breath and breathe: noun and verb.
I like the verb breathe because the form is a command. "Breathe!" invites me to stop, live in the moment, relax, and to take an inventory.
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Over the last decade plus, this blog has been the host to 459 posts and 2,795 comments.
These posts have gleaned over a million views (1,355,636).
In 2014, this blog hosted 114 posts, the most productive year.
In 2022, this blog hosted 9 posts.
I am still thinking about aging. I just need write about it.
Part of the issue is that my children have six living grandparents ranging in ages from 80 to 88. (My in-laws, my mother and her husband, and my father and his wife.) All six of them are experiencing some growth and development, and they are making some great contributions to their churches, neighborhoods, their friendship networks, and their families near and far. However, they are also facing notable challenges. However, I want to afford them privacy, so I am not detailing those challenges here.
The posts with the all-time views has not moved very much in the last few years, so you might want to visit this 2016 post that lists (with links) the 20 posts with the most views over the life of this blog.
The most viewed post written in 2022 was this conference preview.
2022 Mid-American Institute on Aging and Wellness - Concurrent Sessions
The most viewed post over the last twelve months was this 2013 post, which I update now and then:
Movies Set in Nursing Homes (and other venues for senior housing).
If you are only going to read one post, I would recommend this one:
Ten Books: An Essential Library on Aging.
All my best to you and yours for a 2023 that is filled with opportunities to promote wellness in mind, body, and spirit.
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