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Jenny Inker, MBA, MS, PhD, LALFA


Associate Professor

Director for Curriculum Development

Co-Director for Assisted Living Administration

Gerontology

Publications/projects

Publications/projects

  • Managing Intergenerational Conflict Training. 2019. Funded by Virginia Commonwealth University Division for Inclusive Excellence PI ($3,500).
  • Video Intervention on Ageism (VIA). 2019. Funded by Retirement Research Foundation. Co-PI ($92,068).
  • Gendron, T., Inker, J., Andricosky, R., & Zanjani, F. (in press). Development of the Relational Ageism Scale: Confirmatory Test on Survey Data. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
  • Gendron, T., Inker, J., & Welleford, E.A. (2017). “How old do you feel?” The difficulties and ethics of operationalizing subjective age. The Gerontologist.
  • Gendron, T., Inker, J., & Welleford, E.A. (2017). A Theory of Relational Ageism: A Discourse Analysis of the 2015 White House Conference on Aging. The Gerontologist.
  • Use of Antipsychotic Medications by Residents with Dementia in Assisted Living Facilities. 2016-17. Funded by the Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia Award Fund. PI ($44,449).
  • Jensen, C., Inker, J., & Gendron, T. (2016). Supporting Patients and Peers Who Are Family Caregivers. Journal of Family Medicine.
  • Gendron, T.L., Welleford, E.A., Inker, J., White, J.T. (2015). The language of ageism: Why we need to use words carefully. The Gerontologist, 1-10, doi:10.1093/geront/gnv066.