Expertise

Karen Harlow-Rosentraub specializes in evaluation research and aging policy.

Her work focuses on developing evidence-based policy recommendations for best practices in using Baby Boomer and older volunteers to address health challenges and sustainable, community problem-solving projects.

Research Interests/Focus

  • Program evaluation, aging policy, community based needs assessment for national and community service, lifelong learning, older citizens
Affiliations

Center Associate, Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, Public Affairs
1992 - current

Adjunct Associate Professor, Bowen Research Center, Department of Family Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine
1991 - current

Past Affiliations

Research Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan (past)
2010

Associate Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Associate Professor, Health Administration

Director, Institute for the Study of Government & the Nonprofit Sector

Center on Aging and Health, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Center on Aging, School of Public Health, University of Maryland (past)

Assistant Research Scientist, School of Social Work, University of Michigan (past)

Assistant Research Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan (past)

Research Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Michigan Health System, University of Michigan (past)

Communities
Public Administration, Social Work
Degrees
PhD, University of Texas, Arlington, Urban Studies, 1981
MA, Texas A&M University, Commerce, Sociology, 1971
BA, Texas A&M University, Commerce, Sociology and Psychology, 1969
Keywords
volunteers civic activities health care planning or policy geriatrics & gerontology
Honors

Fellow (health administration), Accrediting Commission on Education in Health Services Administration, 1995-1996

Fellow (Social Research and Planning), Gerontological Society of America, 1994-2000

Associations
Gerontological Society of America