CURRICULUM VITAE CAREY WEXLER SHERMAN. Research Investigator, Life Course Development Program Institute for Social Research

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE CAREY WEXLER SHERMAN Office Life Course Development Institute of Social Research The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Phone: Fax: CURRENT POSITION 2007-Present Research Investigator, Life Course Development Program Institute for Social Research EDUCATION 2005 Ph.D. University of Minnesota,Twin Cities, Department of Family Social Science Dissertation: Alzheimer s Spouse Caregiving in the Context of Late-life Remarriage 1986 M.A. Tufts University, Medford, MA. Department of Child Study Thesis: Concepts of Family: Perceptions of children in twoparent, mother-custody, and father-custody families 1980 B.A. Barnard College, New York, NY. Political Science, minor in Psychology, magna cum laude. EMPLOYMENT Postdoctoral Fellow, Life Course Development Program Institute for Social Research Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Family Practice University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Senior Research Associate, Wilder Research Center Wilder Foundation, St. Paul, MN Senior Research Associate, Norwich Health Authority Norwich, England

2 Senior Research Associate, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Head Preschool Teacher, Eliot-Pearson Child Study Center Tufts University, Medford, MA Preschool Teacher, Yale Child Study Center Yale University, New Haven, CT CURRENT RESEARCH SUPPORT October, October, 2009 November, October, 2011 New Investigator Research Grant Award, Alzheimer s Association Alzheimer s Caregiving in Context of Late-life Remarriage Carey Wexler Sherman, Principal Investigator. NIRG : N Alzheimer s Disease Demonstration Grants to States Creating Competent Caregivers Carey Wexler Sherman; Subcontracted as Master trainer and Evaluation Coordinator; (Sally Steiner, MSW,Project Director) Michigan Office for Services to the Aging, Lansing, MI FELLOWSHIPS University of Michigan Provost Postdoctoral Fellowship National Institute of Aging Predoctoral Fellowship in Gerontology University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 2007-Present Facilitator, Caregiver Support Group Alzheimer s Association, Great Lakes Chapter, Ann Arbor, MI Clinical Intern in Marriage & Family Therapy Family Therapy Specialists, Inc., St. Paul, MN School Counseling Liaison PACT Program (Parents and Children Together) St. Louis Park, MN Public School System Clinical Intern, Bethel Hospital Child and Family Centre Norwich, England PUBLICATIONS Antonucci, T.C., Trinh, S., Birdett, K.S., Sherman, C.W. (in press). Intergenerational support as transition: A critical review. Aging and Society. 2

3 Sherman, C.W., & Bauer, J.W. (2008). Financial conflicts facing late-life remarried Alzheimer s disease caregivers. Family Relations, 57, Sherman, C.W., Rosenblatt, D.E., & Antonucci, T.C. (2008). Elder Abuse and Mistreatment: A Life Span and Cultural Context. Indian Journal of Gerontology,22, Sherman, C.W., & Boss, P. (2007). Dementia spouse caregiving in the late-life remarried context. Dementia: The International Journal for Social Research and Practice, 6, Hepburn, K., Lewis, M., Tornatore, J., Sherman, C.W., Lindstrom Bremer, K. (2007). The Savvy Caregiver program: The demonstrated effectiveness of a transportable dementia caregiver psychoeducation program. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 33, Hepburn, K., Lewis, M., Sherman, C.W., Tornatore, J. (2003). The savvy caregiver program: Developing and testing a transportable dementia family caregiving training program. The Gerontologist, 43, Hepburn, K., Lewis, M. M. Narayan, S., Tornatore, J., Bremer, K., Sherman, C.W. (2002). Discourse-derived perspectives: Differentiating among spouse s experiences of caregiving. American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease and Other Dementias, 17, Hepburn, K., Lewis, M., Sherman, C.W. (2001). Savvy caregiving: A transportable dementia caregiving training program. The Gerontologist, 41, Wexler Sherman, C., Feldman, D.H., & Gardner, H. (1988). A Pluralistic View of Early Assessment: The Project Spectrum Approach, Theory into Practice, Vol. 27, Book Chapters, Invited Articles and Training Manuals Sherman, C.W., Burgio, L., Kulakowski, J. (in press). Caregiver assessment. In Peter A. Lichtenberg (Ed.), Handbook of Assessment in Clinical Gerontology, 2 nd Edition. New York: Elsevier. Sherman, C.W. (2009). Post-divorce relationships between former spouses. In Harry T. Reis & Susan Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Sherman, C. W. (2006). Families on the fault line: Stepfamilies in late life. National Council on Family Relations Report (October). Hepburn, K., Lewis, M, Tornatore, J., Sherman, C.W., & Dolloff, J. (2002). The Savvy Caregiver Training and Caregiver Manuals. University of Minnesota. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (Select Listing) Creating Confident Caregivers: The Michigan Demonstration Project. Plenary lecture presented at the 23 rd Annual Issues in Aging Conference, Dearborn, MI, May,

4 Complex Caring: Dementia Spouse Caregiving in Context of Remarriage. Paper presented at 62 nd annual meeting of Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA, November, Social and Support Networks of Remarried Dementia Spouse Caregivers. Invited workshop presented at the Edna Gates Conference on Alzheimer s Care. November, Troy, MI. Who are we to each other?: Preexisting stepfamily relationships and caregiving. Paper presented at Biennial conference of The Society for Study of Human Development, Ann Arbor, MI., October, Sherman, C.W. & Rosenblatt, D. (2008). Resilience in the Face of Abuse: Predictors of Help Seeking Behaviors Across the Life Span. Paper presented at the 61 st annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C. (November). Sherman, C.W., Rosenblatt, D.E., & Antonucci, T.C. (2008). Social Relations and Abuse: Implications for Family Care. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Gerontology, London, Ontario, (October). Sherman, C.W. (2007). Cognitive Impairment and the Caregiving Dyad. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA (November). Sherman, C.W. (2007). With a little help Friendship Quality and Well-being among Alzheimer s Caregivers. Paper presented at the Society of Study of Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, College Station, PA (October). Sherman, C.W., Weir, E., & Antonucci, T.C. (2006). The Role of Marital Trajectories on Social Relations and Well-being. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas, TX (November). Sherman, C.W. (2006). Caregiving in the Remarried and Stepfamily Context: New Strategies for Intervention Paper presented at the annual Alzheimer s Association Dementia Care Conference, Atlanta, GA (September). Sherman, C.W. (2005). Meanings of Spousal Caregiving and Family in Late-life Remarried Context Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ (November). Sherman, C.W. & Antonucci, T.C. (2005). Well-being in Context: A Lifespan Perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C. (November). Sherman, C.W. & Hepburn, K. (2001). Meanings of Family Involvement for Dementia Caregivers. Paper presented at the scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Chicago, IL (November). TEACHING AND SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE 2009-Present Adjunct Lecturer (Ethnicity and Gender in Aging) 4

5 Department of Social Work Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 2008-Present Adjunct Lecturer (Global Aging: Around the World in 80 Years Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI Present Mentor: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) 2006 Supervision of School of Social Work Graduate Intern Alzheimer s Association-Great Lakes Chapter, Ann Arbor, MI Supervisor Training: Marriage and Family Therapy Program Department of Family Social Science University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Selected Listing) Invited Reviewer: Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences; The Gerontologist; Dementia; Journal of Child and Family Studies; Journal of Comparative Family Studies University of Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research Grant Proposals (2008-Present) National Council for Family Relations Annual Anselm Strauss Qualitative Research Article Award (2006-Present) Berk, L.E. Development Through the Lifespan, 4 th Ed. Pearson, Allyn & Bacon, Boston, MA (2008). Co-founder, Coordinator Participant: Caregiver Research Special Interest Group University of Michigan Survey Research Center Weekly Colloquium Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan University of Michigan Depression Center Interdisciplinary Colloquium Series, University of Michigan PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP Michigan Dementia Coalition National Council on Family Relations : Aging, Qualitative Research Sections Gerontological Society of America: Behavioral Social Sciences Section Society for Study of Human Development 5

CURRICULUM VITAE CAREY WEXLER SHERMAN

CURRICULUM VITAE CAREY WEXLER SHERMAN Office Life Course Development Institute of Social Research The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1248 Phone: 734-764-2561 Fax: 734-647-0861 Email: careyws@umich.edu