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Sara Moorman
Professor, Department Chairperson
Sara Moorman
Ph.D.
Contact
McGuinn Hall 426C
Telephone: 617-552-4209
Email: sara.moorman@bc.edu
ORCID
Education
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Courses
SOCY1078 - Sociology of Health and Illness
SOCY1096 - Aging and Society
SOCY5516 - Survey Methodology
SOCY7704 - Topics in Multivariate Statistics
Research Interests
Aging and the Life Course, Family, Medical Sociology, Quantitative Methods, Social Psychology
Department
Biography
Sara Moorman is a social gerontologist and expert in quantitative and survey methods. She is a Fellow of the聽聽and member of the editorial boards of聽, the聽,听, and聽. Moorman has two major lines of current research:
End-of-Life Medical Decision-Making
Family relationships influence individuals鈥� end-of-life treatment preferences and planning. However, there is frequently a mismatch between the ways in which older people expect to involve family members in end-of-life decisions and the ways in which the law permits family members to be involved in medical decision-making. Moorman鈥檚 work investigates barriers to realizing one鈥檚 end-of-life treatment preferences.
Moorman, Sara M. 2020.听Dying in Old Age: U.S. Policy and Practice.听聽New York: Routledge.听聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽 聽聽聽
Moorman, Sara M. and Kathrin Boerner. 2018. 鈥�"聽The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences聽73(4): 704-12.
Early-Life Predictors of Adult Cognitive Functioning
A growing body of research indicates that socioeconomic status (SES) in childhood is associated with cognitive functioning in later life. Better understanding childhood SES as a potential risk or protective factor for later-life cognitive health is essential for furthering early detection, prevention, and treatment strategies. Moorman鈥檚 work (funded by the National Institute on Aging) examines schools as a major context in which young people experience SES, as well as the varying levels of risk low SES poses to individuals based on their genetic risk for cognitive impairment.
Moorman, Sara M., Emily A. Greenfield, and Sarah Garcia. 2019. 鈥溾�澛燡ournal of Health and Social Behavior聽60(4): 493-508.听 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽
Moorman, Sara M., Kyle Carr, and Emily A. Greenfield. 2018. 鈥溾�澛燬ocial Science & Medicine聽212: 219-26.
Publications
Moorman, Sara M. and Sara Kobielski. Forthcoming. 鈥�.鈥澛�Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Science and Medical Sciences.听
Moorman, Sara M., Emily A. Greenfield, and Kyle Carr. 2021. 鈥�.鈥澛�The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences聽76(8): 1512-1522.
Moorman, Sara M., Emily A. Greenfield, and Connie Seo Hyun Lee. 2021. 鈥�.鈥澛�Journal of Applied Gerontology聽40(6): 679-683.