JORDAN I. KOSBERG, Professor and University of Alabama Endowed Chair of Social Work

Degrees:
• B.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• M.S.W., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Ph.D., University of Chicago

Field of interest:
Social gerontology; victimization of the elderly; social work education; social work ethics

Selected Publications:

Kosberg, J.I. (1999). Opportunities for social workers in an aging world. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 26(1), 7-24.

Kosberg, J.I. & Morano, C.L. (2000). Cultural considerations with older men in care management. Geriatric Care Management Journal, 10(1), 24-30.

Yaffe, M.J., Dulka, I.M. & Kosberg, J.I. (2001). Interdisciplinary health-care teams: What should doctors be aware of? The Canadian Journal of Clinical Medical Education, May, 153-160.

Kosberg, J.I. (2001). The forgotten needs of elderly men. Aging, The Newsletter of the NASW Section on Aging, 3(2), 8-9.

Kosberg, J.I. & Kaufman, A.V. (2002). Gerontological social work: Issues and Imperatives for Education and Practice. Electronic Journal of Social Work, College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, 1(1), 1-15.

Kosberg, J.I., Lowenstein, A., Garcia, J.L., & Biggs, S. (2002). A multi-systemic approach for the cross-national study of elder abuse. The Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation: An International Publication, 3(1), 19-31.

Kosberg, J.I. (2002). Heterosexual males: A group forgotten by the profession of social work. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XXIX(3), 51-70.

Kosberg, J.I. (2002). The invisibility of older men in gerontology. Gerontology and Gerontological Education, 22(4), 27-42.

Kosberg, J.I. & Garcia, J.L. (2004). Change in traditional roles for elderly men and women. BOLD, Journal of the International Institute on Ageing (United Nations – Malta), 14(3), 3-10.

Kosberg, J.I. & MacNeil, G. (2005). The vulnerability to elder abuse for grandparents raising their grandchildren: An emerging global phenomenon. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 15(3/4), 33-53.

Kosberg, J.I., Lowenstein, A., Garcia, J.L., & Biggs, S. (2005). The study of elder abuse within diverse countries. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 15(3/4), 71-89.

Podniek, E., Kosberg, J.I., & Lowenstein, A. (co-eds.) (2005). The Prague Papers, Special Issue, Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 15(3/4).

Kosberg, J.I. (2005). Meeting the needs of older men: Challenges for those in helping professions. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, XXXII(1), 9-31.

Kosberg, J.I. & Martin, S.S. (2005). International opportunities for social workers in an aging world. Social Work AGEnda, 23(1), 1 & 21.

Kosberg, J.I. & Torgusen, B.L. (2005). Elder abuse within the family. BOLD, Journal of the International Institute on Ageing (United Nations-Malta), 15(3), 11-18.

Kosberg, J.I. (2005). Prevencion del maltrato de mayors (Preventing the abuse of older persons), in I.I. Marmolejo (Ed.), Violencia Contra Personas Mayores (Violence Against Older Persons). Valencia , Spain: The Queen Sofia Center for the Study of Violence, 202-220.

Kosberg, J.I., Kaufman, A.V., Burgio, L.D., Leeper, J.D., & Sun, F. (2007). Family caregiving to those with dementia in rural Alabama:  Racial similarities and differences. Journal of Aging and Health, 19(1), 3-21.