Award Winners 2018
Lifetime Achievement Award
Marc Molea, AICP, Ohio Department of Aging is the 10th recipient of the OAGE Lifetime Achievement Award, acknowledging exemplary long-term contributions working with and on behalf of older adults in Ohio.
2018 Researcher of the Year
Dr. Jennifer Tehan Stanley, PhD studies socioemotional functioning across the lifespan, focusing on two broad areas of aging and emotional life: emotion recognition and emotion regulation.
2018 Practitioner of the Year
Judge Robert N. Rusu, Jr. has had a positive impact on many seniors and future gerontologists through his work as a Probate Judge of the Mahoning County Probate Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas.
2018 Educator of the Year
Dr. Laura Landry-Meyer is currently the program coordinator for the undergraduate program in Human Development and Family Studies and is a graduate faculty member in the graduate Gerontology program at Bowling Green State University.
Nominations
OAGE accepts nominations of individuals in Ohio to be recognized for their contributions in the areas of education, research, and practice. For more information, click on the links below.