NACDA Podcast 21 - Dr. Nancy Morrow-Howell and Productive Engagement in Later Life

Dec. 3, 2025

This 31-minute podcast features Dr. Nancy Morrow-Howell

  • Dr. Nancy Morrow-Howell – teaches gerontology courses at the Brown School at Washington University
  • Betty Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy
  • An international leader in gerontology, known for her work on productive engagement of older adults
  • Director of the university’s Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging
  • Her research focuses on the productive engagement of older adults – older people as workers, volunteers, caregivers (paid and unpaid work).

Recent publications:

  1. Li, Y.& Morrow-Howell N. (2024). Social Capital Profiles among Chinese Older Adults: A Latent Class Analysis. Innovations in Aging. 8(Suppl 1):999–1000. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igae098.3218.
  2. Sun, P. C., Morrow-Howell, N., & Click, M. V. (2024). Variations in Benefits of Intergenerational Tutoring in the “New Normal.” Journal of Applied Gerontology, 44(1), 126–135. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648241264913
  3. Li, Y. & Morrow-Howell, N. (2024), Assessing Social Capital Among Chinese Older Adults: Dimensions and Associative Factors. Health and Social Care in the Community, DOI:10.1155/2024/1599530