Orli
Zaprir
Graduate Assistant
3111 Turlington Hall
(352) 392-0251 x155
ozaprir@ufl.edu
Office Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays
10:30am-11:30am and by appointment.
Orli Zaprir
3111 Turlington Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611
(352) 392-0251 x155, ozaprir@ufl.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Sociology Expected 2011
Committee Chair: Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, Ph.D.
Committee Co-Chair: Monika Ardelt, Ph.D.,
Committee: Raphael Haftka, Ph.D., Adam D. Shapiro, Ph.D.,
and Constance L. Shehan, Ph.D.
M.A. in Sociology 2008
"Grandparent Environmental Mastery: The Effects of Caring for Grandchildren"
Committee: Constance L. Shehan, Ph.D. and Monika Ardelt, Ph.D.
B.A. in Sociology 2003
Minor: Women’s Studies
Graduated Cum Laude
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Aging and the Life Course
- Working Longer
- Generativity
- Grandparenthood
- Intergenerational Relations
- Caregiving
PUBLICATIONS
Zaprir, Orli. 2008. “Life Course” in Encyclopedia of Social Problems, Edited by Vincent N. Parrillo. California: Sage Publications.
Zaprir, Orli. 2009. “Grandparenthood” in Battleground: The Family, Edited by Kim Brackett. Connecticut: Greenwood Press
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Instructor - "Sociology of Marriage and the
Family" Spring 2010, Summer
B 2010
Spring 2011, Summer B 2011
Instructor - "Sociology of Aging and the
Life Course"
Spring 2009
Summer B
2009 & Fall 2009
Instructor - "Principles of
Sociology"
Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Summer B 2008
Summer B
2008, Fall 2008 & Fall 2010
Teaching Assistant - William
Jawde
Summer B
2007
“Principles of Sociology”
Teaching Assistant - Professor Monika
Ardelt
Spring
2007
“Methods
of Social Research II”
Teaching Assistant - Professor Charles W.
Peek
Fall
2006
“Methods
of Social Research”
Teaching Assistant - Professor Barbara A.
Zsembik
Spring 2006
“Methods of Social Research”
Teaching Assistant - Professor Charles W.
Peek
Fall
2005
“Methods
of Social Research”
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
A Cross-Cultural Study of Wisdom
Research Assistant - Monika Ardelt, Ph.D. 2005 - Present
Can Psychosocial Growth be Learned in University Courses
Research Assistant – Eve Brank, Ph.D. 2006 - 2008
Assuming Elder Care Responsibility: Am I A Caregiver?
AWARDS
The
Felix M. Berardo Award for Research in
Families, Family Gerontology,
and/or Aging and the Life
Course
2009
MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association
Florida Society of the Social Sciences
Gerontological Society of
