Victoria Russo, PhD

Email: Victoria.Russo@cuchicago.edu | Linkedin

Dr. Victoria Russo specializes in social aspects of aging and the life course.  She has a strong background in applied gerontology, dementia care and direct service.   Dr. Russo received her PhD in Sociology from Loyola University Chicago and Master’s in Gerontological Studies from Miami University.

• Doctorate of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2014
• Master of Gerontological Studies/Program Administration, Miami University, Oxford, OH
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
• Faculty Fellow: Geriatric Education Center of PA, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Ph.D. Level

• Sociocultural Aspects of Aging, Concordia University Chicago
• Leadership, Applied Ethics, Aging and Global Change, Concordia University Chicago
• The Psychological Aspects of Aging, Concordia University Chicago
• Demography and Epidemiology of Aging

Master’s Level

• The Sociology of Aging, Concordia University Chicago
• Aging Values, Attitudes and Ethics, Concordia University Chicago
• Public Policy and Aging, Concordia University Chicago
• Diversity and Aging, Concordia University Chicago

Undergraduate Level

• Aging in Culture and Society, Loyola University Chicago
• Introductory Sociology, Loyola University Chicago

• Non-Alzheimer’s Dementia, in-service presentation to In-Touch Home Care Aids, Lutheran Social Services Illinois (October 2018 and September 2019)
• Normal Aging compared to Alzheimer’s Disease, in- service presentation to In-Touch Home Care Aids, Lutheran Social Services Illinois (January 2017)
• Life Course Narratives, paper presented at the 2016 Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (November 2016)
• Culture and Life Course Expectations of Transnational Professionals, paper presentation at the 15^th Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2013)
• Lifecourse Expectations of Transnational Professionals, paper presented at the 6^th Annual Graduate School Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, Chicago, IL (April 2013)

• Life-course, aging, gender, work and retirement, senior housing, global aging issues, mental health
• Dissertation Title:  Life course Narratives from US Expatriates: Continuity Work