Emily A. Greenfield

Dr. Greenfield is an internationally recognized scholar and leader within the aging-in-community movement. Her community-engaged scholarship seeks to bolster community-based efforts toward more equitable opportunities for long and healthy lives. Her work has helped to advance understanding of innovative approaches to aging in community in the 21^st century. Examples include age- and dementia-friendly community initiatives, supportive service programs for Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, and Village organizations. Dr. Greenfield also conducts research on how social inequalities stemming from childhood influence later life cognition and well-being. 

Greenfield, E. A, & Buffel, T. (2022). Age-friendly cities and communities: Research to strengthen policy and practice. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 34(2), 161-174. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2022.2049573 

Greenfield, E. A., Pestine-Stevens, A., & Scher, C. (2022). The roles of age-friendly community initiatives within local responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gerontologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac070

Reynolds, A.*, Greenfield, E. A., Moorman, S. M., & Reyes, L. (2022). Race, childhood socioeconomic status, and region of childhood residence as intersectional life course predictors of cognitive aging in the U.S. Innovation on Aging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac020

Greenfield, E. A., Reynolds, A.*, & Moorman, S. M. (2022). Life course linkages between early-life enriching activities and later life cognition: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114673

Pestine-Stevens, A., & Greenfield, E. A. (2022). Giving, receiving, and doing together: Interorganizational interactions in age-friendly community initiatives. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 34(2), 218-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2021.2024412