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Nancy Morrow-Howell

Nancy Morrow-Howell is an international leader in gerontology, known for her work on productive engagement of older adults. Her research contributes to knowledge about programs, policies and organizational arrangements that maximize the productive engagement of older adults while promoting positive outcomes for the individuals themselves. Her research documents outcomes for individual, families, and communities associated with work, volunteering, and caregiving by older adults. Her interests include the development of the Next Move initiative, now a part of 17吃瓜 for Life,  where older adults are facilitated in transitions to new roles in employment, volunteering or education.

At the Brown School, Morrow-Howell teaches gerontology courses. She also teaches a freshman course on aging, aimed at increasing young people鈥檚 understanding about long life and the need for social transformation. As director of the university鈥檚 , she promotes gerontological research and education across disciplines and schools.

She has received Washington University Distinguished Faculty Award and the Brown School鈥檚 Outstanding Faculty Award. In 2008 and 2011, she was given the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award by Washington University. She was the recipient of the 2011 Career Achievement Award from the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work and of the 2013 Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the Society for Social Work and Research.

Nancy Morrow-Howell

  • Betty Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy
  • PhD, University of California, Berkeley
  • Office Phone: 314-935-6762
  • Email: morrow-howell@wustl.edu

Areas of Focus:

  • Productive and civic engagement in later life
  • Social engagement in later life

In The News

Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging relocates to the Brown School
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Brown School faculty named to聽鈥榃orld’s Top 2% Scientists鈥� list
November 12, 2024

Friedman Center grant to study experiences of ageism
September 23, 2024

Age: An Overlooked Factor in Higher Education DEI Initiatives
April 1, 2024

Friedman Center Addresses Ageism in Academia and Beyond
December 2, 2022

Morrow-Howell Receives Gerontological Society of America Maxwell A. Pollack Award
November 17, 2022

Brown School Dean Search Committee Appointed
September 9, 2022

Brown School Faculty Among Most-Cited Scientists
March 1, 2022

Open Classroom Creates Popular New Path to Learning and Community Engagement
August 27, 2021

Brown School Recognizes Faculty Authors and Editors
May 7, 2020

The Pandemic鈥檚 Impact on Older Adults
April 29, 2020

Older Americans are not expendable
March 31, 2020

Featured Publications


Journal of Gerontological Social Work
April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 28 2017