Affiliated Faculty | Gerontology Program | UNC Charlotte

Cynthia R. Hancock, Ph.D.

Director and Graduate Coordinator, Gerontology Program; Teaching Professor, Sociology

Fretwell 460E
704-687-7807
chancock@charlotte.edu

S. Megan Smith, Ph.D.

Gerontology Undergraduate Coordinator, Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology and Gerontology,

Fretwell 460G
ssmit392@charlotte.edu

Candace Brown, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Gerontology in the Department of Public Health Sciences; Gerontology Executive Committee

cbrow342@charlotte.edu

Maria-Carla Chiarella, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor, Psychological Sciences; Gerontology Executve Committee

chiarella@charlotte.edu

Meredith Troutman-Jordan, Ph.D.

Professor of Nursing and Gerontology; Gerontology Executive Committee

mflood@charlotte.edu

Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Political Science & Public Administration

jchattop@charlotte.edu

Meg Davenport, PhD (2023)

Lecturer, Psychological Sciences

mdaven18@charlotte.edu

Amy Jamerson, MSW, LCSW

Adjunct Lecturer Gerontology and Social Work; Clinical Social Worker Department of Veterans Affairs

ajamerso@charlotte.edu

Kendra Jason, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Sociology; Gerontology Executive Committee

kjason@charlotte.edu

Brittany Kearney, M.A., MBA

Adjunct Lecturer, Director of Outreach and Enrollment at P.A.C.E. of the Southern Piedmont, Administrative Support Associate for Sigma Phi Omega - International Academic and Professional Honor Society in Gerontology

bkearne1@charlotte.edu

L. Katie Kutcher, M.A.

Adjunct Lecturer; Assistant Director at Centralina Area Agency on Aging, Winner of the AGHE Part-Time and CLAS Part-Time teaching awards

lkkutche@charlotte.edu

Othelia Lee, Ph.D.

Professor of Social Work

elee50@charlotte.edu

Susan McLennon, PhD, APRN, CHPN

Professor, Director School of Nursing

449B CHHS
704-687-7974
smclenno@charlotte.edu

Julian Montoro-Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Professor of Gerontology in the School of Social Work

jmontoro@charlotte.edu

Jyotsana Parajuli, Ph.D., MGS, RN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

jparajul@charlotte.edu

Elena A. Platonova, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences

eplatono@charlotte.edu

Margaret Quinlan, PH.D.

Associate Professor of Communication Studies

quinlan.margaret@charlotte.edu

La Tonya Rafe, MSN, RN

Lecturer, School of Nursing

lrafe@charlotte.edu

Ashley Stevens, MSW, LCSW

Adjunct Lecturer; Gerontological Social Worker for Mecklenburg County DSS

asteve41@charlotte.edu

M. Lori Thomas, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Social Work / Urban Institute Director of Research and Faculty Engagement

mthom117@charlotte.edu

Michael J. Turner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Kinesiology; Gerontology Executive Committee

253 Cameron
704-687-0867
miturner@charlotte.edu

Jan Warren-Findlow, Ph.D.

Professor of Public Health Sciences / Interim Chair Public Health Sciences

jwarren1@charlotte.edu

Charlene Whitaker-Brown, DNP, MSN, FNP-CPMHNP-BC, CHFN

Clinical Associate Professor, Nursing

cdwhitak@charlotte.edu

Lufei Young, PhD, APRN-NP

Professor, School of Nursing

lufei.young@charlotte.edu

Diane Zablotsky, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Sociology

dlzablot@charlotte.edu

Jeannine Skinner, Ph.D.

In Memoriam: Assistant Professor of Gerontology and Psychological Sciences