Awards

• Winner of ASA 2018 Winner of Best Publication Award, Section on Aging and the Life Course.

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In Encore Adulthood, Phyllis Moen-our preeminent scholar of the emerging life course-illuminates the bonus decades opening up between middle years and anything resembling old age. Beautifully written and filled with moving stories, Moen's book offers insights for individuals navigating this new, exciting, but often poorly understood chapter, and for societies determined to make the most of the longevity revolution. This is a landmark book, one destined to reshape our thinking about the new map of life. -Marc Freedman, author of The Big Shift and CEO of Encore.org Phyllis Moen opens our eyes to the emergence of this entirely new life stage, illuminating both the challenges it poses and the opportunities it offers as full-time paid work and family-building come to an end. Social scientists, policy makers, and individuals of all ages should pay close attention and follow the lead of this pioneering work. - Kathleen Gerson, author of The Unfinished Revolution Conventional adulthood unravels and encore adulthood emerges. Moen, with great insight, describes in this masterful book the social construction of the past and the possibilities of an enriched and fully engaged future for older men and women. -Lisa Berkman, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard University

<em>In Encore Adulthood</em>, Phyllis Moen-our preeminent scholar of the emerging life course-illuminates the bonus decades opening up between middle years and anything resembling old age. Beautifully written and filled with moving stories, Moen's book offers insights for individuals navigating this new, exciting, but often poorly understood chapter, and for societies determined to make the most of the longevity revolution. This is a landmark book, one destined to reshape our thinking about the new map of life. -Marc Freedman, author of <em>The Big Shift</em> and CEO of Encore.org Phyllis Moen opens our eyes to the emergence of this entirely new life stage, illuminating both the challenges it poses and the opportunities it offers as full-time paid work and family-building come to an end. Social scientists, policy makers, and individuals of all ages should pay close attention and follow the lead of this pioneering work. - Kathleen Gerson, author of <em>The Unfinished Revolution</em> Conventional adulthood unravels and encore adulthood emerges. Moen, with great insight, describes in this masterful book the social construction of the past and the possibilities of an enriched and fully engaged future for older men and women. -Lisa Berkman, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard University

I think this work will have an impact on the way scholars think about the life course and the way professional advocates, policymakers, and practitioners respond to longer lives. Nancy Morrow-Howell, Gerontologist

I think this work will have an impact on the way scholars think about the life course and the way professional advocates, policymakers, and practitioners respond to longer lives. * Nancy Morrow-Howell, Gerontologist *

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Phyllis Moen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota where she holds a McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair.

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