Dr. Kristine J. Ajrouch

Short biography:
Kristine J. Ajrouch received her PhD in Sociology from Wayne State University in 1997. She then received postdoctoral training in applied issues of aging from the School of Social Work at the University of Michigan. She recently completed a pilot study entitled Social Relations and Health among Aging Arab Americans, funded by the National Institute of Aging.

Courses taught:

• SOCL 105/HNRS179 Sociology of Mathematics in Global Context
• SOCL/ANTH 214 Racial and Cultural Minorities
• SOCL 311 Social Gerontology
• SOCL 678 Methods of Social Program Evaluation
  

Research interests:
Aging and Life Course, Social Relations, Race/Ethnicity, Arab Americans, Gender