2022
"When facing loss, embrace change and don't force closure, a therapist urges" NPR News, January 1, 2022
"People are quitting their jobs in record numbers. What's driving the Great Resignation?" MPR News, January 12, 2022
"Unvaccinated workers more likely to miss work due to COVID" Axios, January 12, 2022
"Companies need to confront how work conditions affect the well-being of their employees" Fast Company, January 13, 2022
"How to protect yourself from scams" MPR News, January 14, 2022
"Families Complain as States Require Covid Testing for Nursing Home Visits" Kaiser Health News, January 20, 2022
"How to Build Resilience in Hard Times" The New York Times, January 31, 2022
"Is hybrid work the solution?" MPR News, February 2, 2022
"Acclimating to Life in a Nursing Home is Different for Men" Being Patient, February 8, 2022
"Aging in place is even harder in small towns or rural areas" MarketWatch, February 10, 2022
"Health Fusion: City life vs. country living - How social connections differ between the two for older people" Duluth News Tribune, February 11, 2022
"Black women are overrepresented and underpaid in health care's toughest jobs, study shows" The Washington Post, February 24, 2022
"Retirees: Choose the Best Person to Help Keep Your Money Safe as You Age" Forbes, February 25, 2022
"The assault on Ukraine has massive and wide-ranging health implications" Croakey Health Media, February 27, 2022
"Number of Staff, Not Ownership, Is Predictor of Nursing Home COVID-19 Outcomes" Infection Control Today, March 16, 2022
"Updates on the Gendered Wage Gap - And COVID-19" Forbes, March 31, 2022
"The US Economy is Booming. Why are Economists Worrying About a Recession?" The New York Times, April 5, 2022
"Life Expectancy Goes Down Nearly 2 Years During Pandemic" HealthLine, April 15, 2022
"Odds of Getting Laid Off are at Historic Lows in Tightest Labor Market in 50 Years" The Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2022
"Minnesota reports lowest-ever uninsured rate, but racial disparities worsened" Star Tribune, April 21, 2022
"Why is Minnesota a national leader in its share of women who work?" Star Tribune, April 23, 2022
"Nearly 2 Out of 3 Women Age 50-plus Regularly Face Discrimination" AARP, June 22, 2022
"Minnesota's home health care industry and the growing labor shortage" MPR News, August 22, 2022
"Children exposed to lead may experience symptoms of dementia soon - study" The Guardian, November 9, 2022
"Searching for a senior home? A new tool helps Minnesotans screen out unsafe providers" Star Tribune, November 30, 2022
"Many nursing homes are poorly staffed. How do they get away with it?" USA Today, December 1, 2022
2021
"Pandemic-era workers reassess work/life balance" Boston Herald, August 15, 2021
"Get a hobby! Former WCCO anchor Don Shelby shows us why older people need one – or five" Star Tribune, July 21, 2021
"Baby Boomers’ Biggest Financial Risk: Cognitive Decline" Wall Street Journal, June 6, 2021
"New Report on Advancing Black Women" Forbes, June 2021
"Reverse snowbirds: Why some retirees are moving back Up North later in life" Star Tribune, May 5, 2021
"Surprising New Retirement Confidence Survey Finds Retirees Say: What Pandemic?" Forbes, April 22, 2021
"‘Mom Is Really Different’: Nursing Homes Reopen to Joy and Grief" The New York Times, April 1, 2021
"5 tips to protect seniors from financial scams" Cherokee Phoenix, March 25, 2021
"We Have to Grieve Our Last Good Days" The Atlantic, March 9, 2021
"Why it's wrong to look at work-life balance as an achievement" BBC, March 1, 2021
"How Women Can Take Control in A Post-Pandemic World" Forbes, February 9, 2021
2020
"Wells Fargo Study Finds Senior Isolation and Loneliness a Growing Concern as Pandemic Continues" Business Wire, December 10, 2020
"Atypical forms of dementia are being diagnosed more often in people in their 50s and 60s" Washington Post, December 6, 2020
"A winter in isolation: How to stay connected during a lonely pandemic" MPR News, December 2, 2020
"Coronavirus Threatens to Push the Child-Care Industry Over the Edge" Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2020
"'Racial Inequality May Be As Deadly As COVID-19,' Analysis Finds " NPR News, August 27, 2020
"Fallout from the pandemic has Minnesota baby boomers rethinking retirement" Star Tribune, July 22, 2020
"People of color hit harder by COVID-19 in Twin Cities, ZIP code data confirm" Star Tribune, July 1, 2020
"University of Minnesota child care research finds urban-rural divide, including in Northland" Duluth News Tribune, July 3, 2020
"Policymaker action needed to eliminate COVID-19-related racial, ethnic disparities in long-term care: study" McKnight's Senior Living, June 11, 2020
"For Many, Health Insurance Another Likely Casualty of COVID-19" U.S. News, June 4, 2020
"Black community left with tears, exhaustion after death of George Floyd" CBC News, May 31, 2020
"Could the Pandemic Wind Up Fixing What's Broken About Work in America" New York Times, April 10, 2020
"COVID-19 Is Redefining Our Concept of Work" Dialogue Minnesota, April 6, 2020
"UMN family therapist Q&A: Grieving the losses amid coronavirus pandemic" Pioneer Press, April 5, 2020
"Covid-19 economic impact: fate of Egypt’s irregular workers, underprivileged uncertain" Daily News Egypt, March 23, 2020
"What’s happening to how we work" MPR News, March 13, 2020
"Minnesota insurers offer more detailed guidance on benefits as coronavirus spreads" Star Tribune, March 10, 2020
"The American healthcare system is only making COVID-19 worse" Popular Science, March 9, 2020
2019
"When older students and younger students teach each other" Next Avenue and Forbes, February 25, 2019
"New post-retirement job: Making the world a better place" Star Tribune, February 16, 2019
"The Generational Divide at Work" MPR News, November 27, 2019
"Microsoft Proved a Four-Day Workweek Improved Productivity in Japan. Can Its Results Translate to the U.S.?" Fortune, November 24, 2019
2018
"University of Minnesota professor begins statewide tour to shed light on Alzheimer's" Star Tribune, November 3, 2018
"Older workers need jobs, too" MPR News, September 25, 2018
"For baby boomer couples, synchronize or stagger is the new retirement dilemma" Financial Post, September 24, 2018
"Third Act: How a U of M professor is helping baby boomers reimagine their lives" UMF Legacy, Summer 2018
"Can you grow with a remote workforce? These startups are doing it," Zenefits Blog, July 31, 2018
"The midlife doldrums are a social crisis. Now there’s momentum for some radical fixes," Washington Post, April 11, 2018
“Sexual harassment helps explain why women get paid less,” Los Angeles Times, January 06, 2018
2017
“Baby Boomers looking for reinvention try college—again,” Wall Street Journal, December 28, 2017
“The new college program to launch encore careers,” Forbes, Nov. 1, 2017