Karen Fingerman, Ph.D., is the Wilson Professor of Human Ecology at the University of Texas at Austin, Director of the Texas Aging & Longevity Consortium, and Co-Director of the UT Austin Center on Aging and Population Sciences. Her research looks at the ways in which social connections provide support in late life, enhance quality of life, physical health, and cognitive functioning. She has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the American Psychological Association Monitor, The Atlantic, and Rolling Stones Magazine.
