Overview

My scholarship is motivated primarily by an interest in aging in rural environments. I study the characteristics of older rural residents as well as how the conditions of rural communities and institutions affect rural older people. My research contributes to disciplinary concerns, extension and outreach and to public policy discussions. I often use life course theory and methods to investigate the timing, context, history and trajectories of events and transitions in the lives of older rural residents. Most of my work has focused on the United States, but I have examined similar issues in Western and Eastern Europe and recently also in Japan. I also focus my research and extension on health and health care in rural communities and what the implications are for community and rural development.

Research Focus

My recent research has focused primarily on rural retirement in-migration, examining in particular the process through which older newcomers in rural retirement destinations re-establish formal and informal social ties and what effect that has on the health and well being of older in-migrants. I have also examined how rural retirement destination communities adapt to in-movement of older people. In this five-year study, I have used findings from a panel survey, case studies and census sources to understand the dynamics of rural retirement migration. I used findings from this multi-methods approach to co-author (with David L. Brown) a book entitled Rural Retirement Migration (Springer 2008). Broadly speaking, my reseach focuses on sociodemographic aspects of aging in rural environments.

Outreach and Extension Focus

One of my goals is to blend my scholarly research and my extension/outreach programs. I communicate evidence-based research findings to public and private decision makers on topics such as the rural development implications of population aging. I have collaborated with two CCE County Association executive directors and CaRDI to develop a rural learning network (RLN) and conference series designed to educate government officials, non-profit organizations, citizens, businesses and others on topics of vital interest in a rural region of central and western New York. We ended the first year of our three-year funded project with the RLN having a membership of 224 and having held two one-day conferences on 1) Shared Municipal Services and 2) The Role of Local/Regional Foods in Community and Economic Development.

Instruction Focus

Not applicable

Additional Links

• Development Sociology
• Polson Institute for Global Development
• Population and Development Program
• Link to CALS Research portal
• Link to CALS Impact statements

Professional Activities

• Gave six invited seminars in various locations in the United Kingdom, Feb.-June. (See full description in section on Extension and outreach.) - 2006
• Nina Glasgow and David L. Brown, "Retirement Migration, Social Integration, and Health, " at the mini-conference on rural population change held in conjunction with the annual meeting of Multi-state Research Project, W1001, "Population Change in Rural Communities, Las Vegas, Nevada. - 2005
• David L. Brown and Nina Glasgow, "The Places Left Behind: Rural-Urban Inequality in Post-Socialist East-Central Europe, " Conference, Promise and Problems: Economic Development and Strategic Planning in Eastern Europe in a Globalization Context, May 27-28, Kharkiv, Urkrane. - 2003
• "Older People's Propensity to Drive and Use Other Modes of Transportation, " 15th Annual Conference, Spanning the Continuum of Care: Innovations in Geriatric Health Practice, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center, Rochester, New York, September 21, 2001. (Continuing education credits were awarded to the approximately 200 physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals who attended the conference.) - 2001
• "Transportation Mobility of New York State's Aging Baby Boomers, " Public Forum on Project 2015: The Future of Aging in New York State, Ithaca, New York, September 27. - 2000

Selected Publications

• Glasgow, Nina and David L. Brown. "Establishing Social Ties: Social Integration among Older In-migrants in Nonmetropolitan Retirement Destination Counties. " Population Change and Rural Society. Kandel and Brown, (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer. 2006
• Kirschner, Annabel, E. Helen Berry and Nina Glasgow. "Changing Faces in Rural America. " Population Change and Rural Society. Kandel and Brown, (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer. 2006
• Glasgow, Nina, Nan E. Johnson, and Lois Wright Morton. "Introduction. " Critical Issues in Rural Health. Glasgow, Morton, Johnson, (eds.). Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Publishing. 2004
• Morton, Lois Wright, Nina Glasgow, and Nan E. Johnson. "Reaching the Goal: Less Disparity, Better Rural Health. " Critical Issues in Rural Health. Glasgow, Morton, and Johnson, (eds.). Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Publishing. 2004
• Glasgow, Nina. "Older Rural Families. " Challenges for Rural America in the 21st Century. Brown and Swanson, (eds.). University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. 2004
• Glasgow, Nina. "Healthy Aging in Rural America. " Critical Issues in Rural Health. Glasgow, Morton, and Johnson, (eds.). Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Publishing. 2004
• Glasgow, Nina, Lois Wright Morton, and Nan E. Johnson, (eds.). Critical Issues in Rural Health. Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Publishing. 2004
• Glasgow, Nina and Alan Barton. "Older Workers and Retirement in Rural Contexts. " Communities of Work. Falk, Schulman, and Tickamyer, (eds.). Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. 2003
• Sterns, Ronni, Vincent Antenucci, Charles Nelson and Nina Glasgow. "Public Transportation: Options to Maintain Mobility for Life. " Generations 27(2). 2003
• Glasgow, Nina. "Rural/Urban Patterns of Aging and Caregiving in the United States. " Journal of Family Issues 21(5). 2000
• Glasgow, Nina and Robin Blakely. "Older Nonmetropolitan Residents' Evaluations of Their Transportation Arrangements. " Journal of Applied Gerontology 19(1). 2000
• Wethington, Elaine, Phyllis Moen, Nina Glasgow, and Karl Pillemer. "Multiple Roles, Social Integration, and Health. " Ch. 2 in Social Integration in the Second Half of Life. 2000
• Glasgow, Nina. "Transportation Transitions and Social Integration of Nonmetropolitan Older Persons. " Ch. 4 in Social Integration in the Second Half of Life. 2000
• Glasgow, Nina. "An Intervention to Improve Transportation Arrangements. " Ch. 9 in Social Integration in the Second Half of Life. 2000
• Pillemer, Karl, Phyllis Moen, Elaine Wethington, Nina Glasgow, and Galyn Vesey. "Closing Thoughts and Future Directions. " Ch. 12 in Social Integration in the Second Half of Life. 2000
• Pillemer, Karl, Phyllis Moen, Elaine Wethington, and Nina Glasgow, (eds.). Social Integration in the Second Half of Life. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2000
• Pillemer, Karl, Phyllis Moen, Elaine Wethington, and Nina Glasgow. "Introduction. " Pp.1-16 in Social Integration in the Second Half of Life. 2000

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