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Katz Stephen
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Trent University
Key words: Interdisciplinary critical gerontology, cultural theory, sociology of the body, new health technologies of care, biopolitics and population ageing, memory and society.
Curriculum Vitae
Stephen Katz is Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology and Distinguished Research Award recipient at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada. He is author of books Disciplining Old Age (1996), Cultural Aging (2005) and (editor) Ageing in Everyday Life (2018), along with numerous publications on aging bodies, technologies, critical gerontology, biopolitics, and cognitive impairment. In 2009 he received the prestigious Trent University Distinguished Research Award for his work in critical aging studies. Together with Barbara L. Marshall, he has co-authored publications on critical aging studies, pharmaceutical expertise, enhancement, sexuality and quantified aging. His current research is on the neuro-cultural aspects of aging memory and the role of health technologies in care enterprises, and a new book development on Age, Mind and Body in Later Life. Professor Katz is also a founding member of Trent University’s Centre for Aging and Society (https://www.trentu.ca/aging/) and contributes to community life through media, interview and public engagement events.
Projects
Digital Culture and Quantified Aging (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Insight Grant). https://www.digitalaging.info/digital-culture-and-quantified-agin
Ageing, Communication, Technologies (ACT), (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canadian, Partnership Grant). http://actproject.ca/
Being Connected at Home: Making Use of Digital Devices in Later Life
(More Years/Better Lives: Ageing and Place in a Digitising World, International Consortium, Canadian Institutes of Health Research). https://www.digitalaging.info/more-years-better-lives
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