Mary McCall  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Education:

• Ph.D. Human Development and Aging, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1990
• B.S. Human Development, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, 1982

Teaching Experience:

• Professor - St. Mary's College of California, Moraga, California. (1989 - Present)
  Department of Psychology
• Instructor - St. Mary's College of California, Moraga, California. (1988 - 1989)
  Department of Psychology
• Graduate Instructor - Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, San Francisco, California. (1987 - 1988)
• Adjunct Faculty Lecturer - Samuel Merritt College of Health Professions - 1997)
  Human Development (Lifespan)
• Invited Guest Lecturer - Langara College, Vancouver BC - 1996)
  Developmental Psychology/Research Methods and Design

Professional Experience:

• Statistical Consultant - Contra Costa County Area Agency on Aging. (1994 - 1995)
• Research Consultant and Statistical Consultant - Contra Costa County Advisory Council on Aging. (1993 - 1994)
• Statistical and Methodological Consultan - Satellite Senior Homes Research Project, San Francisco Foundation. - 1993)

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Award:

• Alumnae Faculty Development Award - (1998)
  Alumnae Faculty Development Award for work with elders in federally subsidized housing. ($5,000)

Fellowship:

• Foreign Science Fellow in Health and Welfare - Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare (January 2004)
  Visting fellow to Japan to study health and aging and aging services in urban and rural areas.

Grants:

• "Exploring the Need for Assisted Living Services: A Profile Of Unmet Health Needs of Very Poor Elders Living in Federally Subsidized Housing. - California Policy Research Center California Program on Access to Care (CPAC) (2000)
  ($50,093)
• True North Foundation (1994)
  Grant from True North Foundation to design program for basic health screening and education to low-income seniors. (1994 - 1996)
• Various Faculty Grants - St. Mary's College of California, Moraga, California.
  (1989- 1996)

Professional Licenses & Certifications:

• Certified Values Technology Coach - (2010)
  Certified coach to work with Values Inventory of Values Technology, Inc.

Presentations:

Selected Presentations

• Social Interaction and Longevity Among a Rural Japanese Community: Twenty Years of Study. McCall, Mary and Anme, Tokie (paper, co-author)
  Gerontological Society of America
  (November 2011)
• “Culture, Care, and Community Empowerment of Elderly: International Perspectives.”. McCall, Mary, Anme, Tokie, Lowenstein, Ariela and Henning, Cecilia (panel or forum chair, moderator, or leader)
  International Federation on Ageing
  (September 2008)
• “Empowerment: Risks and Rewards.”. McCall, Mary (talk, speech or lecture, invited, primary presenter)
  Lectured at four universities in Japan
  (July 2008)
• Consumer Engagement and Empowerment in Community Senior Care Services: Strategies for Addressing the Needs of Low-Income Elders in Subsidized Housing. McCall, Mary (invited, paper)
  4th International Conference on Long-term Care Case Management. San Diego, CA
  (December 1999)
• The Concept of Empowerment. McCall, Mary (paper)
  VIIth International Conference .Grenoble, France
  Paper given at the VIIth International Conference on Systems Sciences in the Health-Social Services for the Elderly and Disabled.
  (July 1999)
• Re-imaging senior empowerment in service delivery. McCall, Mary (paper)
  VIIth International Conference .Grenoble, France
  Paper given (and session moderated) at the VIIth International Conference on Systems Sciences in the Health-Social Services for the Elderly and Disabled
  (1999)
• Reminiscence Theories and Techniques: Applications in Various Settings. McCall, Mary, Kunz, J. and Soltys, F. (talk, speech or lecture)
  American Society on Aging. San Francisco, Ca.
  (March 1998)
• Course Development of 'Creativity in Late Life. McCall, Mary (talk, speech or lecture)
  Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. Salem, NC
  (February 1998)
• Reimagining Senior Empowerment in Service Delivery: Creative Applications in a Global Context. McCall, Mary (paper)
  Sixth International Conference on Systems Sciences in Health-Social Services for the Elderly and Disabled. Chicago, IL
  (1997)
• Dealing with Aging Parents. McCall, Mary (talk, speech or lecture, panel or forum chair, moderator, or leader)
  St. Mary's College
  "Dealing with Aging Parents" M.E. McCall. A bi-weekly series presented for faculty, staff and community of St. Mary's College (Spring). Covered such topics as Parent-Child Role Changes; Normal and Abnormal Aging (Dementia vs. Alzheimer's); Dealing with Doctors; Housing Options; Family Issues; Death, Dying & Grief, 1997.
  (1997)

Publications:

• McCall, Mary. (2008). M.E. McCall. “The “First Responder” Role and Work: Priorities, Preparations, and Policies in Cultural Context.”. Journal of the National Association of Career Development Counselors, Vol. Fall, unknown.
• Anme, Tokie, McCall, Mary & Takayama, Tadao. (2008). Culture, Care and Community Empowerment: International Applications of Theory and Methods.. Tokyo, Japan: Kawashima Press
• Anme, T., Shinohara, R., Sugisawa, Y. & McCall, M. (2008). “Social Interaction and Longevity: An Eleven-Year Longitudinal Study of Older Persons in a Japanese Village.”. Hallym International Journal of Aging,, Vol. 9 (2):, 89-105..
• Anme, Tokie, Ryoji, Shinohara, Yuka , Sugisawa & Mary E. , McCall. (2007). Social Interaction and Longevity: An Eleven-Year Longitudinal Study of Olders Persons in a Japanese Village. Hallym International Journal of Aging, Vol. 9, Iss. 2, 89-105.