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2007
Duerden Comeau, Tammy, & Candace L. Kemp. Intersections of age and masculinities in the information technology industry. Ageing & Society, 27, 215-232.

Kemp, Candace L. Grandparent-Grandchild Ties: Reflections on Continuity and Change Across Three Generations. Journal of Family Issues, 28, 855-881.

2006
King, S.V., Burgess, E.O., Counts-Spriggs, M., Akinyela, M., & Parker, H. The religious dimension of the grandparent role in three-generation African American households. Journal of Religion, Spirituality, and Aging, Vol. 19(1), 75-96.

Frank J. Whittington, "Adherence." In Richard Schultz (ed.), Encyclopedia of Aging, 4th edition. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 2006 pp. 15-17

Leslie Taylor, Frank J. Whittington, Dale C. Strasser, Catherine Hagan Hennessy, Susan W. Miller, &Connie Archea. "Gender Differences in Psychotropic Drug Use in a Nursing Home: Patterns of Psychotropic Drug Prescribing." Journal of Aging and Pharmacotherapy 13 (No. 2, 2006): 67-81.

Frank J. Whittington, "You Might Be a Gerontologist... If You Decide to Buy This Book." The Gerontologist 46 (December 2006): 840-844.

2005
Ball, M.M., Perkins, M.M., Whittington, F.J., Hollingsworth, C., King, S.V., & Combs, B.L. Communities of Care: Assisted Living for African American Elders. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.

Sharon V. King, Mungo Gachuhi, Gillian Ice, Maria Cattell, & Frank Whittington. "Gerontology Education and Research in Kenya: Establishing a U.S.-African Partnership in Aging." Gerontology and Geriatrics Education 26 (No. 1, 2005): 117-135

2004
King, S.V., Gachuhi, M., Ice, G., Cattell, M., & Whittington, F.W. Gerontology education and research in Kenya: Establishing a U.S.-African partnership in Aging. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education. Forthcoming July, 2004.

Perkins, M. M., Ball, M. M., Whittington, F. J., & Combs, B. L. Managing the care needs of low-income board and care home residents: A process of negotiating risks. Qualitative Health Research, Forthcoming.

Whittington, F. J., Ball, M. M., & Perkins, M. M. Ageism in assisted living. In E. B. Palmore, L.G. Branch, & D. Harris (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ageism. New York: The Haworth Press, Forthcoming.

Ball, M. M., Perkins, M. M., Whittington, F. J., Connell, B. R., Hollingsworth, C., King, S. V., Elrod, C., & Combs, B. Managing decline in assisted living: The key to aging in place. Journal of Gerontology, Social Sciences. Vol. 59B, 4, S202-212

Ball, M. M., Perkins, M. M., Whittington, F. J., Hollingsworth, C., King, S. V., & Combs, B. Independence in assisted living. Journal of Aging Studies. Forthcoming.

Patacca, D., Rosenbloom, C., Kicklighter, J., & Ball, M. M. Using a focus group approach to determine older adults’ opinions and attitudes toward a nutrition education program. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, 23.

2003
Taylor, L. F., Whittington, F. J., Hollingsworth, C., Ball, M. M., King, S. V., Patterson, V., Diwan, S., Rosenbloom, C., & Neel, A. B. The effect of a 9-week walking program class on the functional status of residents in assisted living facilities. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 20, 15-26.

Taylor, L. F., Whittington, F. J., Hollingsworth, C., Ball, M. M., King, S.V., Patterson, V., Diwan, S., Rosenbloom, C., & Neel, A. B. A comparison of functional outcomes following a physical activity intervention for frail older adults in personal care homes. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 26 (pp 7-11).

2002
King, S. V. The intra-cultural ‘crippling’ of African Americans with disabilities. In Black Cultures and Race Relations: A Historical Study of African American Inequality, James L. Conyers, Jr. (Ed.), Burnham: Chicago, IL.

Patterson, V. L., King, S. V., Ball, M. M., Whittington, F. J., & Perkins, M. M. Coping with change: Religious activities and beliefs of residents in assisted living facilities. Journal of Religious Gerontology, 14, 79-94.

Hollingsworth, C., MacKinnon, M. M., & Whittington, F. J. University-community collaboration in gerontological education: Creating dividends by investing in community partnerships. In M. Walker, (Ed.), Expert Survivors: The Oldest Old. (Symposia from the Thirteenth Annual Southeastern Regional Student Convention in Gerontology and Geriatrics, pp. 33-41). Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Gerontology Center.

2001
King, S. V. "God won’t put more on you than you can bear”: Faith as a coping strategy among older African American caregiving parents of adult children with disabilities. Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health, 4, No. 4, 7-24

Rosenberg, E. & Whittington, F. J. Substance abuse programs. In George L. Maddox (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Aging, 3rd edition (pp. 989-991). New York: Springer Publishing Co.

Whittington, F. J. Adherence: Taking prescribed medications. In George L. Maddox (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Aging, 3rd edition (pp.16-19). New York: Springer Publishing Co.

Whittington, F. J. Drug misuse and abuse. In George L. Maddox (ed.), Encyclopedia of Aging, 3rd edition (pp.660-663). New York: Springer Publishing Co.

2000
Crews, J. E. & Whittington, F. J. (Eds.). Vision Loss in an Aging Society. New York: American Foundation for the Blind Press.

King, S.V. Review Essay. Long-term care and ethnicity: Serving minority elders in the 21st century. Contemporary Gerontology, 6, No. 4, 141-143.

Ball, M. M., Whittington, F. J., Perkins, M. M., Hollingsworth, C., King, S. V., & Combs, B. L. Quality of life in assisted living facilities: Viewpoints of residents. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 19 (3), 304-325.

1999
Combs, B. L. & Perkins, M. M. (eds.) Gerontological Research and Practice in the Next Century. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Gerontology Center.

1998
King, S. V. The beam in thine own eye: Disability and the black church. The Western Journal of Black Studies, 22 (1), 37-48.

King, S. V. Discussion of African American women aging after Jim Crow. In R. Elsner (Ed.), Voices of Experience: Listening to our Elders (Symposia from the Ninth Annual Student Convention in Gerontology and Geriatrics), pp. 121-123). Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Gerontology Center.

1997
Ball, M. M., Perkins, M. M., & Morton, M. N. Quality of care in personal care homes: Viewpoints of residents and providers. In R. Elsner & C. Noble (Eds.), An Odyssey in Aging: Symposia from the 1997 Student Convention in Gerontology and Geriatrics (pp. 13-57). Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Gerontology Center.

Hennessy, C. H., McNeely, E. A., Whittington, F. J., Strasser, D. C., & Archea, C. K. Perceptions of restraint use and barriers to restraint reduction in a long-term care facility. Journal of Aging Studies, 11, 49-62.

1995
Ball, M. M. & Whittington, F. J. Surviving Dependence: Voices of African American Elders. Amityville, N.Y.: Baywood Publishers, Inc.