Dana Kotter-Gruehn

Bio

Dr. Dana Kotter-Gruehn obtained her B.S. and M.S. in Psychology from Dresden University of Technology (Germany) and her Ph.D. in Psychology from the Free University, Berlin (Germany). Trained at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany, she is a lifespan developmental psychologist and has conducted and published research on psychosocial development in adulthood. She has taught a variety of courses (e.g.,  Developmental Psychology, Research Methods, Social Relationships, Psychology of Aging) at NCSU, Duke University, and Humboldt University of Berlin. She is an associate teaching professor and serves as the director of undergraduate advising in the Psychology department at NC State University.

Website

https://psychology.chass.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/meet-the-advisors/

Area(s) of Expertise

• Psychosocial development in adulthood and old age
• Social cognition: Self-perceptions of aging, age stereotypes, ageism, stigmatization
• Well-being and self-regulation in the context of successful aging
• Curriculum, program, and course development within Psychology, centered around critical career skills
• High-impact practices that improve student preparedness for graduate school

Publications

• The role of university students' wellness in links between homelessness, food insecurity, and academic success , JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DISTRESS AND THE HOMELESS (2021)
• Dialogue on subjective aging , The psychology of later life: A contextual perspective (2020)
• Prevalence and Correlates of Food Insecurity and Homelessness Among University Students , JOURNAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT (2020)
• The Combined Effects of Daily Stressors and Major Life Events on Daily Subjective Ages , The Journals of Gerontology: Series B (2017)
• Looking Beyond Chronological Age: Current Knowledge and Future Directions in the Study of Subjective Age , Gerontology (2016)
• Changing negative views of aging: Implications for intervention and translational research , Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics (2015)
• Feeling old today? Daily health, stressors, and affect explain day-to-day variability in subjective age , Psychology & Health (2015)
• The aging self , Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging (2015)
• Objective and subjective nearness to death , Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (2014)
• "Feeling Younger, Being Stronger": An Experimental Study of Subjective Age and Physical Functioning Among Older Adults , JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (2013)

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