Elizabeth Russell
Associate Professor and Director, Trent Centre for Aging & Society
B.A. (Hons.), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Memorial University)
Office: LHS DNA C115
Phone: 705-748-1011 ext. 7867
Email: elizabethrussell@trentu.ca
***Elizabeth will be on sabbatical in the 2024-25 academic year and will not be taking on new students.
***Open to accepting Graduate, Honours Thesis and Reading/Practicum students for the 2025-2026 academic year. (Subject to change.)
Research interests:
Dr. Elizabeth Russell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and is Director of the Trent Centre for Aging & Society and Director of the new Master’s in Interdisciplinary Aging Studies MA program. She teaches courses in the psychology of aging and qualitative research methods and supervises undergraduate and graduate students studying rural aging. Her research takes a collaborative, interdisciplinary, and community-based approach to studying diverse aging topics focused within rural communities, including the sustainability of rural age-friendly community programs, how teaching psychology of aging courses can reduce ageism, and housing alternatives for older adults. Dr. Russell was selected as an inaugural Trent University 2022 Early Career Researcher Award recipient, and as a co-primary investigator of the Rural Aging Research Program, the impact of her collaborative research was recognized with the awarding of the inaugural Trent University Research Impact Award in 2021. In 2023, Elizabeth was awarded a Trent Teaching Fellowship and Trent’s prestigious Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching. Her career goal is to support the development of an Intergenerational Trent University.
For detailed information on Elizabeth’s research program, please visit: https://www.trentu.ca/ruralaging
For information on the Trent Centre for Aging & Society, please visit: https://www.trentu.ca/aging/
Selected publications:
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Zapletal, A., Wells, T. Russell, E., Skinner, M., & (2023). On the triple exclusion of older adults during COVID-19: Technology, digital literacy and social isolation. Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 8(1), 100511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100511
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Russell, E., Thériault, É., & Colibaba, A. (2022). Facilitating age-conscious student development through lecture-based courses on aging. Canadian Journal on Aging, 41(2). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980821000246
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Russell, E. (2021). Teaching university students to be ‘age-conscious’ could help address our elder care crisis. The Conversation.
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Russell, E., Skinner, M. W., & Colibaba, A. (2021). Did we expect too much of rural age-friendly initiatives? Studying the scope and sustainability of a rural Canadian age-friendly program. The Journal of Rural and Community Development, 16(2), 208–231.
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Russell, E., Skinner, M. W., & Colibaba, A. (2021). Developing rural insights for building age-friendly communities. Journal of Rural Studies, 81C, 336-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.10.053
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Colibaba, A., Russell, E., & Skinner, M. W. (2021). Rural volunteer fire services and the sustainability of older voluntarism in ageing rural communities. Journal of Rural Studies, 88, 289-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.08.016
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Colibaba, A., Skinner, M. W., & Russell, E. (2021). Rural aging during COVID-19: A case study of older voluntarism. Canadian Journal on Aging, 40(4), 581-590. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980821000386
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Colibaba, A., Russell, E., & Skinner, M. (2020). Exploring rural older adult perspectives on the scope, reach and sustainability of age-friendly programs. Journal of Aging Studies, 55, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2020.100898
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Russell, E., Skinner, M., & Fowler, K. (2019). Emergent challenges and opportunities to sustaining age-friendly initiatives: Qualitative findings from a Canadian age-friendly funding program. Journal of Aging and Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2019.1636595
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Skinner, M., & Russell, E. (2019). Services for an aging rural population. 2019 Rural Ontario Foresight Paper: Measuring Rural Community Vitality. Phase 2 Initiative. Rural Ontario Institute. http://www.ruralontarioinstitute.ca/uploads/userfiles/files/Rural%20Onta... (see page 61 for our individual paper)
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Russell, E., Skinner, M., & Fowler, K. (2019). Emergent challenges and opportunities to sustaining age-friendly initiatives: Qualitative findings from a Canadian age-friendly funding program. Journal of Aging and Social Policy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2019.1636595
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Rutherford, K., Pirrie, L., Smith, A., Jennings, N., Russell, E., & Marris, J. (2018). A community-based approach to retirement living development projects. Trent University, in partnership with AHSL, Lakefield, ON http://digitalcollections.trentu.ca/objects/tcrc-1307
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Russell, E., & Kosny, A. (2018) Communication and collaboration among return-to-work stakeholders. Disability and Rehabilitation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2018.1472815
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Mercer, D., Russell, E., & Arnold, K. (2014). Flexible working arrangements in healthcare: A comparison between managers of shift-workers and 9-5 employees. J Nurs Admin., 44, 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000000091