May Lunch&Learn: A Third of Our Lives: A Sociological Perspective on Sleep, Aging, and Health across the Life Course
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Dr. , Assistant Professor of Sociology at Penn State University, will lead our May Lunch & Learn session with a compelling discussion on sleep, aging, and health across the life course. With her research experiences on how structural inequalities shape health and well-being across generations, Dr. Frazier will delve into the intricate relationships between sleep patterns, societal structures, and health outcomes as individuals age.Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how societal expectations, such as hustle culture, impact sleep and overall well-being, and the broader implications for public health and policy.
Itinerary
12:00pm - 12:05pm | Welcome and introductions
12:05pm - 12:45pm | Lunch&Learn presentation
12:45pm - 12:55pm | Moderated Q&A session
12:55pm - 13:00pm | Closing and upcoming sessions
Location
This is an online webinar hosted on Zoom. To receive details to enter the event, please register.
Featured Speaker
Cleothia Frazier聽
Assistant Professor,听Sociology and Demography, Penn State University
顿谤.听 is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography at Pennsylvania State University in the Department of Sociology and Criminology. Before arriving at Penn State, she earned her Ph.D. in Sociology at Vanderbilt University, followed by postdoctoral training at Duke University鈥檚 Duke Aging Center. Broadly, Dr. Frazier鈥檚 research examines how stress exposure, family, work, and the neighborhood environment affect health outcomes related to sleep, mental health, and cognition. In addition, she also investigates how culture and cultural artifacts affect perceptions of health, aging, and biomedicine in the United States. Dr. Frazier鈥檚 work has appeared in several leading journals including聽Scientific Reports,听Social Science and Medicine,听American Journal of Epidemiology, and the聽Journal of Health and Social Behavior. She is currently working on several projects that examine the long-term effects of early life stress exposure on cognition among older adults.
Suggested Readings
Williams, S. J. (2008). The sociological significance of sleep: Progress, problems and prospects.聽Sociology Compass,听2(2), 639-653.
Frazier, C., & Brown, T. H. (2023). How social roles affect sleep health during midlife.聽Journal of health and social behavior,听64(2), 296-312.
Ramesh, S. (2025, February 24). The hustle culture trap: Why overworking isn鈥檛 the key to Success. Times Now.
What are Lunch&Learn's?
The CAnD3 Lunch&Learn series is designed to introduce our Fellows, team members, and partners to emerging research on topics related to population dynamics and population aging. These modules will cover the鈥� Four CAnD3 Population Aging Axes: (1) family and social inclusion; (2) education, labour and inequality; (3) migration and ethnicity; and (4) wellbeing and autonomy.
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