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Scott Wright, PhD

Current Position: Associate Professor and Director of Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program

Contact Information

Address:
College of Nursing
10 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City , Utah 84112

Phone: (801) 793-5752
Fax: (801) 581-4642
Email: scott.wright@nurs.utah.edu

Background

Scott D. Wright, Ph.D., has a background in human development and life course theories. He is area of emphasis is in adult development and aging, and retirement "hot spots" in the United States, particularly the intermountain west. At the University of Utah, he teaches several gerontology courses with an emphasis on distance learning.

He has recently developed a complete web-based curriculum, which will count toward a certificate in gerontology. He is a member of the Gerontological Society of America and the Utah Gerontological Society (UGS) of America. He has served as President of the Society for Human Ecology and served as Editor of the journal Human Ecology Review. He is currently editor of the Intermountain Aging Review, a journal publication of the UGS. He is also currently Coordinator of Graduate Studies in the Gerontology Center.

Research

• Dr. Wright's area of research expertise is in investigating and understanding the retirement migration patterns of older adults and the subsequent economic and environmental impact of local communities (also known as retirement "hot spots"). His focus is primarily on retirement hot spots in the intermountain west (or the "New West") and is currently conducting research on environmental attitudes and awareness of retirees by residency status (e.g., native, long-term resident, short-term, newly arrived, seasonal).

Publications

• Wright, S. (1998). Utah sourcebook on aging. Salt Lake City, UT: Empire Publishing.
• Wright, S. D., Caserta, M. S., & Lund, D. A. (in press). Older adult's attitudes, concerns, and support for environmental issues in the "new West." International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Presentations

• 12/02 "Environmental Hazards and Older Persons: Identifying Placed-based Risk Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Spatial Mapping and Analysis," Differential Susceptibility of Older Persons to Environmental Hazards Workshop, National Academy of Science, Washington, DC
• 11/02 "Older Adults Attitudes, Concerns, and Support for Environmental Issues," Gerontological Society of America 2002 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

Awards

• President, Society for Human Ecology, 10/97-1/99
• College of Social and Behavioral Science Award for publication of Human Ecology Review Journal (Co-Editor), 1994

Areas of Teaching

• GERON 3001: The Experience of Aging, a General Education integration course that examines a variety of issues in aging with an emphasis on how aging is integrated in an interdisciplinary approach.
• GERON 2050: Aging-Concepts and Controversies, a General Education foundation course that focuses on critical discussion of topical areas relating the life course, health and health care, and public policy (economics and politics).
• GERON 3050: Aging: Self-Family-Society, a telecourse using the "Growing Old in a New Age video series.