Dale Lund, PhD
Title: Professor
Current Position: Associate Director Research of University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Research Specialty: Family care-giving and respite services, bereavement and grief, and later life transitions
Education/Training
- BS University of Utah
- MS University of Utah
- PhD University of Utah
Research/Scholarly Activities
09/01/04-06/30/09 Dual Process Intervention for Recently Bereaved Spouses. (NIH, NIA (R01))
Honors
- 2002 Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Utah College of Nursing (gerontology-sociology), Fall Faculty Retreat
- 2000 Pioneer Award, Utah Gerontological Society
- 1998 Charles Redd Prize; Utah Academy of Sciences, Art and Letters; Area of Humanities and Social Sciences
- 1996 Outstanding Researcher, Association for the Death Education and Counseling (International)
Publications
- Lund, D. A., & Caserta, M. S. (2002). Facing life alone: The loss of a significant other in later life. In K. Doka (Ed.), Living with grief: Loss in later life. Levittown, PA: Brunner/Mazell
- Lund, D. A. (Ed.) (2000). Men coping with grief. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing.
- Lund, D. A., & Caserta, M. S. (2000). When the unexpected happens: Husbands coping with the deaths of their wives. In D. A. Lund (Ed.), Men coping with grief. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing.
- Lund, D. A. (1999). Giving and receiving help during later life spousal bereavement. In J. D. Davidson & K. J. Doka (Ed.), Living with grief: At work, at school, at worship. Levittown, PA: Brunner/Mazel.
Academic Activities
- Dr. Lund is currently working on developing a large research proposal to test one or more bereavement interventions for older spouses.
- Professor of gerontology and sociology
