Eva Kahana

Eva Kahana is an American sociologist.

Career

Kahana is the Pierce T. and Elizabeth D Robson Professor of Humanities, Chair of the Department of Sociology, and the Director of the Elderly Care Research Center at Case Western Reserve University.[1] She has published over 200 academic articles on Holocaust survivors, aging, and stressors.[2]

Awards and honors

Kahana is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and is the recipient of its Polisher and Distinguished Mentorship awards. She has also received the Mary E. Switzer Distinguished Fellow of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, the 1977 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Aging and Life Course of the American Sociological Association and Menorah Park's Heller Award.[1] She was in the Cleveland Jewish News 2016 class of 18 difference makers.[3]

Personal life

Kahana is married to psychologist Boaz Kahana.[4] Kahana and her mother Holocaust survivors who later migrated to the United States.[2][4][5] She has two sons. Kahana attends Green Road Synagogue in Cleveland, Ohio.[2]

Selected works

Books

Midlarsky, Elizabeth; Kahana, Eva (1994). Altruism in Later Life. Sage Publications. ISBN 9780803927681.[6]
Kahana, Jeffrey Steven; Kahana, Eva (2017). Disability and Aging: Learning from Both to Empower the Lives of Older Adults. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-1-62637-590-1.[7]

References

Gerrity, Ellen; Keane, Terence M.; Tuma, Farris (2001-03-31). The Mental Health Consequences of Torture. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306464225.
Edelman, Hannah (October 28, 2016). "Eva Kahana". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
Jacob, Bob (September 1, 2016). "CJN announces 2016 class of 18 Difference Makers". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
Kessler, Rebecca (December 2012). "Q&A Eva Kahana: Ageing proactively". Nature. 492 (7427): S9. doi:10.1038/492S9a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 23222674.
Cohen, Sharon Kangisser (2013). "Choosing "a heim" : survivors of the Holocaust and post-war immigration". European Judaism. 46 (2): 32–54. doi:10.3167/ej.2013.46.02.04. JSTOR 42751137.
Reviews of Altruism in Later Life:
- Shapiro, S. (February 1995). "Review". Choice. 32 (6): 1008. ISSN 0009-4978.
- Jerrome, Dorothy (September 1995). "Review". Ageing and Society. 15 (3): 431–432. doi:10.1017/S0144686X00002683. ISSN 0144-686X.
- Williamson, J. (September 1995). "Review". Age and Ageing. 24 (5): 457. ISSN 0002-0729.
Reviews of Disability and Aging: Latham-Mintus, Kenzie (November 2018). "Review". Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews. 47 (6): 728–730. doi:10.1177/0094306118805422bb. ISSN 0094-3061.
- Hughes, Reverend David (April 2018). "Review". Disability & Society. 33 (4): 644–645. doi:10.1080/09687599.2018.1438048. ISSN 0968-7599.
- Kail, Ben Lennox (June 2019). "Review". Social Forces. 97 (4): e1–e2. doi:10.1093/sf/soz017. ISSN 0037-7732.

External links

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[Gerrity_2001-1] Gerrity, Ellen; Keane, Terence M.; Tuma, Farris (2001-03-31). The Mental Health Consequences of Torture. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306464225.

[Edelman_2018-2] Edelman, Hannah (October 28, 2016). "Eva Kahana". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved 2018-11-30.

[3] Jacob, Bob (September 1, 2016). "CJN announces 2016 class of 18 Difference Makers". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved 2018-11-30.

[Kessler_2012-4] Kessler, Rebecca (December 2012). "Q&A Eva Kahana: Ageing proactively". Nature. 492 (7427): S9. doi:10.1038/492S9a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 23222674.

[5] Cohen, Sharon Kangisser (2013). "Choosing "a heim" : survivors of the Holocaust and post-war immigration". European Judaism. 46 (2): 32–54. doi:10.3167/ej.2013.46.02.04. JSTOR 42751137.

[6] Reviews of Altruism in Later Life:
Shapiro, S. (February 1995). "Review". Choice. 32 (6): 1008. ISSN 0009-4978.

Jerrome, Dorothy (September 1995). "Review". Ageing and Society. 15 (3): 431–432. doi:10.1017/S0144686X00002683. ISSN 0144-686X.

Williamson, J. (September 1995). "Review". Age and Ageing. 24 (5): 457. ISSN 0002-0729.

[7] Shapiro, S. (February 1995). "Review". Choice. 32 (6): 1008. ISSN 0009-4978.

[8] Jerrome, Dorothy (September 1995). "Review". Ageing and Society. 15 (3): 431–432. doi:10.1017/S0144686X00002683. ISSN 0144-686X.

[9] Williamson, J. (September 1995). "Review". Age and Ageing. 24 (5): 457. ISSN 0002-0729.

[7] Reviews of Disability and Aging: Latham-Mintus, Kenzie (November 2018). "Review". Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews. 47 (6): 728–730. doi:10.1177/0094306118805422bb. ISSN 0094-3061.
Hughes, Reverend David (April 2018). "Review". Disability & Society. 33 (4): 644–645. doi:10.1080/09687599.2018.1438048. ISSN 0968-7599.

Kail, Ben Lennox (June 2019). "Review". Social Forces. 97 (4): e1–e2. doi:10.1093/sf/soz017. ISSN 0037-7732.

[11] Hughes, Reverend David (April 2018). "Review". Disability & Society. 33 (4): 644–645. doi:10.1080/09687599.2018.1438048. ISSN 0968-7599.

[12] Kail, Ben Lennox (June 2019). "Review". Social Forces. 97 (4): e1–e2. doi:10.1093/sf/soz017. ISSN 0037-7732.