E-Mail    rmb@vt.edu

Mailing Address   313 Wallace Hall (0416)
                             Blacksburg, VA 24061

               Phone    540-231-5437

                   Fax    540-231-7012

     Office Hours    By appointment

      Curriculum Vitae

Rosemary Blieszner, Ph.D., Alumni Distinguished Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Primary Academic Interests

• Adult Development and Aging
  
• Family Studies
  

Professional Responsibilities

• Scholarly Societies: American Psychological Association, Committee on Aging
  
• Editorial Boards: Family Relations, Journal of Aging Studies, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Journal of Loss & Trauma, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

• Family and Friend Relationships and Well Being in Old Age
  
• Use of Community Services by Rural Elders and Their Families
  
• Support for Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Families

Selected Publications and Presentations

Blieszner, R. (2006, invited distinguished scholar article). A lifetime of caring: Close relationships in old age. Personal Relationships, 13, 1-18.

Blieszner, R. (2006). Close relationships in middle and late adulthood. In D. Perlman & A. Vangelisti (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships (pp. 211-227). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Blieszner, R., & Roberto, K. A. (2006). Perspectives on close relationships among the Baby Boomers. In S. K. Whitbourne & S. L. Willis (Eds.), The Baby Boomers grow up (pp. 261-281). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Benson, M. J., Allen, K. R., Few, A. L., Roberto, K. A., Blieszner, R., Meszaros, P., & Henderson, T. L. (2006). Transforming the master’s degree in human development and family science. Family Relations, 55, 44-55.

Blieszner, R., & Roberto, K. A. (2004). Friendship across the life span: Reciprocity in individual and relationship development. In F. R. Lang & K. L. Fingerman (Eds.), Growing together: Personal relationships across the lifespan (pp. 159-182). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Blieszner, R. (2003). The aging dimension in personal relationships courses. In S. K. Whitbourne & J. C. Cavanaugh (Eds.), Integrating aging topics into psychology: A practical guide for teaching undergraduates (pp. 217-228). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Blieszner, R. (2004). Supporting health-related quality of life for old women. Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association, 59, 244-247.

Viers, D., & Blieszner, R. (2004). Career and relationship satisfaction among female faculty in MFT programs. Contemporary Family Therapy, 26, 481-501.

Blieszner, R., & Ramsey, J. L. (2002). Uncovering spiritual resiliency through feminist qualitative methods. Journal of Religious Gerontology, 14, 31-49.
[Published simultaneously in S. H. McFadden, M. Brennan, & J. H. Patrick (Eds.), New directions in the study of late life religiousness and spirituality (pp. 31-49). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press.]

Blieszner, R., Roberto, K. A., & Singh, K. (2002, invited article). The helping networks of rural elders: Demographic and social psychological influences on service use. Ageing International, 27, 89-119.

Usita, P. M., & Blieszner, R. (2002). Immigrant family strengths: Meeting communication challenges. Journal of Family Issues, 23, 266-286.

Blieszner, R. (2001). “She’ll be on my heart”: Intimacy among friends. Generations, XXV(2), 48-54.

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