Rhoda Meador
Associate Director
Extension and Outreach, College of Human Ecology
Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone
Fax
Email
607-254-5360
607-254-2903
rhm2@cornell.edu
Education
Ph.D., Family and Consumer Sciences Education, Iowa State University
M.S., Adult Education, Marshall University
B.A., Sociology/English, Marshall University
Experience
2008-present Associate Director, Extension and Outreach, College of Human Ecology
Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center, Cornell University
1998-present Associate Director, Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging,
1992-1998
Extension Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County,
1990-1992
Outreach Educator, Eco-Justice Project, Cornell University
1986-1988
Assistant Director, Tompkins County Chapter, American Red Cross
1982-1985
Program Leader, Disaster Recovery Project, Potomac Mental Health Services
1982-1985
Program Coordinator, Scholars Program, Woodlands Mountain Institute
1980-1982
Director, Child Development Project, Cabin Creek Medical Center
1977-1979
Education Director, Mingo County Head Start Program,
Publications
Meador, R., Chen, E., Schultz, L., Norton, A., Henderson, C., Pillemer, K., (In press). “Going home:
Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Nursing Home Discharge.” Journal of Case Management.
Pillemer, K., Wells, N., Wagenet, L., Meador, R.,,and Parise, J.(2010). "Environmental
Sustainability in an Aging Society: A Research Agenda." Journal of Aging and Health.
Pillemer, K., Wagenet, L., Goldman, D., Bushway, L., Meador. R.(2010). "Environmental
Volunteerism in Later Life: Benefits and Barriers." Generations, 33, 58-63.
Sabir, M., Wethington, E., Breckman, R., Meador, R., Reid, M.C., and Pillemer, K. (2009). A
Community-Based Participatory Critique of Social Isolation Intervention Research for
Community-Dwelling Older Adults.” Journal Applied Gerontology., 28; 218-234.
Pillemer, K., Meador, R., Henderson, C., Robison, J., Hegeman, C., Graham, E., Schultz, L.
(2008). A Facility Specialist Model for Improving Retention of Nursing Home Staff: Results
from a Randomized, Controlled Study. Gerontologist, July 1, 2008; 48(supplement): 80 – 89.
Maiden, P. Meador, R., Hegeman, C. Pillemer, K. (2007). Caring Communication at the End-ofLife: Applying it in Jewish nursing facilities. Journal on Jewish Aging, 1(2): 79-88.
Wethington, E., Breckman, R., Meador, R., Reid, M.C., Sabir, M., Lachs, M., & Pillemer, K.
(2007). The CITRA pilot studies program: mentoring translational research. Gerontologist.,
47(6):845-50.
Sabir, M., Breckman, R., Meador, R., Wethington, E., Reid, M., Pillemer, K. (2006). The
CITRA Research-Practice Consensus Workshop Model: Exploring a New Method of Research
Translation in Aging. The Gerontologist, 46, 833-839.
Meador, R. & Pillemer, K. (2006). “Partners in Caregiving: Building Positive Relations
Between Families and Staff in Nursing Homes.” Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 24.
Pillemer, K., Suitor, Henderson, C., Meador, R., Schultz, L., Robison, J., and Hegeman.
C.(2003).“A Cooperative Communication Intervention for Nursing Home Staff and Family
Members of Residents.” The Gerontologist.
Pillemer, K., Meador, R., Hoffman, R., Schumacher, M., (2001). CNA Career Ladder Made
Easy, Boston: Frontline Press.
Pillemer, K. and Meador, R., Leading the Way, The Busy Nurses Guide to Supervision.(2001).
Boston: Frontline Press. 2001
Pillemer, K., Meador, R., Hoffman, R., Schumacher, M., (2001). CNA Mentoring Made Easy,
Boston: Frontline Press.
Moen, P., Fields, V., Meador, R., (2000).“CRVIS: Case Study of a Successful Intergenerational
Program” in Karl Pillemer, Phyllis Moen, Elaine Wethington, and Nina Glasgow (eds.) Social
Integration in the Second Half of Life. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press.