| Ms. Merrill received a B.A. from Bowdoin College in 1984 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Brown University in 1988 and 1991, respectively. She was later a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, also at Brown University. Ms. Merrill has been at Clark since 1992. She is also affiliated with the Women and Gender Studies Program. Current Research and TeachingMs. Merrill's primary interests and training in sociology lie within the fields of family, aging, medical sociology, and demography. She is currently engaged in research on gender differences in intergenerational relations following marriage. Ms. Merrill's articles appear in Social Forces, Research on Aging, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Journal of Aging and Health and Ethnic Groups. She is the author of Mothers-in-law and Daughters-in-law: Understanding the Relationship and What Makes them Friends or Foe and Caring for Elderly Parents: Juggling Work, Family and Caregiving in Middle and Working Class Families. Book Publications2007, Mothers-in-law and Daughters-in-law: Understanding the Relationsip and What Makes them Friends or Foe. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers 1997, Caring for Elderly Parents: Juggling Work, Family, and Caregiving in Middle and Working Class Families . Westport, CT: Auburn House. |
