Madonna Harrington Meyer

Madonna Harrington Meyer is an American sociologist, author, and academic. She is a University Professor at Syracuse University, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence, and Professor of Sociology at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Policy Research, Faculty Research Affiliate at the Lerner Center, and Faculty Affiliate at the Aging Studies Institute of Syracuse University.

Harrington Meyer's research interests encompass the fields of old age policies in the United States and the physical, emotional, social and financial impacts of grandparenting among grandparents. Since 2020, she has been working in the area of food insecurity among the elderly in the United States. She has authored and co-authored several books. She is the author of ''Grandmothers at Work: Juggling Families and Jobs'' (2014), which won the Gerontological Society of America's Kalish Book Award. She is also the co-author of ''Grandparenting Children with Disabilities'' (2020) with Ynesse Abdul-Malak, co-editor of ''Grandparenting in the United States'' (2016) with Abdul-Malak, and co-editor of ''Gerontology: Changes, Challenges, and Solutions'' (2016) with Elizabeth Daniele. In addition, she is co-author with Pamela Herd of ''Market Friendly or Family Friendly? The State and Gender Inequality in Old Age'' (2007), which also won the Gerontological Society of America's Kalish Book Award and is editor of ''Care Work: Gender, Labor, and the Welfare State'' (2000).

Harrington Meyer is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a Member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Provided by Wikipedia