Linda Waite
Professor and Director, Center on Aging
University of Chicago
Linda Waite is Lucy Flower Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Aging at the University of Chicago. She is also Principal Investigator of The National Social Life, Health and Aging Study (NSHAP), a national survey gathering data on the personal and physical health of older Americans, including the role of marriage and social networks. Professor Waite, past president of the Population Association of America and member of the Sociological Research Association, has received many honors and awards for her work. She has published many books and articles, including The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier and Better Off Financially, with Maggie Gallagher, and, more recently, “Marital Biography and Health at Midlife,” with Mary Elizabeth Hughes.
