Suzanne England, New York University

Professional Information

Full name: Suzanne England
Job title: Professor
URL: http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/our.faculty/suzanne.england.html
Role: faculty
Education: MSW, PhD, MBA
Current Projects: Narrative Inquiry, Negotiating Whiteness, Families, Illness and Social Policy, Long Term Care
Disciplinary Interests: Narrative, Social Policy, Literature, social work, Health Professions, Aging, Dementia
Bio: As a critical gerontologist my interest is in cultural meta-narratives and archetypes of aging, old age, Alzheimer’s Disease and caregiving and how the language of dependency, loss and diminishment negates value, selfhood and embodiment—thus producing and reinforcing inequalities in access and care. I draw from literary interpretation and feminist sociology, focusing on plots, metaphors, and figurative language where policy and practice relevant issues arise.