Our mission is to advance the science of reminiscence and life review through students’ projects and collaboration.
Our STARR group meets virtually and work on their reminiscence projects. Please feel free to send updates about your students to juliette. shellman@uconn.edu. All students are welcome to join us!
Members
Madisyn Longdyn
Ingraham Manor Nursing Home
Class of 2021, Department of Psychology, UConn
Yuxuan Yang
UConn PhD student, School of Nursing
Britney Toussaint
McNair Scholar Student, Cell and Molecular Biology
Emily Findlan
UConn Honors Student, School of Nursing
Ongoing Projects
- 1. The group members are currently working together on a manuscript describing results from the study entitled, “Surviving COVID-19: Older Adults’ Experiences and Resilience.” Madisyn Longdin and Leah Graf delivered the virtual intervention and Yuxuan Yang analyzed the data.
- 2. Leah Graf was selected for the University Scholar Program, the highest academic honor bestowed to an undergraduate student by UConn. She is currently collecting data for her study, “A Structured Life Review Intervention to Improve Life Satisfaction in Home Health Service Patients.”
Previous Projects
- 1. Jenna Joshi (Nurses’ Digital Storytelling Library Project)
- 2. Taryn Nguyen BS ’20 and Anne Reeder Ph.D. (The Forgotten Experience: Recounting the Lives of Vietnamese Immigrant)
- 3. Yuxuan Yang, Madisyn Longdyn, Leah Graf, and Abdallah Abu Khait (Scoping review of reminiscence research undertaken in long-term care communities. Geriatric Nursing, 46, 191-198.https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2022.06.004)