COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SCHOLARSHIP PORTFOLIO (2013) | Page 141

Faculty Honors
Brian de Vries, Ph.D.
• Invited co-Chair for Aging in America conference, April, San Francisco, CA.
• Appointed as a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Board on the Health of Select Populations
Committee, focusing on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender persons.
Anabel Pelham, Ph.D.
• 2012: Recipient of the David A. Peterson Award Honorable Mention for Best Paper Article in
Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.
• 2008: Recipient of Proclamation Honor from City of San Francisco and Mayor Gavin Newsome
for Public Service.
Darlene Yee-Melichar, Ed.D., CHES
• 2013: Nominated as a Member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of
Minority Health, Advisory Committee on Minority Health.
• 2013: Elected as a Member of the CSU Statewide Academic Senate Executive Committee
• 2011: Appointed as a Member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education.
• 2009: Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Gerontological Society of America,
Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology.
• 2007: Recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Service from San Francisco
State University.
• 2007: Recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award from Association for Gerontology in Higher
Education.

Faculty Scholarship

Caserta, M., Utz, R., Lund, D., Beamson, K.L., & de Vries, B. (in press). Coping processes among
bereaved spouses. Death Studies.
de Vries, B. (in press). LG(BT) persons in the second half of life: A minority stress-cohort perspective.
LGBT Health.
de Vries, B. (in press). Stigma and LGBT aging: Negative and positive marginality. In N. A. Orel & C.
A. Fruhauf (Eds.), Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults and their families:
Current research and clinical applications. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
de Vries, B., & Croghan, C. (in press). LGBT aging: The contributions of community-based research.
Journal of Homosexuality.
de Vries, B., & Iacub, R. (in press). LGBT persons in the second half of life: A snapshot of research
findings in the U.S. In Proceedings of National Convening on LGBT Aging, Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Gardner, A., de Vries, B., & Mockus, D. (in press). Aging out in the desert: Disclosure, acceptance,
and service use among midlife and older lesbian and gay men in Riverside County. Journal of
Homosexuality.
141

SCHOOLS

Brian De Vries