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Biography
Dr. Loeckenhoff received her undergraduate degree from the University of Marburg, Germany and her Ph.D. from Stanford University. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the intramural research program of the National Institute on Aging before joining Cornell University in 2009.
Dr. Loeckenhoff is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Psychological Science. She was recognized as a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science in 2011 and received the Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology from the Gerontological Society of America in 2014. Her efforts in advancing gerontology were honored by a KON Award for Excellence in Advising in 2018 and SUNY Chancellors Awards for Excellence in Teaching (2013) and Faculty Service (2022).
Dr. Loeckenhoff's research focuses on age differences in time horizons, personality, and emotional experience and their influence on mental and physical health across the life span. A central goal is to understand how age groups differ in their approach to health-related choices and to explore ways to optimize such choices across the life span. A second line of research examines life-long trajectories in people's personality traits and social cognition and their relation to health-related behaviors and outcomes. Dr. Loeckenhoff is also interested in cross-cultural differences in aging trajectories and perceptions.
Dr. Loeckenhoff teaches the following classes:
- Adult Development and Aging (HD2180)
- Self-regulation Across the Life Span (HD3290)
- Empirical Research in the Healthy Aging Laboratory (HD4010)
- Professional Development in Geriatric and Palliative Research (HD4600)
- Community and Residential Services in Geriatric and Palliative Care (HD4610)
- Graduate Seminar on the Dynamics of Self-Regulation (HD 6290)
To see what is currently offered please go to http://classes.cornell.edu/
Edited Books
Ong, A.D., & Löckenhoff, C.E. (Eds.). (2016). Emotion, Aging, and health. American Psychological Association.
Hess, T., Strough, J., & Löckenhoff, C.E. (Eds.). (2015). Aging and decision making: Empirical and applied perspectives. Elsevier.
See Google Scholar for a complete list of publications.
Director of the Laboratory for Healthy Aging
Editorial board member for the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences
Co-Investigator at the Translational Research Center for Pain in Later Life
Director, Gerontology Minor Program
Faculty advisor, Project Generations