Douglas A. Hershey is emeritus full professor of psychology and former director of the Retirement Planning Research Laboratory, which was housed at Oklahoma State University from 1996 to 2021. Hershey received his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Southern California with a specialization in aging and life planning. His research focuses on the psychological, social, and economic factors that motivate individuals to plan and save for retirement. (douglas.hershey@okstate.edu)
Notable Lab Alumnae
Janet L. Koposko is a lab alum who is currently an Associate Professor of Rural Sociology at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) in Tifton, Georgia. (jkoposko@abac.edu)
Helen Kiso is a lab alum who is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. There, she is director of the Aging, Work, and Retirement Lab. (kiso@susqu.edu)
Ritu Gupta ("Doctor G") worked in the RPRL as a visiting scholar. She is now a Professor at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Raipur, India. (rgritu@gmail.com)
Alicia Farrell is a national keynote speaker and founder of Clearview Consulting. She is the founder of the "Boots on the Ground Parenting" approach. (alicia@aliciafarrellphd.com).)
Joy M. Jacobs-Lawson is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Bellarmine University in Louisville Kentucky. (jjacobslawson@bellarmine.edu).)
Other Research Collaborators
and Lab Alumni
Charles I. Abramson
Cherry Adjchavanich
Jason Allaire
Thomas B. Ayres
Kathy S. Austin
Sofia Beltran
Martha I. Bojórquez
Montrey Bond
Misty Boyd
Ruby Brougham
Allison (Allie) Broussard
Carol Brown
Steven Carter
Yung-Ping (Bing) Chen
Ada (Addy) S. Chulef
Elizabeth Close
Lauren Coffey
Andrew Cole
Camille Collins
Hannie Comijs
Kendra Coutant
David Crouse
Marleen Damman
Cale Darling
Dorly D. J. H. Deeg
Jo Earl
David Ekerdt
Lucia Fanca
K. Timilli Frazier
Mike Freeland
Lisbeth Frostholm
Stormie Fuller
Stacy Gabriel
Jigyasu Gaur
Paul Gerrans
Jessica Gillard
Douglas Graham
Fumiaki Hamagami
Sharon B. Hamil
Tevy Heng
Kene Henkens
Clarissa Herndon
Ilda T. Hershey
Scott M. Hofer
John L. Horn
Sharbee Horne
Sherry Horning
Victor Igreja
Gayle Iwamasa
Janissa Jackson
Jessica Jones
Kimberly M. Jones
Gregory Keyser
Anya Kuboi
Erin Lane
Francisco P. Lozano III
Phillip A. Martin
Lisa Mauldin
John (Jack) J. McArdle
Dana P. McDaniel
Amanda Messer (Bradley)
Jennifer Mitchell-Copeland
Anna Mooney
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Ray Morath
John C. Mowen
Allison Musicus
Kirstan A. Neukam
Cora Ortiz
Elizabeth Padawer
Daniel B. Pearce
Antonio E. Pérez
Sara Penning
Andrea M. Piccinin
Kirk Phillips
Stephen J. Reed
Nicole Rosell
Steve Schley
Jon Schneider
Roy Seguine
Dave Sherry
Hanna Solinge
Robert S. Stawski
Sheril Stone
Darla Swann
Judith Swiger
Heavin Taylor
David G. Thomas
Katie Tomajan
Kathleen (Katie) Trujillo
Kathy Turner
Harry Van Dalen
David A. Walsh
Kimberly Wells
JoAnne Wilson (Dzuray)
Thomas L. Wilson