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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)

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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

Cale Darling
Dorly D. J. H. Deeg

Jo Earl
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

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
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

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