MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ten Ball State University faculty members have received grants for research and education in gerontology.

The Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology awarded the grants to encourage education of older adult issues across Ball State’s curriculum and disciplines.

Royda Crose, associate director and coordinator of gerontology, said recipients will conduct research and develop a unit on gerontology within their undergraduate and graduate classes.

"As a result of these projects, Ball State students will be better educated about the impact of an aging society on their personal and professional lives," Crose said.

Recipients and their projects are:

• William Bock, Physiology and Health Science, research on aging prison population.
• Najma H. Javed, Physiology and Health Science, teaching about pathophysiology of aging.
• James J. Kirkwood, Industry and Technology, class project with elders and elementary education majors.
• Mary Kite, Psychological Sciences, research on sex roles and aging.
• Stacy Mulder, English, course development on "Literary Perspectives on Aging.
• Rosalie A. Rohm, Educational Psychology, development of a psychometric research questionnaire to use with interviewing older adults.
• Renee Twibell, Nursing, research on aging of baby boomers.
• Christina Wagner, Indiana Academy, teaching about genetics and aging.
• Maria Williams-Hawkins, Telecommunications, teaching about aging and the media.
• Marianna J. Zamlauski-Tucker, Physiology and Health Science, teaching about mechanisms that contribute to aging systems in the body.