Sarah Hahn

Dr. Sarah Hahn is an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY. She teaches undergraduate courses in Sociology and Behavioral Science. Her primary research interests focus on gerontological pedagogy and the most private places people age, including their home environment and end of life. She earned her PhD in Social Gerontology at Miami University, an MGS in Gerontological Studies at Miami University, and a BA in Sociology and Psychology at SUNY Cortland. She is an active member of the Gerontological Society of America, the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, and the Association for Death Education and Counseling.

Courses Taught at Mercy College

• BHSC 249: Race, Culture, and Ethnicity
• BHSC 348: Methodology in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
• SOCL 101: Introduction to Sociology
• SOCL 222: Family in Transition
• PSYN 239: Adult Development and Aging

Peer Reviewed Publications

Hahn, S.J., Kinney, J.M., & Heston, J. (in press, Gerontology and Geriatrics Education). “So we basically let them struggle”: Challenges to intergenerational service-learning. doi: 10.1080/02701960.2018.1447935

Yamashita, T., Hahn, S. J., Kinney, J. M., & Poon, L.W. (in press, Gerontology and Geriatrics Education). Impact of life stories on college students’ positive and negative attitudes toward older adults.

Hahn, S. J., & Kinney, J. M. (2016). Distant Caregiving. The Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging. doi: 10.1002/9781118521373.wbeaa211

Ewen, H.H., Hahn, S.J., Erickson, M., & Krout, J.A. (2014). Aging in place or relocation? Plans of community-dwelling older adults. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 28(3), 288-309. doi: 10.1080/02763893.2014.930366

Pruchno, R., Wilson-Genderson, M., & Hahn, S.J. (2012). Cigarette smokers, never-smokers, and transitions: Implications for successful aging. International Journal of Aging and Human development, 74(3), 193-209. doi:10.2190/AG.74.3.b