                          Associate Professor
                    Department of Psychology
                     bluck@ufl.edu



Education

Max Planck Institute for Human Development Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997 to 2000.
UC, Irvine Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Behavior, 1997.
UC, Irvine M.A. in Social Ecology, 1994.
University of British Columbia B.A. with Honors in Psychology, 1982.

Research Interests

Dr. Bluck's research concerns social cognition across the lifespan with a focus on how and
why people remember the events of their own lives. Her specific interests include
lifespan differences and continuities in:

The functions of autobiographical memory, reminiscence, and the life story.
Autobiographical memory abilities and the relation of memory to the self.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Bluck regularly teaches courses at the Graduate and Undergraduate level in:

Introduction to Gerontology
Issues and Concepts in Gerontology
Adulthood and Aging
Autobiographical Memory Across the Lifespan
Death and Dying

Faculty Profile

Dr. Bluck's theoretical and empirical work has appeared in such journals as Psychology and
Aging, The Gerontologist, The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Psychological
Bulletin. She recieved the Springer Early Career Achievement Award for Research in
Adult Development and Aging from APA (Division 20).