Dr. Karen Kopera-Frye received her Ph.D. in Psychology (Clinical and Developmental) from Wayne State University (WSU). She earned her M.A., Specialization in Aging, and B.A. in Psychology also from WSU in Detroit, MI. She completed a Postdoctoral..
Dr. Karen Kopera-Frye received her Ph.D. in Psychology (Clinical and Developmental) from Wayne State University (WSU). She earned her M.A., Specialization in Aging, and B.A. in Psychology also from WSU in Detroit, MI. She completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. She has taught at four prior higher education institutions, recently arriving from University of Nevada-Reno Social Work to University of Louisiana at Monroe in Fall 2009. Dr. Kopera-Frye holds the Joseph A. Biedenharn Endowed Chairship in Gerontology and is a Professor in Gerontology. Her areas of specialization include: working with ethnically diverse elders, primarily Native Americans and African Americans, health promotion among older adults, needs assessment and evaluation, substance abuse among older adults, older adult inmates, and rural health issues. Additionally, she is working on projects involving intergenerational intervention programming for children at risk for learning disabilities in elementary schools and truant teens.
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