December 10, 2018
Faculty Transitioning to Retirement: Beyond financial planning
Article by Cathy Cockrell, retired UCB journalist
For faculty approaching retirement, campus pre-retirement workshops offer a wealth of guidance on nuts-and bolts matters like pension benefits, office space, and what it means to be a “Professor of the Graduate School.”
Yet many faculty members, once retired, encounter, as well, a different order of issues -- from family relationships to “Who am I now that I’m not Professor So-and-So?”
Recently, the UC Retirement Center, the UC Emeriti Association, and scholars from the Psychology Department joined forces to learn more about the experiences of faculty making the transition to retirement, and how the campus might better support them. The team included three emeriti -- Sheldon Zedeck, Carolyn Pape Cowan and Philip Cowan -- along with Professor Oliver John, PhD student Ryan Lundell-Creagh, and Retirement Center Director Cary Sweeney.
To read the complete article and learn more about the new retirement planning programs for faculty visit: https://retirement.berkeley.edu/faculty-transitioning-retirement-beyond-financial-planning
In Memoriam
Susan Ervin-Tripp, professor emerita of psychology, pioneering psycholinguist and feminist died on November 13, at the age of 91.
Oral History Center 2016 Interview with Susan Ervin-Tripp
Oral History Center 2016 Interview with Susan Ervin-Tripp