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Judith Freidenberg, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
College Park, Maryland 20742
Education:
- Certificate in Social Gerontology, Center on Aging, University of Maryland, 2005.
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, 1981-1984.
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, City University of New York, 1978.
- M.A. in Anthropology (Licenciada en Ciencias Antropológicas1), Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1969.
- French Academy Diploma (Diplôme D’Etudes Supérieures), Alliançe Française, Argentina, 1967.
Biography:
Recent Accomplishments
Freidenberg’s research agenda focuses primarily on health and well-being, with a special focus on barriers to access to health care services, and on the impact of immigration on the cultural and economic development of small localities, from a life-course perspective, and with a special focus on the aged. Her research on the aging of Latino immigrants in New York and in Prince Georges County, Maryland, led to publications (“Growing Old in El Barrio”, New York University Press, 2000; “Elderly Latinos of Langley Park: Retirement Issues”, Journal of Latino-a and Latin American Studies, 2006) and museum exhibits (“Growing Old in Spanish Harlem”, Museum of the City of New York, 1998; “Inside Out: Growing Old Latino in the United States”, Smithsonian Institution). Freidenberg’s research agenda has extended to Argentina, where she has published “Memories of Villa Clara”, Antropofagia, 2005; and is currently working on The Invention of the Jewish Gauchos: European Memories of Immigration on the Argentine Pampas.
Funded Research
Freidenberg has received funding recently from NIH (National Institute on Mental Health and National Institute on Aging), the Maryland Humanities Council, the Samuel Iwry Faculty Research Fellowship, the Graduate Research Board, Pepsi Foundation, and the Prince Georges Council.
Future Plans
Freidenberg is currently working on immigrant populations in neighborhoods in Prince Georges County. She is currently involved with her students in two local projects: preparation of an exhibit museum on the immigrant experience, and an ethnographic study of health care providers to assess immigrant barriers to access to health care services.