Nancy Chapman, Ph.D., Professor Emerita
E-mail: chapmann@pdx.edu
Dr. Chapman is an environmental and social psychologist whose research in aging has focused on housing and neighborhood environments. She and Dr. Deborah Howe directed an Administration on Aging-funded grant that trained urban planners on housing issues that will confront them as our society ages. The resulting publication is a report from the American Planning Association, "Planning for an Aging Society." Recent articles have explored the viability of accessory apartments as a housing option for older people, factors that make it easier or harder for family members to visit people with dementia in long-term care, and the relationship between urban form and activity. In addition to housing and neighborhood environments, her research has included help-exchange networks among the elderly, their family, friends and neighbors.
