Jacklyn Kohon, PhD is a Senior Research Associate II at the Institute on Aging at Portland State University and a Visiting Researcher at the Research Center for Sustainability and Environment at Shiga University in Japan. Her research focuses primarily on the intersections of community health, environmental change, and health inequities, particularly focusing on older adults. Dr. Kohon is a member of the Gerontological Society of America’s Climate Change and Aging Interest Group.
Dr. Kohon returned to the Institute on Aging after several years away, which included serving as Assistant Professor of Urban Sociology in the Global Studies program at Akita International University in Japan. In this role, she taught courses in environmental sociology, urban sociology, social problems, sustainable community development, and research methods. Dr. Kohon has conducted research in Japan on the challenges and opportunities of a “super aging” society and the key social issues involved in district-scale urban sustainability planning.
Recent research includes mapping extreme heat vulnerability among older adults and an analysis of climate adaptation policy focusing on the needs of older adults. She is currently leading a project focusing on diversity, inclusion, and well-being among direct care workers and developing a project related to the impacts of wildfires on assisted living and residential care communities in Oregon.
Publications (Peer-Reviewed):
Kohon, J., Tanaka, K., Himes, D., Toda, E., Carder, P., and Carlson, B. (2023). Extreme Heat Vulnerability among Older Adults: A Multi-level Risk Index for Portland, Oregon. Advance online, gnad074, The Gerontologist, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad074 and in press for special issue on Climate Change and Aging.
Carlson, B., Kohon, J., Carder, P., Himes, D., Toda, E., and Tanaka, K. Climate Change Policies and Older Adults: An Analysis of States’ Climate Adaptation Plans. In press for The Gerontologist, special issue on Climate Change and Aging.
Kyler-Yano, J. Tunalilar, O., Hasworth, S., Kohon, J., Winfree, J., Wilton, R., Tuttle, A., Carder, P. (2021). "What keeps me awake at night": Assisted living administrator responses to COVID-19. The Gerontologist, gnab106, online: https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab106
Kohon, J. (2018). Social inclusion in the sustainable neighborhood? Idealism of urban social sustainability theory complicated by realities of community planning practice. City, Culture and Society, 15, 14-22.
*Kohon, J. (2018). Interpreting the social dimension of sustainability: Connecting theory and community planning practice with a social determinants of health lens. The International Journal of Sustainability in Economic, Social, and Cultural Context, 14(3), 1-19.
*This publication received the On Sustainability International Award for Excellence from On Sustainability Research Network, December 2018. https://onsustainability.com/journals/awards
Carder, P.C., Kohon, J., Limburg, A., and Becker, E. (2018). Waiting for housing assistance: Characteristics and narrative accounts of low-income older persons. Housing and Society, 45(2), 63-80.
Kohon, J., Ellis, S., Dujon, V., and Iglesias, M. (2016). Redeveloping Old Havana: The challenge of maintaining social equity in the face of rapid change. The International Journal of Sustainability in Economic, Social, and Cultural Context, 13(2), 1-24.
Carder, P.C., Luhr, G., and Kohon, J. (2016). Differential health and social needs of older adults waitlisted for public housing or housing choice vouchers. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 28(4), 246-260.
Kohon, J. (2015). Building social sustainability from the ground up: The contested social dimension of sustainability in neighborhood-scale urban regeneration in Portland, Copenhagen, and Nagoya. Dissertations and Theses. Paper 2330.
Kohon, J. and Carder, P.C. (2014). Exploring identity and aging: Auto-photography and narratives of older adults living in subsidized housing. Journal of Aging Studies, 30, 47-55.
Publications (Reports):
Carder, P., Dys, S., Schwartz, L., Jacoby, D., Kohon, J., Himes, D., Fox, M., Elliott, S., and Bouchard, L. (2023). Direct Care Staff Experiences in Oregon Assisted Living, Residential Care and Memory Care Communities, 2022. Portland, OR: Portland State University Institute on Aging. Funded by Oregon Dept. of Human Services. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/aging_pub/122/
Carder, P., Kohon, J., Limburg, A., Zimam, A., Ruskin, M., and Neal, M. (2016). Oregon Community-Based Care Survey 2016: Assisted Living, Residential Care, and Memory Care + Adult Foster Homes. Portland, OR: Portland State University Institute on Aging. Funded by Oregon Dept. of Human Services. https://www.pdx.edu/ioa/oregon-community-based-care-project
Carder, P., Kohon, J., Limburg, A., West, M., Zimam, A., Neal, M. (2014). Oregon Community-Based Care Survey 2015: Assisted Living, Residential Care, and Memory Care + Adult Foster Homes. Portland, OR: Portland State University Institute on Aging. Funded by Oregon Dept. of Human Services. https://www.pdx.edu/ioa/oregon-community-based-care-project
Carder, P., Kohon, J., Elliott, S., West, M., Zimam, A., and Neal, M. (2014). Characteristics of Medicaid Clients in Assisted Living, Residential Care, Memory Care, and Adult Foster Homes 2013-2014. Portland, OR: Portland State University Institute on Aging. Funded by Oregon Dept. of Human Services. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/aging_pub/17/
Carder, P., Weinstein, J., Kohon, J. (2013). Comfort, Home and Community: Resident Perceptions of Home Forward’s Congregate Housing Services Program. Portland, OR: Portland State University Institute on Aging. Funded by Home Forward.
Carder, P., Weinstein, J., Kohon, J. (2012). The Health and Housing Specialist: An Emerging Job Classification to Support Aging in Place in Subsidized Housing. Portland, OR: Portland State University Institute on Aging. Funded by the Northwest Health Foundation. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=aging_pub
Carder, P., Weinstein, J., Kohon, J. (2011). Home Forward’s Aging in Place Initiative: Planning for the Aging in Place of Current and Future Residents. Portland, OR: Portland State University Institute on Aging. Funded by Home Forward (Housing Authority of Portland). http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=aging_pub