Prof. Andrea Campbell selected as SHASS Faculty Fellow

During her fellowship, Campbell will work on a book, “The Coming Return of Senior Insecurity.” The book will examine a broad array of threats to senior citizens’ financial security, tracing the reasons for known shortcomings to several factors including Congress’ failure to bolster Social Security in the face of baby boomer retirement, galloping healthcare costs, and the replacement of traditional defined benefit pensions with defined contribution retirement plans. The project also seeks to identify and explore additional sources of seniors’ increasing precarity.

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