Faculty & Staff
Below you will find a listing of the faculty and staff for the Aging Studies Program. If you are unsure of who to contact with your questions, please call the main program office at 509.359.6479.
Sharon Bowland, PhD
Assistant ProfessorSenior Hall 231Phone: 509) 359-4584Fax: 509) 359-4568Email: sbowland@ewu.eduLicensed Clinical Social Worker, PhD from Washington University in St. Louis, MSW from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Master's in Pastoral Studies (MPS) from Loyola University, Chicago. Her scholarly and research interests include behavioral health practice, trauma-informed interventions, aging, and spirituality. Sharon is a John A. Hartford Faculty Scholar in Social Work. In 2012 she was awarded a research grant to study the needs and concerns of older African-American women survivors of child abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence over the life course.