Lyn Holley
- PhD (1999)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Gerontology, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Dr. Chuck Powell Professor of Gerontology (2016), AGHE Fellow (2019)
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Lyn Meridew Holley, PhD is a full Professor at UNO, a 2015 UNO Service Learning Academy Faculty Fellow, and twice Vice President of the UNO Faculty Senate. She teaches gerontology, the study of older adults and aging. Almost all her classes give students the opportunity to apply what they learn through service to the community and their profession. A member of the UNO Thompson Learning Community, Graduate Faculty, Native American Studies Faculty, and Honors Faculty,
Dr. Holley has received awards for teaching excellence that include the 2009 UNO Alumni Association Teacher of the Year Award, the 2010 UNO Faculty Service Learning Award and nomination for the 2017 OTICA. She was the inaugural UNO Service Learning Academy Faculty Fellow, and the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Chuck Powell Professorship in Gerontology. She led internationally collaborative development and teaching of a revived course in Comparative Gerontology / Global Ageing which is continuing, and has twice served as a visiting Professor/Lecturer in Poland. Dr. Holley’s research helps to improve services that enhance resilience and wellness of elders - in general and for elders in marginalized subpopulations - and helps to improve intergenerational relationships. She has held leadership positions in national gerontology research associations (Gerontological Society of America and its Academy of Gerontology in Higher Education). She also has published articles in several journals, including “Quality in Ageing [UK, Europe]”, “The Gerontologist,” “Educational Gerontology,” “Gerontology and Geriatrics Education”, and “Public Performance Management Review”. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from American University (1964). After working in Federal and International public service (including service in the US Army Reserve), she earned an M.P.A. (UNO, 1995) and Ph.D. (UNO, 1999). Following gerontology research at the University of Kansas and University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she joined UNO’s gerontology faculty in 2004.
Additional Information
Alumni Update
Lyn Meridew Holley, PhD is a full Professor at UNO, a 2015 UNO Service Learning Academy Faculty Fellow, and twice Vice President of the UNO Faculty Senate. She teaches gerontology, the study of older adults and aging. Almost all her classes give students the opportunity to apply what they learn through service to the community and their profession. A member of the UNO Thompson Learning Community, Graduate Faculty, Native American Studies Faculty, and Honors Faculty,
Dr. Holley has received awards for teaching excellence that include the 2009 UNO Alumni Association Teacher of the Year Award, the 2010 UNO Faculty Service Learning Award and nomination for the 2017 OTICA. She was the inaugural UNO Service Learning Academy Faculty Fellow, and the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Chuck Powell Professorship in Gerontology. She led internationally collaborative development and teaching of a revived course in Comparative Gerontology / Global Ageing which is continuing, and has twice served as a visiting Professor/Lecturer in Poland. Dr. Holley’s research helps to improve services that enhance resilience and wellness of elders - in general and for elders in marginalized subpopulations - and helps to improve intergenerational relationships. She has held leadership positions in national gerontology research associations (Gerontological Society of America and its Academy of Gerontology in Higher Education). She also has published articles in several journals, including “Quality in Ageing [UK, Europe]”, “The Gerontologist,” “Educational Gerontology,” “Gerontology and Geriatrics Education”, and “Public Performance Management Review”. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from American University (1964). After working in Federal and International public service (including service in the US Army Reserve), she earned an M.P.A. (UNO, 1995) and Ph.D. (UNO, 1999). Following gerontology research at the University of Kansas and University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she joined UNO’s gerontology faculty in 2004.