Biography
Jeremy B. Yorgason is a Professor in the School of Family Life, and Director of the Gerontology Program at Brigham Young University. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech in marriage and family therapy. He also completed a graduate gerontology certificate at Kansas State University, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Gerontology Center of Penn State University, with an emphasis in mental health and aging. His research interests are in the area of later life family relationships, with a specific focus on health and marriage. His current research efforts focus on later life couple relationships in context of the effects of daily health stressors, managing multiple chronic illnesses, and on grandparent/grandchild relationships. He is the lead PI for the Couple Relationships and Transitions Experiences study (CREATE), which explores how recently married couples manage minor and major life transitions. Dr. Yorgason has recently begun to study young couple relationships managing type 1 diabetes.
Research Interests
How couples manage illness, family relationships in later life, dyadic and longitudinal data analysis, and grandparent/grandchild relationshipsTeaching Interests
Adult development and aging, family adaptation and resilience, family relationships across the life course, and structural equation modelingMemberships
- American Diabetes Association (2018 - Present)
- International Association for Relationship Research (2012 - Present)
- Gerontological Society of America (2002 - Present)
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (1998 - Present)
- National Council on Family Relations (1996 - Present)
Professional Citizenship
- Editorial Review Board Member, Family Relations (2013 - Present)
- Officer, National Council on Family Relations (2020 - 2022)
- Committee/Council Chair, National Council on Family Relations (2015 - 2016)