Tam E Perry
Adjunct Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
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Her ethnographic research addresses housing transitions of older adults from a network perspective. As health, mobility and kin and peer networks alter, she explores how older adults contemplate their homes and its contents. She studies housing transitions because, while aging in place is often preferred and cost-effective, inevitably some older adults will undertake the emotional and physical labor, as well as the negotiation of medical, financial and long-term care infrastructures, involved in relocation.
- Zdravko Trivic, Yi Jie Chin, Ted Kheng Siang Ng, Alan Prem Kumar, Clarissa E. Hui Lee, Paul Slowey, Patrick Dillon, Tam E Perry, Daniel R. Y. Gan. 2025. Effects of Sensory Environment and Playfulness on Cognitive Health Among Older Adults in Singapore Public Housing: Findings from Path Analysis. Journal of Aging and Environment 39(4):391-419.
- Erete, Sheena , Corbett, Eric , Smith-Walker, Natasha , Cunningham, Jay L. , Gatz, Erin , Park, Tina , Tam E Perry, Wilcox, Lauren , Denton, Remi . 2025. Towards Equitable Community-Industry Collaborations: Understanding the Experiences of Nonprofits' Collaborations with Tech Companies. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 9(2):1-31.
- Tam E Perry, Wilma Stringer, Brenda Evans, Vanessa Rorai, Henry Swift, Roland Samaroo, Fannie Spears, JoAnn Smith, James Bridgforth, Jamie Mitchell, Kent Key, Peter Lichtenberg, Robert J Taylor, Joan Ilardo, Maggie A. Dahlmann. 2025. Innovative Consultancy Promoting Older African American Perspectives. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance
- Tam E Perry, Wilma Stringer, Brenda Evans, Vanessa Rorai, Henry Swift, Roland Samaroo, Fannie Spears, JoAnn Smith, James Bridgforth, Jamie Mitchell, Ken Key, Peter Lichtenberg, Robert Taylor, Joan Ilardo, Maggie A. Dahlmann. 2025. Innovative Consultancy Promoting Older African American Perspectives. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance
- Andrea P. Sankar, Faith P. Hopp, Tam E Perry, C. M. Cassady, Michael J. Henson, Arlene N. Weisz. 2024. Integrating anthropology and social work education to address contemporary social issues. Human Organization 83(1):82-95.
- Tam E Perry, Horn, Amanda J, Rorai, Vanessa, Smith, JoAnn, Bridgforth, James, Jamie Mitchell, Key, Kent, Cynthia Howell, Robert J Taylor, Lichtenberg, Peter, Woodward, Amanda T. 2024. Community Engaged Research for Older, Minoritized Americans: Programmatic Perspectives and Recommendations to Move the Science of Inclusion Forward. Public Policy & Aging Report 34(4):129-137.
- Linn, Colleen, Robbins-Panko, Jessica C., Tam E Perry, Seibel, Kimberly. 2023. Living with lead: Older adults' experiences of necropolitical water governance in Flint, Michigan. Human Organization 82(3):261-273.
- Perry, Tam E, Liu, Yujun , Dou, Xiaolu . 2019. Return Migration in Later Life in Mainland China: Motivations, Patterns, and Influences. Ageing International
- Perry, Tam E, Gonzales, Ernest , Shen, Huei-Wern , Wang, Yi . 2019. Intersections of Home, Health, and Social Engagement in Old Age: Formal Volunteering as a Protective Factor to Health After Relocation. Research on Aging 41(1):31-53.
- Perry, Tam E, Archambault, Dennis , Sanford, Claudia , Hudson, Robert B. 2018. Preserving Senior Housing in a Changing City: Innovative Efforts of an Interprofessional Coalition. Public Policy & Aging Report 27(suppl_1):S22-S26.