Melissa A. Hardy

Research and Teaching Interests

Quantitative Analysis Techniques, Longitudinal Methods; Aging & Social Change;
Public Policy and Aging.

Social Inequality, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. “Workforce aging in the new economy: A comparative study of information technology employment” (Julie A. McMullin, PI; Victor Marshall, Joann Marshall, University of North Carolina; Neil Charness, Florida State University). October 2002 – September 2006.

Work and Retirement, including the influence of organizational incentives, pensions, family decision-making, health, job satisfaction; Public Policy, including Social Security, the Age Discrimination and Employment Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Medicare and Medicaid; Political Attitudes, including analysis of social change and individual aging; Women’s Issues and Aging, including poverty and financial security, caregiving, long-term care, intergenerational assistance, and health; Cognitive Components of Saving and Investment behavior, including planning horizon, discounting, risk tolerance, deferred gratification; Older Workers, including training, displacement, work schedules, job demands, organizational incentive structures.

Research and Professional Experience

• Director, Gerontology Center, Pennsylvania State University, 2003-
• Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Professor of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 2003-
• Courtesy Professor, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 2002 – 2003
• Bellamy Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2001 - 2003
• Director, Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1995-2003
• Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1992-1995
• Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1991- 2000
• Director of Research, Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Florida State University, 1990-1995
• Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1985-1990
• Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1980-1985.
• Instructor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1976-1977.
• Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1974-1976, 1978-1979.

Honors and Awards

• Council member, American Sociological Association Section on Methodology, 2002-2005
• Member, National Research Council Steering Committee on Adaptive Aging, 2002 -
• Member, Phi Kappa Phi, 2002
• Chair, Work, Retirement and Pensions, Valencia Policy Forum, Report to the Second World Assembly on Aging, Research Agenda on Ageing for the 21st Century. Valencia, Spain. 2002.
• Professorial Excellence Award, Florida State University, 1999
• Chair, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association, 1998-1999.
• Outstanding Conference Paper, Third Annual GSOEP Conference (with L. Hazelrigg), Berlin, Germany, 1998
• Elected Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, 1998.
• Teaching Award, Florida State University, 1995
• Fellow, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section, Gerontological Society of America, 1993.
• Teaching Award, Department of Sociology. 1988-1989
• Florida State University: Developing Scholars Award. 1986-1987

Professional Service (National/International)

• Chair-Elect, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section, Gerontological Society of America, 2004.
• Council member, American Sociological Association Section on Methodology, 2002-2005.
• Member, National Research Council Steering Committee on Adaptive Aging, 2002-
• Chair, Work, Retirement and Pensions, Valencia Policy Forum, Report to the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Research Agenda on Ageing for the 21st Century. Valencia, Spain. 2002.
• Chair, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association, 1998-1999.
• Elected Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, 1998
• Fellow, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section, Gerontological Society of America, 1993.

Professional Appointments

• Member, International Advisory Committee for 2002 Gerontechnology Conference.
• Design Committee for the National Longitudinal Surveys, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2001-
• Scientific Advisory Committee, CREATE (Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement). Funded by National Institute on Aging, 1999-2004.
• Executive Director of the Legislative Panel for the Study of End-of-Life Care, 1998-1999
• Editorial Board, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 1998-2001.
• Editorial Board, Research on Aging, 1997-
• Florida Commission on Government Accountability Benchmarks Revision Task Force, 1997.
• Editorial Board, Social Forces, 1992-1995.
• US representative for International Meeting Research Group: Aging at Work and Strategies of the firm, 1992-
• Member of Sampling Operations Working Group for Health and Retirement Survey, conducted by the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan and funded by National Institute on Aging. 1991-92.
• Member/Reviewer, Human Development and Aging Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 1988-1992.
• Editorial Board, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 1989-93.
• Associate Editor for American Sociological Review, 1986-1989.

Selected Publications

Books and Monographs

• Hardy, Melissa and Alan Bryman (Editors). 2003. Handbook of Data Analysis. London: Sage, Inc.
• Hardy, Melissa. 2002. Florida’s Aging Population: Critical Issues for Florida’s Future. Florida State University.
• Hardy, Melissa A. (Editor). 1997. Studying Aging and Social Change: Conceptual and Methodological Issues. Beverly Hills and London: Sage
  Publications.
• Hardy, Melissa A., Lawrence E. Hazelrigg, and Jill Quadagno. 1996. Ending a Career in the Auto Industry: Thirty and Out. New York, NY: Plenum Publishing.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1993. Regression With Dummy Variables. Sage University Paper Series on Quantitative Application in the Social Sciences. Beverly Hills and London: Sage Publications.

Articles and Chapters

• Hardy, Melissa A. 2003. “Summarizing Distributions.” In Handbook of Data Analysis, Melissa A. Hardy and Alan Bryman (Eds.). London: Sage.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and John Reynolds. 2003. “Incorporating categorical information into regression analysis.” In Handbook of Data Analysis, Melissa A. Hardy and Alan Bryman (Eds.). London: Sage.
• Shuey, Kim and Melissa A. Hardy. 2003. “Assistance to Aging Parents and Parents-in-Law: Does Lineage Affect Family Allocation Decisions?” Journal of Marriage and Family, 65(2): .
• Brooks, Robert G., Melissa A. Hardy, Ray Moseley, Janine Myrick, Amy Jones. 2003. “Advancing End-of-Life Care: Lessons Learned from a Statewide Panel.” Journal of Palliative Medicine.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Chardie L. Baird. 2003. “ Is It All About Aging? Technology and Aging in Social Context.” In Impact of Technology on Successful Aging, Neil Charness and Warner Schaie (Eds.) New York: Springer Publishing.
• Willson, Andrea and Melissa Hardy. 2002. "Racial Disparities in Income Security for a Cohort of Aging American Women." Social Forces.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 2002. “The Transformation of Retirement in 20th Century America.” Generations.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Andrea Willson. 2002. "Cohort Change." In Encyclopedia of Aging, David J. Ekerdt, Editor. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Kim Shuey. 2000. "Pensions Decisions in a Changing Economy: Gender, Structure and Choice." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 55B S271-277.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Kim Shuey. 2000. “Retirement.” In Encyclopedia of Sociology, Edgar F. Borgatta and Marie L. Borgatta (eds). New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 2000. "Control, Choice and Collective Concerns: Challenges of Individualized Social Policy." In Evolution of the Aging Self, Warner Schaie and J. Hendricks (editors). Springer Publishing Company, 251-268.
• Hirsch, Barry T., David A. Macpherson, and Melissa Hardy. 2000. "Occupational Age Structure and Access for Older Workers: The Role of Compensation, Skills, and Working Conditions." Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 53 (April): 401-418.
• Hazelrigg, Lawrence E., and Melissa A. Hardy. 2000. “Scaling the semantics of satisfaction.” Social Indicators Research, 49: 147-180
• Reid, Jennifer and Melissa A. Hardy. 2000. " Multiple Roles and Well-Being Among Midlife Women: Testing Role Strain and Role Enhancement Theories". Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 56B (1): S329-339.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Lawrence E. Hazelrigg. 1999. “Fueling the Politics of Age: On Economic Hardship Across the Life Course (comment).” American Sociological Review. 64 (August):570-576.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Lawrence E. Hazelrigg. 1999. “Changing Policies on Employment and Pension Coverage in U.S. Firms.” Ageing International, 25(2): 24-45.
• Hazelrigg, Lawrence E., and Melissa A. Hardy. 1999. “Establishing frameworks of contentment.” Vierteljahresheft zur Wirtschaftsforschuung:135-140.
• Hardy, Melissa and Lawrence Hazelrigg. 1999. “A Multilevel Analysis of Early Retirement Decisions among Auto Workers in Plants with Different Futures.” Research on Aging. 21(2):275-303.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Kim Shuey Kruse. 1998. “Realigning Retirement Income: The Politics of Growth.” Generations. 22(1):22-29.
• Hazelrigg, Lawrence and Melissa A. Hardy. 1997. "Perceived Income Adequacy Among Older Adults: Issues of Conceptualization and Measurement, with an Analysis of Data." Research on Aging 19 (1): 69-107.
• Hardy, Melissa and Linda Waite. 1997. "Doing Time: Articulating Biography and History in the Study of Social Change." In Studying Aging and Social Change: Conceptual and Methodological Issues, edited by Melissa Hardy. Beverly Hills and London: Sage Publications.
• Hazelrigg, Lawrence and Melissa Hardy. 1997. "Early Retirement and 'Bridge Jobs': A Case Study of Blue-Collar Workers in a Troubled Industry in USA." In Arbeteoch Halse, edited by B. Furaker, Asa Kilborn, and Peter Westerholm. Goteborg.
• Hardy, Melissa. 1996. "Employment, Economic Status and Retirement." The Gerontologist, 36 (3):361-362.
• Quadagno, Jill and Melissa A. Hardy. 1996. "Private Pensions, State Regulation and Income Security for Older Workers: The Case of the Auto Industry." In The Privatization of Social Policy? Occupational Welfare and the Welfare State in American, Scandanavia, and Japan, edited by Michael Shalev. London: Macmillan.
• Quadagno, Jill and Melissa Hardy. 1995. "Work and Retirement." Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Fourth Edition, Robert Binstock and Linda George, eds., 325-345.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Jill Quadagno. 1995. "Satisfaction with Early Retirement: Making Choices in the Auto Industry." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. 50B (4): S217-228.
• Hazelrigg, Lawrence and Melissa A. Hardy. 1995. "Older Adult Migration to the Sunbelt: Assessing Income and Related Characteristics of Recent Migrants." Research on Aging. 17 (2): 209-234.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Lawrence E. Hazelrigg. 1994. "Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Poverty in Later Life." Journal of Aging Studies, 9 (1):43-63.
• Pampel, Fred and Melissa A. Hardy. 1994. "Status Maintenance and Change During Old Age." Social Forces. 73(1):289-314.
• Pampel, Fred and Melissa A. Hardy. 1994. "Changes in Income Inequality During Old Age." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 13: 239-263.
• Hayward, Mark, Melissa A. Hardy, and Mei-Chun Liu. 1994. "Work After Retirement: The Experiences of Older men in the U.S." Social Science Research 23: 82-107.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Lawrence E. Hazelrigg. 1993. "The Gender of Poverty in an Aging Population." Research on Aging, 15 (3): 243-278
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1991. "Retirement." Encyclopedia of Sociology, Edgar F. Borgatta and Marie L. Borgatta (eds.), pp. 1663-72. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Quadagno, Jill and Melissa Hardy. 1991. "Regulating Retirement Through the Age Discrimination in Employment Act." Research on Aging, 13(4): 470-75.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1991. "Employment After Retirement: Who Gets Back In?" Research on Aging, 13(3): 267-288.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1990. "Retirees' Reentry into the Labor Force," Pp. 21-42 in The Future of Older Workers, Harold L. Sheppard, editor. Tampa, Florida: International Exchange Center.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1989. "Estimating Selection Effects in Occupational Mobility in a Nineteenth-Century City." American Sociological Review, Vol. 54 (October: 834-43).
• Hayward, Mark D., William Grady, Melissa A. Hardy, and David Sommers. 1989. "Retirement, Disability and Death Among Older Men in the U.S.: The Influence of the Occupation." Demography, 26(3): 393-409.
• Hayward, Mark D., Melissa A. Hardy, and William Grady. 1989. "Labor Force Withdrawal Patterns Among Older Men in the United States." Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 70 (2): 425-448.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1988. "Vulnerability in Old Age: The Issue of Dependency in American Society." Journal of Aging Studies, 2(4): 311-320.[Reprinted in Aging, Self, and Community. Jaber F. Gubrium and Kathy Charmaz, editors. Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press, Inc. 1992.] [Reprinted in Aging for the Twenty-First Century. Jill Quadagno and Debra Street, Editors. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1996.]
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1987. "Older Workers in Florida: Results from the Survey of Florida Residents Aged 55 and Older," Florida Public Opinion, 2(2): 25-32.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Eliza K. Pavalko. 1986. "The Internal Structure of Self-Reported Health Measures Among Male Workers and Retirees." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 27 (December): 346-357.
• Hayward, Mark D. and Melissa A. Hardy. 1985. "Early Retirement Processes Among Older Men." Research on Aging, 7 (December): 491-515.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1985. "Occupational Structure and Retirement." Pp. 111-146 in Current Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course, Vol. 1, Zena Blau (ed.). Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1984. "The Effects of Education on Retirement Among White Male Wage-and-Salary Workers," Sociology of Education, 57 (April): 84-98.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1982. "Job Characteristics and Health: The Differential Impact on Benefit Entitlement," Research on Aging, 4 (December): 457-478.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1982. "Social Policy and Determinants of Retirement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Older White Males, 1969-1975," Social Forces, 60 (June): 1103-1122.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1979. "Economic Growth, Distributional Inequality, and Political Conflict in Industrial Societies," Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 7 (Fall): 209-227.
• Hardy, Melissa A. 1978. "Occupational Mobility and Nativity-Ethnicity in Indianapolis, 1850-1860," Social Forces, 57 (September): 205-221.
• Hardy, Melissa A. and Lawrence E. Hazelrigg. 1978. "Industrialization and the Circulatory Rate of Occupational Mobility: Further Tests of Some Cross-Sectional Hypotheses." Sociological Focus, 11 (January): 1-10. [Reprinted in American Cities: A Collection of Articles. Carole Puccino, ed. Hamden, CT: Garland Publishing. 1995.]