Professional Highlights*

2022-2023 Program Coordinator, Alzheimer’s Association North Central Texas (NCT).

2020-2021 Research Assistant, Category X, University of Illinois – Chicago & University of North Texas.

• NSF-funded, three-city study of gender identities among people who reject the binary; semi-structured interviews, transcription, qualitative data coding for a forthcoming public dataset.

2016-2018 Graduate Assistant, Texas Woman's University Department of Sociology & Social Work.

• 2018 Spring SOCI4203/SOWK4903/WS4203 Family Violence: grading essays, advising students.

• 2017 Summer Online Course Shell Revision. Migration from Blackboard to Canvas.

• 2016 Fall 80th Anniversary: Newsletter Editor, Banquet A/V Tech.

2008, 2010 Communications Manager, Civic Strategies of Arlington, Texas.

2002-2006 Advocacy Institute, Washington, D.C.

• 2006 Communications Consultant, Leadership for a Changing World (LCW), Ford Foundation’s flagship grantmaking program.

• 2004-2005 Executive Assistant and Advocacy.org Contributor. [site defunct]

• 2002-2004 Administrative Assistant, LCW.

Consultant & Informal

since 2016 Consultant, Theories of Care.

2010-2017* Dementia care partner for adoptive grandfather.

• 2011-2015 full-time, solo, cohabiting care partner.

G.J. Hodson
Intergenerational Researcher & Facilitator

Curriculum Vitae as of Fall 2023

Research Skills

Writing & Dissemination | Interdisciplinary Literature Review | Community Survey Design | Generational Modeling/Demographics | Semi-structured Interviews | Social Determinants of Health | Secondary & Public Datasets | Intersectional Health Statistics | Data Visualization | Recruitment | Qualitative Coding | Translational Research

Software Experience

SPSS | ATLAS.ti | SurveyMonkey | Otter.ai | Zoom | Discord | Slack | Roam | social media | databases

Other Skills

Community Education | Group & Process Facilitation | Care Management | Networking & Relationship-building | Outreach & Strategy | Institutional Knowledge

Academic Research

Publications

Hodson, G.J. 2022. “After Care: Becoming.” Journal of Autoethnography, Vol 3(2):262-266. University of California Press: Oakland.

Hodson, G.J. 2021. “Modeling Types of Informal Care Dyads by Gender, Primary Condition, and Relative Age.” Chapter in Gender and Generations: Continuity and Change, Advances in Gender Research, Vol. 30:133-153. Edited by Vasilikie Demos & Marcia Texler Segal. Emerald Publishing: Somerville, MA.

Milewski, Jennifer. 2006. Quantum Leadership: The Power of Community in Motion. Ford Foundation: New York, NY. Uncredited consultant.

Research Affiliations

2022-present National Alliance for Caregiving Research Collaborative.

2023-present Texas Pride Health Collaborative Planning Council.

2020-2021 Sociologists for Trans Justice.

2019 American Sociological Association. Student Member.

2019 Midwest Sociological Society. Student Member.

2018-2019 TWU Alpha Kappa Delta. Member.

2018 Southwestern Social Science Association. Student Member.

Certifications*

2016-2025 “Responsible Conduct of Research.” CITI Program.

2016 “Protecting Human Research Participants.” National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Extramural Research.

Service & Engagement*

Awards

2022 Caregiver Fellow, Caring Across Generations, Oakland, California.

Volunteer Roles

2017-2023 Alzheimer’s Association of Chicago, Illinois.

• 2017-2023 Facilitator, multiple dementia care support groups, NCT/DNET.

• 2020-2022 Community Educator for North Central Texas chapter (NCT), Dallas & Northeast Texas chapter (DNET), & national Community Leaders Summit.

2017-2022 Caregiver Wellness Retreats of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

• 2021-2022 Featured Blogger.

• 2020-2021 Presenter/Facilitator, Houston, Texas/virtual.

2021-2022 Board of Directors, Coalition for Aging LGBT of Dallas, Texas.

• 2022 Designer and Analyst, Community Survey.

• 2022 Steering Committee, annual Summit on Aging LGBT.

2009-2010* Dallas Host Committee, Creating Change, National LGBTQ Task Force of Washington, D.C.

• 2010 Substitute Facilitator: “Class Matters.”

Media Appearances

Hodson, G.J. 2023 July. “Family Diplomacy” for Caregiver Teleconnection, WellMed Founation. Recording available.

Hodson, G.J. & DR Mann Hanson. 2022 June. “Pride of Aging” for Pride of Care Podcast, Caregiver Teleconnection, WellMed Foundation. Recording available.

Hodson, G.J. 2022 January. “LGBTQ Caregiving.” Featured guest for Social Breakdown Podcast #509. Recording available.

Dias, Elizabeth & Audra D. S. Burch. 2021 April 18. “Who We Are Now.” Quoted in The New York Times, S­pecial Section, p. 9. Text available.

Hodson, G.J. 2021. “Family Caregiving.” Featured guest for Caregiver Wellness Podcast #12. Recording available.

Education

Texas Woman's University

2020 Master of Arts in Sociology.

• Thesis: “The Social Lives of Informal Dementia Caregivers.”

• Coursework: Social Statistics I & II | Social Stratification | Health & Aging

2019 Graduate Certificate in Multicultural Women’s & Gender Studies.

• Coursework: Transgressive Identities | Women at Work | Ethics of Care.

New York University

2002* Bachelor of Arts, English Literature.

• Emphasis: Creative Writing.