Dr. Sharon E. McKenzie is a Senior Lecturer and Social Work Unit Coordinator in the FSS. She was a tenured faculty at Kean University, NJ where she taught in the Recreation Administration and Recreational Therapy degree programs. She holds a PhD in Education with emphasis in Therapeutic Recreation, Gerontology, and Complimentary and Holistic Therapies from the University of Minnesota. Her current research includes examining the use of therapeutic activities and other psychosocial interventions to ameliorate memory loss in older adults; the use of autobiographical groups to enhance psychosocial health of seniors, the role of care giving in communities and using an interdisciplinary approaches to dementia caregiving.