Dr. Samuel Munanu Mwangi is a lecturer at the Department of Sociology, Gender and Development Studies, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. He has published work on retirement/income security, palliative care, gerontology education, intergenerational relations, social support systems for rural elders and positive socioeconomic impacts of rural industrial parks. His articles have appeared on: Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, International Journal of Research and Education, PLOS ONE Medicine, Innovation in Aging, and IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science. He has been a reviewer for the following journals: Journal of Aging and Health, Research on Aging, The Gerontologist, and Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, and Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. He is a founding member of the Kenya Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (KAGG), and a member of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), and Africa Research on Ageing Network (AFRAN). He holds a Master of Arts degree in Gerontology from Wichita State University, Kansas, and a PhD in Social Gerontology from Miami University of Ohio in the USA. [email protected]
