Huei-wern Shen

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book

• Putnam, M., Shen, H. (2022). Gerontological Social Work and COVID-19: Calls for Change in Education, Practice, and Policy from International Voices..

Journal Article

• Sun, P., Shen, H. (2023). The effect of Home- and Community-Based Services on Social Engagement. Journal of Applied Gerontology.
• Wang, Y., Wong, R., Amono, T., Shen, H. (2022). Associations between volunteering and cognitive impairment: The moderating role of race/ethnicity. Other.
• Liu, H., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Morrow-Howell, N., Lou, V., Shen, H. (2021). Within-Couple Dissimilarities in Functional Impairment as Determinants of Spousal Care Arrangement among Older Married Couples.. Research in Nursing & Health. 44 (2) 365-375.
• Shen, H., Wang, Y., Wong, R., Amano, T. (2020). Resource and Network Predictors of Multiple Volunteering Cessations: Implications for Social Policy and Practice.. Clinical Social Work Journal. 48 (2) 189-195.
• Perone, A., Dunkle, R., Feld, S., Shen, H., Kim, M., Pace, G. (2019). Depressive symptoms after stopping spousal caregiving. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 62 (6) 682-700.
• Pickard, J., Johnson, S., Shen, H., Mason, E. (2019). Factors associated with the amount of time clergy counsel older adults. Review of Religious Research. 61 221-234.
• Gonzales, E., Shen, H., Perry, T., Wang, Y. (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, T., Shen, H., Gonzales, E. (2018). Further investigations of the social and material convoy: Exploring relationships between race, volunteering, and relocation. Social Work Research. 42 (4) 290-301.
• Shen, Y., Chen, Y., Shen, H., Morrow-Howell, N. (2018). Neighborhood and depressive symptoms: A comparison of rural and urban Chinese older adults. The Gerontologist. 58 (1) 68-78.
• Shen, H., Delston, J., Wang, Y. (2017). Does sense of benevolence influence volunteering and caregiving among older people?. Social Work Research. 41 (3) 155-166.
• Kim, M., Dunkle, R., Lehning, A., Shen, H., Feld, S., Perone, A. (2017). Gender difference in caregiver stressors on depressive symptoms among U.S. older husband and wives?. Journal of Women & Aging. 20 (6) 494-504.
• Shen, H. (2017). Resource and Strategic Mobilization Model of productive aging: Examining older Americans’ participation in various productive activities. Ageing International. 42 (1) 23-43.
• Shen, H., Khosla, N. (2016). Does volunteering experience influence advance care planning in old age?. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 59 (5) 423-438.
• Gonzales, E., Shen, H., Wang, Y., Sprague-Martinez, L., Norstrand, J. (2016). Race and place: Exploring the intersection of inequity and volunteerism among older Blacks and Whites. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 59 (5) 381-400.
• Shen, H., Perry, T. (2016). The interdependence between the social and material convoy: Links between volunteering, widowhood and housing transition. Social Work Research. 40 (2) 71-82.
• Gao, X., Sun, F., Ko, E., Kwak, J., Shen, H. (2015). Knowledge of advance directive and perceptions of end-of-life care in Chinese-American elders: The role of acculturation. Palliative & Supportive Care. 13 (6) 1677-1684.
• Shen, H., Feld, S., Dunkle, R., Schroepfer, T., Lehning, A. (2015). The prevalence of elderly couples in which both members have ADL limitations and factors associated with ADL help receipt. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 58 (2) 171-189.
• Dunkle, R., Feld, S., Lehning, A., Kim, H., Shen, H., Kim, M. (2014). Does becoming an ADL spousal caregiver increase the caregiver’s depressive Symptoms?. Research on Aging. 36 (6) 655-682.
• Shen, H., Perry, T. (2014). Giving back and staying put: Volunteering as a stabilizing force in relocation. Journal of Housing for the Elderly. 28 (3) 310-328.
• Shen, H., Pickard, J., Johnson, S. (2013). Self-esteem mediates the relationship between volunteering and depression for African American caregivers. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 56 (5) 438-451.
• Feld, S., Dunkle, R., Schroepfer, T., Shen, H. (2010). Does gender moderate factors associated with the spouse's role in caregiver networks?. Research on Aging. 32 (4) 499-526.
• Feld, S., Dunkle, R., Schroepfer, T., Shen, H. (2006). Expansion of elderly couples' IADL caregiver networks beyond the marital dyad. International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 63 (2) 95-113.

Newsletter

• Porterfield, S., Shen, H. (2015). The health and pension costs of caregiving.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship

• Shen, H., "Ministry of Science and Technology competitively selected travel grant," State, $3000 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
• Shen, H., "The National Taiwan Normal University competitively selected travel grant," State, $1600 Funded. (2018 - 2019).
• Shen, H., "Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Delegation competitively selected for faculty to the 2016 Taiwan Association of Gerontology Annual Conference," International, $5000 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
• Shen, H., "The College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant," sponsored by University of Missouri - St. Louis, State, $2000 Funded. (2015 - 2016).
• Shen, H., "Junior Faculty Competitively Selected Travel Grants," sponsored by University of Missouri-St. Louis, State, $6000 Funded. (2011 - 2016).
• Shen, H., "National Institute on Health (NIH) and National Institute on Aging (NIA) funded Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) competitively selected summer training program for faculty," National, $4000 Funded. (2015 - 2015).
• Shen, H., "Faculty exchange with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing, China competitively selected and funded by CASS and UMSL Center for International Studies," International, $12000 Funded. (2015 - 2015).
• Shen, H., "National Institute on Aging (NIA) funded Institute on Research in Aging and Social Work competitively selected year-long advanced training program for faculty.," National, $10000 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
• Shen, H., "Ministry of Science and Technology competitively selected travel grant," State, Funded. (2019 - 2019).
• Shen, H., "Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Delegation competitively selected for faculty to the 2016 Taiwan Association of Gerontology Annual Conference," International, Funded. (2016 - 2016).
• Shen, H., "National Institute on Health (NIH) and National Institute on Aging (NIA) funded Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) competitively selected summer training program for faculty," National, Funded. (2015 - 2015).
• Shen, H., "National Institute on Aging (NIA) funded Institute on Research in Aging and Social Work competitively selected year-long advanced training program for faculty.," National, Funded. (2012 - 2013).

Grant - Research

• Shen, H., "Competitively selected for the Recruitment of Outstanding Scholars Award," National, $36000 Funded. (2018 - 2020).
• Shen, H., "Benevolence and Older People’s Involvement in Volunteering and Caregiving," sponsored by University of Missouri, State, $18700 Funded. (2013 - 2014).
• Shen, H., "Competitively selected for the Recruitment of Outstanding Scholars Award," National, Funded. (2018 - 2020).

Grant - Service

• Shen, H., "Rooting Social Work Practicum in the Community.," State, $6000 Funded. (2019 - 2019).

Grant - Teaching

• Shen, H., "Teaching support for the Introduction to Intercultural Competency.," State, $3500 Funded. (2018 - 2019).