The Center for Intergenerational Research and Practice (CIRP) builds and advances the knowledge base of evidence-supported methods for promoting individual, familial, organizational, and community development and health through intergenerational relationships.
Featured projects
The InterGenerational Technology Engagement Checklist for Higher Education (IG TECH) serves as a guide for creating a program that brings together students in higher education and older adult learners to work toward digital inclusion across all generations.
This project was funded by RRF Grant #2022025.
The purpose of BRIDGE2Health (B2H) is to improve teens’ and older adults’ life skills and health through shared mentoring. Teen and older adult mentors collaborate to identify community needs and assets and respond jointly.
Building Relationships Intergenerationally during Guided Mentoring – BRIDGE2Health: An intergenerational mentoring program is a USDA CYFAR Sustainable Community Project (#2021-41520-35339).
Meet Dr. Shannon Jarrott
Meet our leadership teamShannon Jarrott, PhD
Dr. Shannon Jarrott is a Professor of Social Work at the Ohio State University. Her research focuses on intergenerational community building strategies. Trained as a gerontologist, Dr. Jarrott has studied community-based services, therapeutic programming, and research strategies involving a wide range of youth and older adults possessing diverse strengths and needs.
Gen Talks
Gen Talks are a quarterly webinar series where researchers and practitioners discuss recent Journal of Intergenerational Relationships publications and explore their real-world practice implications through interactive conversation.
We’re Really Not so Different: Intergenerational Connection for Community Well-Being in a Changing Climate
