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.
May, 2026
A Scoping Review of LGBTQ+Multigenerational Programming andInterventions: Gaps and Opportunities
This session featured Dr. Angie Perone, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley, and Joy Zhou, PhD candidate at UC Berkeley, who presented on their Journal of Intergenerational Relationships article, “A Scoping Review of LGBTQ+ Multigenerational Programming and Interventions: Gaps and Opportunities.”
February, 2026
What is Cooperative Extension and How Can it Support Intergenerational Programming with Evidence-Based Curricula?
February, 2026 January’s GenTalk featured Dr. Jill Juris, Associate Professor and Department Head in the Department of Recreation Management and Physical Education at Appalachian State University who discussed her article from the Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, titled “What Is Cooperative Extension and How Can It Support Intergenerational Programming with Evidence-Based Curricula?”
October, 2025
Arts Through Social Intergenerational Engagement (ARISE) Program
Our first GenTalk session, held in October 2025, featured Dr. Jessica Krok-Schoen (Professor, OSU College of Medicine) and Lauren Feyh (Co-Founder, GrowIN), who presented on their research article “Arts Through Social Intergenerational Engagement (ARISE) Program.”