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Craig, Ken (2019) AROHE 2018: Re-Creating Retirement.
(Based on extensive work with academic retirement organizations by UBC Professor Emeritus [Psychology]).
Flaherty, Colleen (2013, Oct. 7) Not a Retirement Club
The emeritus college is seen an intellectual bridge to retirement for professors
Keyser, Samuel (2011, Aug. 3). An early retirement from academia: breaking away from MIT.
Blog posting on the Guardian newspaper. One faculty member’s take and advice on retirement.
Savishinsky, J. (2000). Breaking the Watch: The Meanings of Retirement in America. New York: Cornell University Press.
Based on a retirement project involving 25 US retirees plus previously published articles by the author. Author is a professor of anthropology and gerontology, and author of several books on aging. Serious reading.
Wilkes, Helen W. (2018) The Aging of Aquarius: Igniting Passion and Purpose in Elders Gabriola Is., BC: New Society Publishers.
Author and octogenarian, former professor of French literature and UBC faculty member.
Website Emory University Emeritus College: Extensive reading list on retirement.