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Dr. David Kutzik

     
    David Kutzik, Ph.D.
    Professor of Sociology
     
       
    Office: PSA 216
    Phone: (215) 895-2309
    Email: kutzik @ drexel.edu
       
       
 
CURRENT AREAS OF RESEARCH
  • Gerontology (technologically assisted care provision for frail, elderly, and chronically ill populations using behavioral monitoring along with other forms of “telecare”)
  • Health and Social Justice
  • Behavioral Informatics
  • Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • Traditional Jewish Music and Language revival movements

 
 
RESEARCH PROJECTS
  • 1996-2002 Co-Principal Investigator - Behavioral Monitoring Project.
  • 1999 Co-Principal Investigator - Medication Adherence Project.
  • 1995-1996 Co-Principal Investigator - Crozer-Chester Medical Center. ADL assessment study.
  • 1993-present Co-Principal Investigator - Gerontological Monitoring Systems.
  • 1993-1997 Principal Investigator - Study of Philadelphia Homebound Elderly.

 
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  • 2006-2007 Co-Author - The Role of Technology in the Provision of Care in Assisted Living Facilities. John Hopkins University Press.
  • 2006 Co-Author - Embrace the Chaos, It’s Not Noise: Lessons Learned from Non-Traditional Environments, in Telecare Aware, 6 July 2006, www.telecareaware.com/category/research.
  • 2006 Co-Author - The Impact of Behavioral Monitoring Technology on the Provision of Health Care in the Home, in The Journal of Universal Computer Sciences, 12(1), pp. 59-80.

 
 
Courses Usually Taught:
  • Soc 125 - Sociology of Aging
  • Soc 210 - Race and Ethnic Relations
  • Soc 220 - Wealth and Power
  • Soc 250 - Research Methods I (Undergraduate)
  • Soc 270 - Sociological Theory
  • Soc 350 - Research Methods II (Undergraduate)
  • Psych 364 - Computer Assisted Data Analysis I
  • Psych 365 - Computer Assisted Data Analysis II
  • Psych 510 - Research Methods (Graduate)

 





Areas of Study:
Anthropology
BA | Minor

Communication
MS | BA | BS | Minor

Criminal Justice
BS | Minor

Urban Environmental Policy
MS | BS | Minor

Modern Languages
Minor

Sociology
BA | Minor

Culture & Communication
Ph.D.


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