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Publication AI and the Future of Work in an Aging Economy(2025) Carlo Pizzinelli; Marina M. TavaresWe examine the potential disruptions and opportunities for older workers from Artificial Intelligence (AI). Older workers’ labor market experience is marked by lower fluidity across occupations, sectors, and jobs, suggesting ex ante limited capacity to adjust to AI-driven structural transformation. Yet, a larger share of older workers, compared to younger peers, is already employed in occupations expected to benefit from AI as a complementary technology. Conditional on acquiring the required skills, these workers could enjoy growing opportunities and higher wages. Some features of these jobs, such as the ability to telework, align with senior workers’ preferences and may incentivize greater employment at older ages.Publication AI and the Future of Work in an Aging Economy(2025-07) Carlo Pizzinelli; Marina Mendes TavaresWe examine the potential disruptions and opportunities for older workers from Artificial Intelligence (AI). Older workers’ labor market experience is marked by lower fluidity across occupations, sectors, and jobs, suggesting ex ante limited capacity to adjust to AI-driven structural transformation. Yet, a larger share of older workers, compared to younger peers, is already employed in occupations expected to benefit from AI as a complementary technology. Conditional on acquiring the required skills, these workers could enjoy growing opportunities and higher wages. Some features of these jobs, such as the ability to telework, align with senior workers’ preferences and may incentivize greater employment at older ages.Publication Bridging Generations: Legacy Leaders Program(2025-05-07) Myers, Kandee; Selchan, Jessica Lynch; Stringer, Jasmine Brett; Wagner, Jason ReedThis project addresses the urgent workforce transition challenges facing Midland, Michigan. Baby Boomer retirements, a lack of structured workforce capabilities, and a Gen Z talent exodus threaten regional business continuity. Partnering with the Midland Business Alliance (MBA), our team conducted a situational analysis and comprehensive literature review, then designed four positive psychology–based professional development tools. They are tailored to the MBA’s diverse 3,000-member businesses and leverage existing strengths of credibility, diverse membership, and advocacy expertise. These positive interventions, the Legacy Transition Program, Cross-Generational Mentorship, Intergenerational Teams, and Appreciative Inquiry Summits, aim to preserve institutional knowledge, foster high-quality connections, cultivate mattering across generations, and create new innovative possibilities. In turn, the benefits to each participating MBA member organization include increased engagement, productivity, and retention. The proposed toolkits offer low-cost, scalable, and context-sensitive solutions, grounded in evidence-based frameworks such as character strengths, job crafting, mattering, high-quality connections, and psychological safety. Our approach aligns with MBA’s mission to support economic development while enhancing employee well-being, leadership continuity, and organizational resilience. Together, these strategies reframe retirement not as an endpoint but as an opportunity for thriving employee-organization, employee-employee relationships, and intergenerational collaboration.Publication Training In-service Teachers on How to Apply Evidence-Based Online Engagement Framework to Materials Design(University of Pennsylvania, 2025-06-30) Iryna Kozlova; Tori Choi; Lusha LiThis pilot study evaluates two experiential learning workshops for training 32 Chinese ESL teachers to apply the evidence-based online engagement framework (EBOEF) in material design. During the two-hour workshops, participants engaged in group tasks to experience and explain the EBOEF, followed by crafting task scenarios incorporating its components: physical, technological, social, psychological, and pedagogical. Results show all eight participant groups adequately explained the EBOEF and designed tasks; however, some EBEOF components were harder to integrate in the material design. The pedagogical component surfaced as the easiest to grasp, whereas the social component, concerned with nurturing a learner community, proved to be notably challenging. While developing a robust learner community significantly enriches collaborative learning, its establishment requires more time and effort. Although the physical component holds a central position within the framework, it falls somewhere in the middle of the difficulty scale. Finally, defining the technological component proves easier than integrating it into the task, while the psychological component is the reverse. The study recommends longer training periods and practical application of the framework in real classroom settings.Publication My Sociolinguistic Autoethnography: A Multilingual Perspective on Belonging and Identity in Italian Higher Education(University of Pennsylvania, 2025-06-30) Valeria Di MauroThis autoethnographic study explores the intersection of linguistic identity, education, and societal attitudes within Italy’s regional diversity. Through the personal narrative of a southern Italian student in northern higher education, it examines the effects of dialect stigmatization, language ideologies, and multilingualism on identity formation. Theoretically framed by Bourdieu’s concept of linguistic capital, Blommaert’s sociolinguistic inequality, and Rhodes’ theory of enregisterment, the study analyzes how language varieties become hierarchically ordered in social contexts. The research traces the author’s journey from linguistic insecurity to empowerment, emphasizing the role of education in affirming diverse linguistic repertoires. By analyzing experiences of linguicism and the reclaiming of multilingual identity, it contributes to broader discussions on language attitudes and identity negotiation. The findings highlight the need for inclusive linguistic environments in education and challenge notions of linguistic superiority.