Land Acknowledgement

The School of Social Welfare acknowledges that the University of Kansas resides on the ancestral territory of several tribal nations, including the Kaw, Osage, and Shawnee Peoples. Specifically, the University occupies land taken from these Native Peoples in 1825 with the Kaw Treaty and with the Shawnee Treaty enforced in 1854.

This land acknowledgement recognizes that Indigenous people are traditional guardians of the land and that there is an enduring relationship between Indigenous peoples and these traditional territories. Our School recognizes, advocates, and supports the sovereignty of the four-federally recognized tribes of Kansas, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.

This acknowledgement reminds us to continue advocating for and supporting Native students, staff, and faculty while working towards decolonizing the systems of power and oppression.

Sarah Jen

Assistant Professor

she/her/hers

Contact Info

srjen@ku.edu

785-864-4291

Twente Hall, Room 307
Lawrence

Education —

Ph.D., University of Washington

Research —

Intersections of social work, gerontology, and sexuality; support the sexual needs of aging populations and to improve the health and well-being of LGBTQ midlife and older adults.

Selected Publications —

Jen, S. (2019). Ambivalence in labels, freedom in lives: Older women’s discursive constructions of their bisexual identities [Journal Articles]. Journal of Bisexuality, 19(3), 386–413.

Jen, S., & Jones, R. (2019). Bisexual lives and aging in context: A cross-national comparison of the United Kingdom and United States [Journal Articles]. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 89(1), 22–38.

Jen, S. (2018). Sexuality of midlife and older women: A review of theory use [Journal Articles]. Journal of Women & Aging, 30(3), 204–226.

Awards & Honors —

Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Scholar
University of Washington
2017 - 2018

Hartford Scholar
Hartford Center of Excellence, University of Washington
2014 - 2015