Sonia L. Salari

Sonia L. Salari, PhD

Sonia Salari, PhD FGSA is Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies University of Utah and Fellow, Gerontology Society of America. Her focus includes abuse in interpersonal relationships across the life course, formal service use, public policy and aging in underrepressented communities. Known as an advocate for victims of IPV, child and elder abuse, she is involved in the community as Chair of the Board of Directors - Utah Domestic Violence Coalition (UDVC) and co-founder of Utah Gender Based Violence Consortium. She is Co-PI of the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) Campus Grant on domestic/dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. Her research focuses on family violence, elder abuse, and interpersonal violence, including fatalities. She has a number of publications in journals, chapters and two books Family Violence Across the Life Course: Research, policy and prevention (2021 2nd Ed.) and Family Violence and Abuse: An encyclopedia of trends, issues, and solutions (forthcoming 2022). Dr. Salari has taught over two decades at the University of Utah including courses FCS5370 Family Violence (CW) and FCS 5343/6343 Family Policy and Advocacy where students partner with non-profit organizations to lobby the Utah State Legislature. Her teaching has won awards, including the University Distinguished Teaching Award.


Research Statement

As a family sociologist and gerontologist, I am interested in quality of life (QOL) in the home and formal settings across the life course. Public health and family well-being are intertwined. My research examines gender-based violence, mental/physical health, abilities, race/ethnic/immigrant diversity and elder mistreatment. QOL can be enhanced in formal aging services and long-term-care by giving adult participants safety, autonomy and age appropriate status. Due to the hidden nature of family violence, I study the more visible lethal outcomes such as homicide and suicide among young, middle aged and elder adults. Femicide in the home is a consistent theme across ages, but the patterns differ. There are implications for domestic violence policy and prevention which take into account the pandemic, racial and income inequalities, along with the aging of the population.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Salari S (10/2020). USA Violent Cause Mortality: Analysis of Trends and the Political Controversies of Prevention. 7(4), 227-246.
  2. Allen Terry (03/2020). Homicide Illustrated Across the Ages: Graphic depictions of victim and offender age, sex and relationship. J Aging Health, 32(3), 162-174.
  3. Sonia Salari (11/2016).
  4. Sonia Salari (10/19/2016). Lethal Intimate Partner Violence in Later Life: Understanding measurements, strengths, and limitations of research. 28, 235-262.
  5. Sonia Salari (01/2016). Intimate Partner Homicide Suicide: Perpetrator primary intent across young, middle and elder adult age categories. Aggress Violent Behav, 26, 26-34.
  6. Sonia Salari (10/2013).
  7. Salari Sonia (01/2013).
  8. Salari Sonia (09/01/2012).
  9. Sillito Carrie (03/2011). Child Outcomes and Risk Factors in US Homicide-suicide cases 1999-2004. J Fam Violence.
  10. Sonia Salari (10/02/2007). Patterns of Intimate Partner Homicide Suicide in Later Life: Strategies for prevention. Clin Interv Aging.
  11. Sonia Salari (09/2006). Conflicts, Friendship Cliques and Territorial Displays in Senior Center Environments. 20(3), 237-252.
  12. Sonia Salari (01/2006). Infantilization as Elder Mistreatment: Evidence from five adult day centers.
  13. Sonia Salari (01/2006). Kin Keepers and Good Providers: Influence of gender socialization on well-being among USA birth cohorts.
  14. Shin Sook Lee (12/2005).
  15. Jaqueline Eaton (06/2005). Environments for Lifelong Learning in Senior Centers. Educ Gerontol.
  16. (2004).
  17. Sonia Salari (10/2002). Invisible in Aging Research: Arab Americans, Middle Eastern Immigrants, and Muslims in the United States. Gerontologist.
  18. Salari Sonia (06/2002). Intergenerational Partnerships in Adult Day Centers: Importance of age-appropriate environments and behaviors. Gerontologist.
  19. Sonia Salari (05/2002). Verbal, Physical and Injurious Aggression Among Intimate Couples Over Time. J Fam Issues.
  20. Sonia Salari (10/2001). Social and Environmental Infantilization of Elderly Persons: Observations in Two Adult Day Care Centers. 52(2), 115-134.
  21. Sonia Miner (09/1998). Barriers to Voluntary Organization Membership: An Examination of Race and Cohort Differences in Participation. 53B(5), 241-248.
  22. Sonia Miner (04/1997). Intragenerational Proximity and the Social Role of Sibling Neighbors after Midlife. Fam Relat, 46, 145-153.
  23. Sonia Miner (01/1995). Racial Differences in Family Support and Formal Service Utilization Among Older Persons: A Non-recursive Model. 50B:3, S143-S153.
  24. Sonia Miner (10/1993). Predicting the frequency of senior center attendance. Gerontologist, 33(5), 650-657.
  25. Glenna Spitze (04/1992). Gender differences in adult child contact among Black elderly parents. Gerontologist, 32(2), 213-218.

Review

  1. (2001). [Review].

Book

  1. Salari Sonia (03/31/2022). Salari, S. (Editor, 2 Volumes, 300 Entries) Family Violence and Abuse: An encyclopedia of trends, issues, and solutions, Government, Policy & Issues Division, Reference . Bloomsbury (formerly ABC-Clio).
  2. Salari S (08/23/2021). Family Violence Across the Life Course: Research, policy and prevention, 2nd edition. (Vol. 2). Kendall Hunt Publishers.
  3. Sonia Salari (01/2015). Family Violence Across the Life Course: Research, policy and prevention. Kendall Hunt.

Book Chapter

  1. Salari Sonia (11/2021). Arab American Older Adults. In American Geriatrics Society (3). American Geriatrics Society.
  2. Salari S (12/21/2020). Homicide-suicide by men against female intimate partners. Sage Publishing.
  3. Salari Sonia (01/2016). Aging and Later Life: Barriers and Adaptations Based on Immigration and Nativity Status. In New York Routledge (pp. 130-144). New York Routledge.
  4. Salari Sonia (03/2011). Elder Mistreatment. In Springer New York (pp. 415-430). Springer New York.
  5. Sonia Salari (01/2007). Women, Gender and Aging Across the Life Course: United States. In Brill Publishers: Netherlands (4). Brill Publishers: Netherlands.
  6. (2006).
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  8. (2001).
  9. (2001).
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  11. Peter Uhlenberg (01/1996). Life Course and Aging: A Cohort Perspective. Academic Press.

Conference Proceedings

  1. (11/05/2010).

Other

  1. Salari Sonia (06/2013).
  2. Sonia Salari (03/07/2013).
  3. Salari Sonia (02/2013).
  4. Miner Sonia (05/1993).

Patent

  1. (2021). Family Violence Across the Life Course: Research, policy and prevention 2nd Edition .
  2. (2015). Family Violence Across the Life Course: Research, Policy and Prevention.