SGS GRITS Hall of Fame

GRITS Hall of Fame Member

2020 Inductee

Jodi Teitelman is currently a retired Professor Emerita of the Departments of Occupational Therapy and Gerontology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA. Since 2020, she has served as a Plenary Member of the Geriatric Workforce Education and Preparation project at VCU’s Virginia Center on Aging/Geriatric Education Center. Prior to these positions, she worked on a contract basis with the (then‐ named) Virginia Department for the Aging and Virginia Department of Human Services.

Jodi earned her doctorate in psychology and a post‐baccalaureate Certificate from Aging studies at VCU in 1985. Since that time, her research and service interests have been focused on family caregivers of persons with dementia, including 10 years as an Alzheimer’s Association Board Member and support group co‐facilitator. She has been an active and engaged member of SGS since the early 1980’s, presenting regularly at the annual conference and receiving a Gerontologists Rooted in the South (GRITS) award in 2020.