Carroll Estes to Receive Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance

Professor Emerita in Social and Behavioral Sciences Carroll Estes will be honored with the 2019 Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance from the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) at a June 27 ceremony in Washington, DC.

Estes is recognized as a founding scholar in the field of “political economy of aging” and has devoted her life’s work to improving the health and economic security of vulnerable and underserved populations, particularly older people, women, LGBTQ individuals, people of color and people with disabilities.