Flanagan, C., Levine, P. , & Settersten, R. A., Jr. (2009). Civic engagement and the changing transition to adulthood. Available on-line at CIRCLE (Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement), Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University. http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/ChangingTransition.pdf Li, K., Cardinal, B., & Settersten, R. A., Jr. (2009). A life-course perspective on physical activity promotion: Applications and implications. Quest, 61, 336-352. Settersten, R. A., JR. (2009). It takes two to tango: The (un)easy dance between life-course sociology and life-span psychology, Advances in Life Course Research, 14(1-2), 74-81. Settersten, R. A., JR., Flatt, M., & Ponsaran, R. (2008). From the lab to the front line: How individual biogerontologists navigate their contested field. Journal of Aging Studies, 22, 304-312. Settersten, R. A., Jr., Fishman, J. R., Lambrix, M. A., Flatt, M. A., & Binstock, R. H. (2009). The salience of language in probing public attitudes about life extension. The American Journal of Bioethics, 9 (12), 81–82.

Settersten, RA, Jr (2007) Passages to adulthood: Linking demographic change and human development. European Journal of Population, 23 (3-4), 251-272. Also given as the Duncan and Cynthia Campbell Lecture on Risk and Resilience, Oregon State University, May. Settersten, RA, Jr (2007) Social relationships in the new demographic regime: Potentials and risks, reconsidered. Advances in Life Course Research, 12, 3-28. Also given as the Pascal Whelpton Lecture in Family Demography, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University of Ohio, February. Settersten, RA, Jr (2007) Ten reasons why shake-ups in the life course should change approaches to old-age policies. Aging and Public Policy Report, 17 (3), 1, 21-27. Settersten, RA, Jr (2007) The new landscape of adult life: Roadmaps, signposts, and speedlines. Research in Human Development, 4 (3-4), 239-252. Settersten, RA, Jr (Editor)(2007) Lodestars and old loves: Reconsidering classic developmental ideas for today’s world. Research in Human Development, 4 (3-4).

Settersten, Jr., RA. (2006). Military service, the life course, and aging. Special issue of Research on Aging, 28(1), 1-159 Settersten, Jr., RA. (2006). When nations call: How wartime military service matters for the life course and aging. Research on Aging, 28(1), 12-36

Settersten, Jr., RA. (2005). Linking the two ends of life: What gerontology can learn from childhood studies. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 60B(4), S173-180 Settersten, Jr., RA. (2005). Toward a stronger partnership between life-course sociology and life-span psychology. Research in Human Development, 2(1-2), 25-41

Furstenberg, FF Jr, Kennedy, S, McLoyd, V, Rumbaut, R, Settersten, Jr., RA. (2004). Growing up is harder to do. Contexts, 3(3), 33-41

Settersten, R. A., JR., & Trauten, M. (2009). The new terrain of old age: Hallmarks, freedoms, and risks. In V. Bengtson, M. Silverstein, D. Putney, & S. Gans (Eds.), Handbook of theories of aging (455-469). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Settersten, Jr., RA. (2006). Aging and the life course. In Handbook of aging and the social sciences (6th Edition), R. Binstock & L. George (Eds.). San Diego: Academic Press, 3-20 Settersten, Jr., RA. (2006). Preface: Men in relationships. IN Men in relationships: A new look from a life-course perspective, V. H. Bedford & B. F. Turner (Eds.). New York: Springer Publishing Company

Furstenberg, FF, Jr, Rumbaut, RG, Settersten, Jr., RA. (2005). On the frontier of adulthood: Emerging themes and new directions. IN: On the frontier of adulthood: Theory, research, and public policy, RA Settersten, Jr, FF. Furstenberg, Jr, & RG Rumbaut (Eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 3-28 Settersten, Jr., RA. (2005). Furstenberg, FF, Jr, & Rumbaut, RG. On the frontier of adulthood: Theory, research, and public policy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press Settersten, Jr., RA. (2005). Social policy and the transition to adulthood: Toward stronger institutions and individual capacities. IN: On the frontier of adulthood: Theory, research, and public policy, RA Settersten, Jr, FF Furstenberg, Jr, & RG Rumbaut (Eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 534-560 Settersten, Jr., RA. (2005). Structure, agency, and the space between: On the challenges and contradictions of a blended view of the life course. IN Towards an interdisciplinary perspective on the life course, R. Levy, P. Ghisletta, J.-M. LeGoff & D. Spini (Eds.). London: Elsevier, 37-57

Settersten, Jr., RA. Taking Care of Life Award. College of Health & Human Sciences, 2008.

Settersten, Jr., RA. Elected Member at Large. Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association, 2006.

Settersten, Jr., RA. Elected Fellow. Behavioral and Social Sciences, Gerontological Society of America, 2005. Settersten, Jr., RA. Elected Member at Large. Behavioral and Social Sciences, Gerontological Society of America, 2005. Settersten, Jr., RA. Outstanding Researcher in the State of Ohio Award. Ohio Research Council on Aging, 2005.

Settersten, Jr., RA. Member. MacArthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy (Phase 2, 2004-2008).

Settersten, R. A., Jr. (2004-2008). Transitions to adulthood and public policy (Phase II). Principal Investigator: Frank Furstenberg. Co-Investigators: Gordon Berlin, Mark Courtney, Sheldon Danziger, Connie A. Flanagan, Vonnie C. McLoyd, Wayne Osgood, Jean E. Rhodes, Cecilia E. Rouse, Rubén G. Rumbaut, Richard A. Settersten, Jr., and Mary Waters. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Total award: $5.2 million. Settersten, R. A., Jr. (2006-2009). Controlling human aging: The implication of alternative rationales. Principal Investigator: Eric Juengst. Co-Investigators: Robert Binstock, Jennifer Fishman, Max Mehlman and Richard A. Settersten, Jr. National Institute on Aging and National Human Genome Research Institute. Total award: $1,367,035.