Amanda Sokan is CO-Program Director, MEZCOPH Phoenix Programs, Assistant Professor in the
Department of Public Health Practice & Translational Science, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College
of Public Health(MEZCOPH), University of Arizona, and Research Assistant Professor, Internal
Medicine (Geriatrics), COM-Phoenix. She holds a Ph.D. in Gerontology and Masters in
Healthcare Administration from the University of Kentucky and a law degree (LL.B) from the
University of Buckingham, England.

Her professional experience includes faculty positions and administrative appointments in
Gerontology and Health Administration, clinical and translational research administration,
program evaluation, consultancy work on aging issues, personnel management/development,
and workplace culture. Her interests straddle the nexus of gerontology, healthcare, and law,
including elder rights and justice, elder abuse and mistreatment, cultural competence, LGBTQ+
aging, long-term care, aging and healthcare navigation, health promotion and well-being,
provider relationships, and workforce planning and development. Sokan is passionate about
teaching/mentoring and considers herself a teacher-learner and an applied gerontologist.