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Joseph Sharit is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and primarily conducts research within the social sciences. Their work spans several subfields including demography, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, health, psychiatry and mental health, and general health professions.

The central focus of their research concerns technology use by older adults, with a detailed exploration of aging and gerontology, retirement, disability, and employment. Other areas addressed in their published work include health disparities and outcomes, dementia and cognitive impairment research, economic and environmental valuation, and artificial intelligence in service interactions.

Their recent publications reflect this focus, including the following papers:

  • The Factors Influencing Older Adults' Decisions Surrounding Adoption of Technology: Quantitative Experimental Study (2022, JMIR Aging)
  • The Benefits of Technology for Engaging Aging Adults: Findings From the PRISM 2.0 Trial (2024, Innovation in Aging)
  • Investigating Older Adults' Willingness to Invest Time to Acquire Technology Skills Using a Discounting Approach (2021, Innovation in Aging)
  • Beyond the Digital Divide: Factors Associated With Adoption of Technologies Related to Aging in Place (2025, Journal of Applied Gerontology)
  • Exploring artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistants to understand their potential to support older adults' search needs (2025, Human Factors in Healthcare)

Joseph Sharit frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Sara J. Czaja
  • Jerad Moxley
  • Neil Charness
  • Wendy A. Rogers
  • Walter R. Boot

The scientist's work has appeared in a range of publication venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • JMIR Aging
  • Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • Human Factors in Healthcare
  • Gerontechnology

Best Publications

  • Factors Predicting the Use of Technology: Findings From the Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE)

    Sara J. Czaja;Neil Charness;Arthur D. Fisk;Christopher Hertzog

  • Designing for Older Adults: Principles and Creative Human Factors Approaches

    Arthur D. Fisk;Wendy A. Rogers;Neil Charness;Sara J. Czaja

  • Designing for Older Adults : Principles and Creative Human Factors Approaches, Second Edition

    Arthur Fisk;Wendy Rogers;Neil Charness;Sara Czaja

  • Older adults talk technology: Technology usage and attitudes

    Tracy L. Mitzner;Julie B. Boron;Cara Bailey Fausset;Anne E. Adams

  • Age Differences in Attitudes Toward Computers

    Sara J. Czaja;Joseph Sharit

  • Improving Social Support for Older Adults Through Technology: Findings From the PRISM Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Sara J Czaja;Walter R Boot;Neil Charness;Wendy A Rogers

  • Aging, Motor Control, and the Performance of Computer Mouse Tasks

    Michael W. Smith;Joseph Sharit;Sara J. Czaja

  • Factors Predicting Decisions About Technology Adoption Among Older Adults.

    Ronald W Berkowsky;Joseph Sharit;Sara J Czaja

  • Age differences in the performance of computer-based work.

    Sara J. Czaja;Joseph Sharit

  • Technology Adoption by Older Adults: Findings From the PRISM Trial.

    Tracy L Mitzner;Jyoti Savla;Walter R Boot;Joseph Sharit

  • Examining age differences in performance of a complex information search and retrieval task.

    Sara J. Czaja;Joseph Sharit;Raymond Ownby;David L. Roth

  • Computer Proficiency Questionnaire: Assessing Low and High Computer Proficient Seniors

    Walter R. Boot;Neil Charness;Sara J. Czaja;Joseph Sharit

  • Occupational Stress: Review and Reappraisal

    Joseph Sharit;Gavriel Salvendy

  • Investigating the Roles of Knowledge and Cognitive Abilities in Older Adult Information Seeking on the Web

    Joseph Sharit;Mario A. Hernández;Sara J. Czaja;Peter Pirolli

  • Factors influencing use of an e-health website in a community sample of older adults

    Sara J Czaja;Joseph Sharit;Chin Chin Lee;Sankaran N Nair

  • Use of and Satisfaction With Sources of Health Information Among Older Internet Users and Nonusers

    Jessica Taha;Joseph Sharit;Sara Czaja

  • Designing for Older Adults

    Dan Fisk;Neil Charness;Sara J. Czaja;Wendy A. Rogers

  • Factors affecting usage of a personal health record (PHR) to manage health.

    Jessica Taha;Sara J. Czaja;Joseph Sharit;Daniel G. Morrow

  • Designing Training and Instructional Programs for Older Adults

    Sara J. Czaja;Joseph Sharit

  • Ability-performance relationships as a function of age and task experience for a data entry task

    Sara J. Czaja;Joseph Sharit

Frequent Co-Authors

Sara J. Czaja
Sara J. Czaja Cornell University
Neil Charness
Neil Charness Florida State University
Arthur D. Fisk
Arthur D. Fisk Georgia Institute of Technology
Walter R. Boot
Walter R. Boot Florida State University
Rocio Garcia-Retamero
Rocio Garcia-Retamero University of Granada
Christopher Hertzog
Christopher Hertzog Georgia Institute of Technology
Daniel G. Morrow
Daniel G. Morrow University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Raymond L. Ownby
Raymond L. Ownby Nova Southeastern University
David A. Loewenstein
David A. Loewenstein University of Miami

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