Angie Perone

Angie Perone, PhD, JD, MSW, MA is an interdisciplinary community-engaged scholar and licensed attorney currently serving as Assistant Professor in the School of Social Welfare at University of California Berkeley. She also directs the Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services at UC Berkeley.

• Role: Civil rights attorney (LGBTQ+ Elder Law Project)
• Role: Founding Executive Director of SAGE Metro Detroit (now MiGen)
• Role: RWJF Health Policy Fellow in Senator Tammy Baldwin's office and CMS

Her research focuses on equitable aging, particularly in three areas: long-term care/caregiving, workplace rights, and LGBTQ+ issues. She is currently writing a book about reimagining street-level bureaucracy and conflicting rights in nursing homes.

Contact: aperone@berkeley.edu