About the Event
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Margie Lachman, leading lifespan psychologist and director of the Lifespan Lab at Brandeis University, as she discusses her new book Primetime: A New Vision for Midlife. Drawing on thirty years of research and her work on the landmark MIDUS study, Dr. Lachman creates an inspiring new framework for midlife as the defining years of life. Debunking common myths, from the notion of an inevitable “crisis” to beliefs that this period is marked by unhappiness and inability to change, she offers insights that reveal midlife as a time of peak responsibility, high generativity, and increased well-being, while illuminating the potential to harness a sense of control in the face of life’s challenges and transitions.
Who's Speaking
Margie Lachman
Margie Lachman, Ph.D. is the Minnie and Harold Fierman Professor of Psychology at Brandeis University, where she directs the Lifespan Lab. She earned her A.B. from Boston University and her M.S. and Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University. A leading expert on adult development and aging, Lachman is one of...
Margie Lachman, Ph.D. is the Minnie and Harold Fierman Professor of Psychology at Brandeis University, where she directs the Lifespan Lab. She earned her A.B. from Boston University and her M.S. and Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University. A leading expert on adult development and aging, Lachman is one of a small group of scholars who study midlife from a lifespan developmental perspective. Her honors include research awards from the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Gerontological Society of America. She has authored numerous scholarly articles and co-edited key volumes, including Multiple Paths of Midlife Development (1997), Handbook of Midlife Development (2001), and the APA Handbook of Adult Development and Aging (2026). Lachman was a member of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development, which launched the landmark Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. She is a co-investigator on MIDUS and several other projects exploring cognition, health, and well-being in midlife and later adulthood. At Brandeis, she teaches courses on adult development and aging and lifespan psychology.