WIGL Project: Dr. Carroll L. Estes, Interviewed by Colleen R. Bennett, MS, MA
Channel: Women In Gerontology Legacy Project
Date: 2016-09-01

Dr. Estes was interviewed at the Gerontological Society of America Conference (Washington, D.C.) in 2014. 
Interview questions were: 
How did you become interested in gerontology?

Describe your career trajectory as a gerontologist. At what point in your career did you embrace "gerontologist" to describe yourself? Or did you?

Did you have female mentors who impacted your move into gerontology? Who? How? What is unique about being a woman gerontologist?

How has being a gerontologist interacted with your own personal aging process?

The WIGL project focuses on the legacies of older women gerontologist.  Within that framework, is there anything else you would like us to know?