Georgeanna Tryban, MSW, PhD, CSL, has been connected to Japan for over 45 years, since she was an exchange student at 18. She has had the privilege of doing collaborative research with the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology as well as teaching cross-cultural sociology while living in Japan with a three generation Japanese family. She has spent most of her life immersed in learning about Japanese culture and aging and is excited to share the link between Ikigai and Sage-ing with you.
Georgeanna is co-leader of the Education Team of Sage-ing International and a retired professor of social psychology and gerontology at Indiana State University. Her passion for service is shown in her commitment to her local Wisdom Circles and her volunteer work with Youth for Understanding.