Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

at the University of Massachusetts Boston

Maps & Directions

Faculty & Staff

Alice Fisher, PhD

Additional Information

Alice Fisher, Ph.D. is a past board co-president of Stonewall Communities. She spent 15 years building a successful catering business. In previous careers, she worked in the public, non-profit, and academic sectors with populations ranging from lesbian mothers and gay fathers to refugees, immigrants, and disabled people. Presently a “lesbian grandmother,” she is exploring the development of services for her peers, in particular, seniors in the LGBT communities and in the South End. In the early 1980’s Alice wrote her Women’s Studies dissertation on lesbian mothers for the Union Institute. She is the mother of two daughters and has five grandchildren. d in the 1980s.

Co-facilitator for Aging Mothers/Older Daughters: New Challenges/New Dynamicsis Sarah Pearlman

1 course:
Aging Mothers/Older Daughters: New Challenges/New Dynamics