Susan J. Kelley Explained

Susan J. Kelley, Ph.D.
Nationality:American
Field:psychology, child abuse, nursing
Work Institution:Georgia State University
Alma Mater:Boston College
Boston University
Known For:Fells Acres day care sexual abuse trial
Prizes:ICSA's John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies
American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award

Susan J. Kelley is the former Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Georgia State University. She is also currently a professor of Nursing and the Director of the National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, and founder and director of Project Healthy Grandparents, at Georgia State University.[1]

Education

Kelley received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston University, 1977, followed by a Master of Science in Nursing in 1982. She was awarded a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Boston College in 1988.

Career

Prior to her current positions, Kelley had previously served as chairperson and Professor, Department of Maternal-Child Health Nursing at Boston College. She was also the Director of Nursing education at Massachusetts Emergency Medical Services and a pediatric nurse at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and Boston City Hospital.[2] She has also served as a guest lecturer at George Mason University.[3]

In 2000, Kelley served on the Task Force for International Child Health Nursing Alliance.[4] She is a reviewer for the academic journal Nursing Research, as part of their peer review process.[5]

Child abuse prevention

Kelley has specialized in the field of child abuse, since 1979 and has appeared as a featured expert on child abuse on national programs including the Today Show, NBC Evening News and CBS Morning News.

Criticism

As a pediatric nurse in the 1980s, Kelley interviewed many of the children involved in the Fells Acres day care sexual abuse trial in Malden, Massachusetts.[6] Kelley's interview techniques in that case were later criticized[6] —they were called “improper” and “biased” by a Massachusetts appellate judge,[7] after video tapes of her questioning of the children were played in court during the appeal of one of the defendants.[8] [9]

Awards and honors

Professional associations

Publications

Books

Articles

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://chhs.gsu.edu/nationalcenter/staff.html Our Faculty & Staff
  2. http://chhs.gsu.edu/nursing/fac_prof_listing.asp Susan J. Kelley, PhD, RN, FAAN
  3. http://classweb.gmu.edu/rfeeg/ichna/day5.html Sexual Victimization of Young Innocents: An Epidemic
  4. http://classweb.gmu.edu/rfeeg/ichna/scap.html Steering Committee and Participants of Child Health 2000
  5. http://www.nursing-research-editor.com/reviewers/index.php Current reviewers
  6. News: D . Rabinowitz . Dorothy Rabinowitz . A Darkness in Massachusetts--II . . 1995-03-14 . 2009-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030826232642/http://opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=95000780 . 2003-08-26 .
  7. http://users.rcn.com/kyp/borenstn.html Transcript of June 12, 1998
  8. News: Hayward . E . Prof: Therapist Swayed Kids against Amiraults . . 1998-02-18 .
  9. News: C . Goldberg . Youths' "Tainted" Testimony Is Barred in Day Care Retrial. One police officer, John Rivers, said at a seminar that interviewing the children was "like getting blood from a stone." This comment was made in reference to her almost forcing children to admit to false experiences.. . 1998-06-13 . 2009-02-21 .
  10. [Recovery from Cults (book)]
  11. "Pediatric Services of America, Inc. Announces Appointment..", Business Wire, July 29, 2003.

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