Susan J. Kelley

Susan J. Kelley, Ph.D.
Residence Georgia, United States
Nationality American
Fields psychology, child abuse, nursing
Institutions Georgia State University
Alma mater Boston College
Boston University
Known for Fells Acres Day Care Center preschool trial
Notable awards 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.[2]

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.[1]

Child abuse Unethical Interviews

As a pediatric nurse in the 1980s, Kelley interviewed many of the children involved in the Fells Acres Day Care Center sexual abuse case in Malden, Massachusetts.[6] Kelley’s interview techniques in that case later came under criticism from members of the media [6] and 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]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Our Faculty & Staff, National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Georgia State University, retrieved 1/9/07.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Susan J. Kelley, PhD, RN, FAAN, Faculty Profiles, Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing
  3. Sexual Victimization of Young Innocents: An Epidemic, Susan J. Kelley, PhD, RN, FAAN, George Mason University
  4. Steering Committee and Participants of Child Health 2000, Task Force for International Child Health Nursing Alliance (ICHNA), Dr. Susan J. Kelley.
  5. Current reviewers, Nursing Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, retrieved 1/9/06.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Rabinowitz, D (1995-03-14). "A Darkness in Massachusetts--II". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  7. Transcript of June 12, 1998 Judge Isaac Borenstein
  8. Hayward, E (1998-02-18). "Prof: Therapist Swayed Kids against Amiraults". Boston Herald.
  9. Goldberg, C (1998-06-13). "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.". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Recovery from Cults (book), Michael Langone, Ph.D., ed., p. xii
    Susan J. Kelley, Ph.D., R.N. is Associate Professor of Nursing at Boston College. Dr. Kelley is editor of Pediatric Emergency Nursing (Appleton & Lange), for which she received the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award. Dr. Kelley also received the John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies for her research comparing ritually abused and sexually abused children in day care.
  11. "Pediatric Services of America, Inc. Announces Appointment..", Business Wire, July 29, 2003.