Nationality American Name Susan Kelley | Role Nurse Residence Georgia, United States | |
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Alma mater Boston CollegeBoston University Known for Fells Acres Day Care Center preschool trial Notable awards ICSA's John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic StudiesAmerican Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award Books Pediatric Emergency Nursing Fields Psychology, Child abuse, Nursing | ||
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.
Contents
- Education
- Career
- Child abuse prevention
- Child abuse unethical interviews
- Awards and honors
- Professional associations
- Books
- Articles
- References
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. She has also served as a guest lecturer at George Mason University.
In 2000, Kelley served on the Task Force for International Child Health Nursing Alliance. She is a reviewer for the academic journal Nursing Research, as part of their peer review process.
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.
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. Kelley’s interview techniques in that case later came under criticism from members of the media and were called “improper” and “biased” by a Massachusetts appellate judge after video tapes of her questioning of the children were played in court during the appeal of one of the defendants.