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SUSAN DONNER, Ph.D.

Professor; Associate Dean

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Smith College School for Social Work
Northampton, MA 01063

Education

B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
M.S.W., Simmons College School of Social Work
Ph.D., Smith College School for Social Work

Professional Interest Areas

Self psychology and intersubjectivity

Issues of racial and social identity

Field learning

Research: 2006-2008

Research team member in Enhancing Control and Empowerment for the Elderly Through Assistive Technology, NSF Grant.

Selected Recent Publications

Book Chapters
Miller, J. & Donner, S. (2007). The complexity of multidimensional social development. In S. Borrmann, M. Klassen, and C. Spatscheck (Eds.) International social work: Social problems, cultural issues, and social work education. Opladen, Germany: Barbara Budrich Publishers.

Donner, S., & Miller, J. (2005). The road to becoming an anti-racism organization. In A Lightburn and P. Sessions (Eds.) Community based practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Journal Articles
Donner, S., & Batliwalla, B. (2005).  Two social workers’ experience with late onset blindness:  An intersubjective perspective.  Smith College Studies in Social Work, 75(2), 49-64.

Miller, J., Donner, S., & Fraser, E. (2004).  Talking when talking is tough: Taking on conversations about race, sexual orientation, gender, class, and other aspects of social identity.  Smith College Studies in Social Work, 74(2), 377-392.

Basham, K., Donner S., & Everett, J. (2001).  A controversial commitment: The anti-racism field assignment.  Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 21(1/2) 157-144.

 

 

 

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