Susan Donner
Associate Dean and Professor
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Susan Donner's areas of interest are primarily practice and field work. She taught in both the M.S.W. and Ph.D. programs in practice and in human behavior. She has written on self-psychology, intersubjectivity, racial and social identity and issues facing field education. She has served as associate dean under three different deans and was also the past director of field work. Donner received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, her M.S.W. from Simmons College School for Social Work, and her doctorate from the Smith College School for Social Work.
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 2006-08
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.
Selected Recent Publications: 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.
