Suzette Fromm Reed, PhD
Title:
Assistant Professor
Programs/Classes Taught:
B.A. in Psychology
M.A. in Psychology
Ph.D. in Community Psychology
I teach a wide variety of classes.
Undergradaute classes include both in-person and online: Children and Families Under Stress, Psychology of Learning, Mental Health, Experimental, Culture and Self.
MA Psychology Classes include: Abnormal, Research Methods, Theories of Personality
PhD Classes include: Advanced Quantitative Methods, Prevention and Intervention Methods in the Community, Grant Writing and Social Marketing
Areas of Expertise:
Quantitative Research Methods
Social Marketing
Community Research
Biography:
Dr. Fromm Reed has worked as an Assistant Professor at National Louis University (NLU) since 2005 where she developed the University’s first PhD program. Dr. Fromm Reed currently co-directs the Ph.D. program in Community Psychology at NLU and also works with students in the psychology Masters and undergraduate programs. Before that she worked with non-profit agencies at both the national and local level on issues related to children and families. Much of her research examined how collective efficacy and social capital may play a role in buffering against child maltreatment and how social marketing may be applied to this and similar topics. Currently, her research is primarily focused on health promotion through engaging communities in exercise and nutrition activities.
Education:
PhD, Psychology in the Public Interest, North Carolina State University
MA, Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology
BA, Psychology, University of Illinois - Chicago
Research and Interests:
Primary prevention of any community issue, specifically Girl Empowerment, Health promotion, Child Maltreatment prevention and Social Capital and Collective Efficacy as buffers to community issues.
Video
The Cost and Consequences of Child Abuse
Reframing the Obesity Epidemic
Contact Information:
Suzette Fromm Reed, PhD
Assistant Professor
Co-Director Community Psychology Ph.D. Program
Phone: 630-874-4257
Email: Suzette.Fromm-Reed@nl.edu
Web site: http://works.bepress.com/suzette_fromm_reed/
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