Member Name:

Nebraska

Member Since:

October 26, 2008

Last Logged in:

November 20, 2008

Hometown:

Swarthmore, PA

High Schools Attended:

Swarthmore High School

Colleges/Universities Attended:

Swarthmore College (B.A.); The Pennsylvania State University (M.S.); The University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D.)

A few words about me...

Dr. Swearer is an Associate Professor in the School Psychology Program at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and the Co-Director (with Dr. Shelley Hymel) of the Bullying Research Network (BRNET), an on-line resource for linking bullying researchers. Dr. Swearer currently teaches and supervises the Child and Adolescent Therapy Practicum sequence at UNL and is the supervising professor for both the Ed.S. and Ph.D. internship cohorts. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of Nebraska, is a supervising psychologist in the Counseling and School Psychology Clinic, and is the Director of the Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology (NICPP). Dr. Swearer is on the editorial review boards for School Psychology Review, Journal of School Psychology, and Journal of Anxiety Disorders. She has conducted research on the relationship between depression, anxiety, and externalizing problems for the past decade. Her research and clinical foci are interrelated and include the examination of the comorbidity of psychological disorders in children and adolescents, the relationship of internalizing psychopathology on externalizing behavior, and cognitive-behavioral interventions for youth and their families. Current research projects include a longitudinal investigation of bullying and victimization in school-age youth, an international comparative study on bullying and victimization, and the evaluation of an individually-based intervention for bullying behaviors. Dr. Swearer has taught high school special education students (behavioral and emotional disabilities) and has worked as a licensed professional counselor with children, adolescents, and families in residential treatment, inpatient, and outpatient settings. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Boys Town in the Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology (APA approved) in Omaha, Nebraska in 1996 and joined the School Psychology faculty at UNL in 1997.

 

A few Recent Publications:

 

Prof. Swearer is co-editor of a NEW BOOK that overviews contemporary research on bullying: Swearer, S. M., Espelage, D. L., & Napolitano, S. A. (2009). Bullying prevention and intervention: Realistic strategies for schools. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

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Jimerson, S. R., Swearer, S. M., & Espelage, D. L., (under review). International Handbook of School Bullying. New York: Taylor & Francis Group.

Swearer, S. M., (in press). Relational aggression: Not just a female issue. Journal of School Psychology.

Swearer, S. M., Turner, R. K., Givens, J. E. & Pollack, W. S. (2008). ―You‘re so gay!: Do different forms of bullying matter for adolescent males? School Psychology Review, 37, 160-173.

Espelage, D. L., & Swearer, S. M. (Eds.). (2004). Bullying in American schools: A social-ecological perspective on prevention and intervention. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Interests

Education Issues, Family Life, Team Sports, Individual Sports, Travel, Camping/Outdoor Activities