SUSAN FINERAN, Ph.D., LICSW
Boston MA
Workplace/School Consultation
Program Evaluation/Research
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
SUSAN FINERAN, Ph.D., LICSW
Boston MA
Workplace/School Consultation
Program Evaluation/Research
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Dr. Susan Fineran is professor emerita at the University of Southern Maine School of Social Work and Women and Gender Studies. Her professional career includes clinical experience in the areas of aging, substance abuse, child and family treatment, intimate partner violence, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and women’s issues. Her research interests include peer sexual harassment and bullying in schools and the mental health implications for children and adolescents. Her current work has focused on campus sexual assault and she is a recipient of three U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women Campus Grant Awards totaling $900,000 (2009, 2013, & 2017).
Her research has been influential in U.S. Supreme Court cases. Two of her early studies were cited in amicus briefs regarding the responsibility of schools to provide an environment protected from sexual harassment by peers [1999 United States Supreme Court, Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education (97-843)].
Dr. Fineran’s research has also focused on the effects of bullying and sexual harassment on sexual minority youth and she has been an advocate for instituting more prevention education to combat sexual harassment in K-12 schools. Additionally, she has conducted the few studies examining sexual harassment of working teenagers in high school. This research has been highlighted in a number of national publications including; The Washington Post, Good Housekeeping, E-Zine AlterNet, Family Circle, The Oregonian, and NASW News.
Dr. Fineran currently consults in the Greater Boston Area and would love to hear from school (K-12 or university) or workplace administrators looking for prevention education training for staff or students on sexual harassment or gender based violence (domestic or dating violence). She is also interested in offering her expertise on Title IX issues that educators may be struggling with. She has been the moderator of the International Coalition Against Sexual Harassment (ICASH) listserv for the past 25 years which can also be found on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/INTERNATIONALCOALITIONAGAINSTSH/
Prevention education training and expert witness for sexual harassment & Title IX for K-12 schools & colleges
Over 35 years of clinical experience in the areas of aging, substance abuse, child and family treatment, intimate partner violence, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual assault.
Expertise on campus sexual assault and a recipient of three
U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women Campus Grant Awards totaling $900,000
(2009, 2013 & 2017).
Phone: 617-548-8373
email: finherb60@gmail.com
Sexual Harassment in Education and Work Settings:
Current theories, research and best practices for prevention
Paludi, M., Martin, J., Gruber, J., & Fineran, S.,(Eds.)., (2015). CT: Praeger
Bullying and Peer Sexual Harassment in Schools.
Fineran, S., (2015) In C.R. Massat, (Ed..), School social work: Practice, policy, and research (8th Edition). Chicago: Lyceum.
Teaching an Online Course on Sexual Harassment.
Fineran, S. (2016). In M. Paludi (Ed.) Campus Action Against Sexual Assault: Needs, Policies, Procedures, and Training Programs. CT: Praeger Publishers.
Bullying and Sexual Harassment of Adolescents.
Gruber, J.E., & Fineran, S. (2010). In M. Paludi (Ed.) Feminism and Women's Rights Worldwide, CT: Praeger Publishers.
Mental Health Impact of Sexual Harassment.
Fineran, S., & Gruber, J.E. (2008).In M. Paludi (Ed.) The psychology of women at work: Challenges and solutions for our female workforce. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
Immigrant Latinx Men’s perspectives on domestic violence.
Journal of Family Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2022.2049667
Fineran, S., Kohli,H., & Bennett, L.W., (2022).
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Immigrant Latino fathers’ perspectives on child abuse and neglect.
Critical Social Work, 21, (2), 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22329/csw.v21i2.6459
Kohli, H. K., & Fineran, S., (2020)
Muslim refugee women’s perspectives on intimate partner violence
Journal of Family Social Work, DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2020.1742839
Fineran, S. & Kohli, H. (2020)
“The rain grows plants, the thunder does not”: Refugee and asylee women’s narratives on child abuse and neglect.
Journal of Refugee and Immigrant Studies. DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2019.1639874
Kohli, H., & Fineran, S., (2019).
“If they misbehaved, we took a stick to discipline them”: Refugee mothers’ struggles raising children in the United States.
Child & Family Social Work DOI:10.1111/cfs.12705
Kohli, H., & Fineran, S., (2019).
Sexual Harassment, Bullying, and School Outcomes for High School Girls and Boys.
Journal of Violence Against Women, 22, 1, 568-583.
Gruber, J.E., & Fineran, S., (2016).
Youth at work: Adolescent Employment and Sexual Harassment.
Child Abuse & Neglect, 33, (8), 550-559.
Fineran, S., & Gruber, J.E. (2009).
National Summit on Gender-Based Violence among Young People
Invited to present sexual harassment research findings to the U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools and the National Institute of Justice
Washington, DC, April, 2011
American Association of University Women
Invited Advisory Committee Member on sexual harassment, bullying, and cyber-bullying in middle schools research report (2011).
Campus Interpersonal Violence Safety Program
U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
Awarded October 2017, $300,000
Principal Co- Investigator.
Campus Interpersonal Violence Safety Program
U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
Awarded October 2013, $300,000
Principal Co- Investigator.
Campus Interpersonal Violence Safety Program
U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
Awarded October 2009, $300,000
Principal Investigator.
Kathleen MacPherson Outstanding Feminist Scholarship Award
Women and Gender Studies Program
University of Southern Maine 2010