Susan Jacob Ph.D.

susan jacob

Address:
Sloan Hall 104
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859

Email: jacob1s@cmich.edu

Website: http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/susan_jacob

Vita
Bio:

Susan Jacob, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology and faculty member of the School Psychology program. She earned an M.S.Ed. from City College of New York in 1973, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology (emphasis School Psychology) from Michigan State University in 1981. Prior to receiving her doctorate, she completed over five years of experience working in the public schools and hospital settings as a school psychologist. She has been teaching at Central Michigan University since 1980.

Research Interest:

My areas of research interests include ethics and law in school psychology, GLBTQ youth issues.

Recent Research:


Burns, M.K., Jacob, S., & Wagner, A. (in press). Ethical and legal issues associated with using responsiveness-to-intervention to assess learning disabilities. Journal of School Psychology.

Debski, J., Spadafore, C.D., Jacob, S., Poole, D. A., & Hixson, M.D. (2007). Suicide intervention: Training, roles, and knowledge of school psychologists. Psychology in the Schools, 44, 15-170.

Jacob, S. & Hartshorne, T. S. (2007). Ethics and law for school psychologists (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Flanagan, R., Miller, J.A., & Jacob, S. (2005). The 2002 revision of APA’s ethics code: Implications for school psychologists. Psychology in the Schools, 42, 433-445.

Jacob, S., & Feinberg, T. (2002). Legal and ethical issues in crisis prevention and response in schools.  In S. E. Brock, P. J. Lazarus, & S. R. Jimerson (Eds.), Best practices in school crisis prevention and intervention (pp. 709-732).  Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

Feinberg, T., & Jacob, S. (2002). Administrative considerations in preventing and responding to crisis: A risk management approach. In S. E. Brock, P. J. Lazarus, & S. R. Jimerson (Eds.), Best practices in school crisis prevention and intervention (pp. 95-108) Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

Jacob, S.  (2002). Best practices in utilizing professional ethics.  A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds), Best practices in school psychology-IV (pp. 77-88).  Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.