Susan M. Swearer, Ph.D.
Director, Target Bullying

Dr. Susan M. Swearer, is a Professor of School Psychology at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. She is the principal investigator on the Target Bullying: Ecologically-Based Prevention and Intervention project and has a long-standing track record working with schools and districts nationwide to reduce bullying behaviors. Over the past decade she has collected data and conducted staff training in elementary, middle, and high schools, with the goal of helping school personnel establish cost-effective and data-based strategies to reduce bullying behaviors. She is the co-author of the recently published book, Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Realistic Strategies for Schools (Swearer, Espelage, & Napolitano, 2009) and co-editor of the books, Bullying in North American Schools, 2nd edition (Espelage & Swearer, 2010) and Handbook of Bullying in Schools: An International Perspective (Jimerson, Swearer, & Espelage, 2010). Dr. Swearer has authored over 100 book chapters and articles on the topics of bullying, depression, and anxiety in school-aged youth. As a licensed psychologist, Dr. Swearer is the co-director of the Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology and is a supervising psychologist in the Child and Adolescent Therapy Clinic at UNL.

Lynae J. Frerichs, Ph.D., BCBA
Lynae completed her pre-doctoral internship training in behavioral pediatrics at the Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center. She is a former student of Dr. Swearer and has conducted research on the protective role of prosocial peer perceptions in the associations among relational victimization, depressive symptoms, and loneliness/social dissatisfaction. Lynae is a currently a licensed psychologist practicing in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Jami E. Givens, Ph.D.
Jami is a former student of Dr. Swearer, and completed her post-doctoral fellowship in behavioral pediatric psychology at the Munroe Myer Institute (MMI) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has conducted research on the adaptive and maladaptive consequences of aggression and bullying. Jami is a licensed psychologist currently practicing in Crete, Wahoo, and Lincoln, Nebraska.

Amanda B. Siebecker, Ph.D.

Amanda is a licensed psychologist working with children, adolescents, and their families through the Boys Town Behavioral Health Clinic in Boys Town, NE. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Boys Town working with youth placed in the Treatment Family Services Program on the Boys Town campus. She will be serving as a Target Bullying Survey and Intervention System consultant. Her research interests focus on the identification of risk factors associated with bullying and victimization, measurement issues in bullying research, and the psychosocial impact of the severity of being bullied.