Principal Investigator

Susan M. Swearer, Ph.D.

Dr. Susan Swearer is an Associate Professor in the School Psychology Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has conducted research on the relationship between depression and anxiety and externalizing problems (with specific emphasis on bullying) in children and adolescents for the past decade.  Dr. Swearer regularly presents at national conferences and conducts workshops on bullying and victimization in school aged youth.

Project Directors

Amanda Siebecker, M.A.

Amanda is a fifth year doctoral student in School Psychology. Her research interests focus on the identification of risk factors associated with bullying and victimization, measurement issues in bullying research, and the effectiveness of an idividual intervention for bullying. Amanda's current projects include an investigation of the reliability and validity of measures of bullying and implementation of an individual bullying intervention                                               

 Jami Givens, M.A.

Jami is a fourth year doctoral student in School Psychology. Her research
interests include relational aggression and victimization, internalizing
disorders, and gender. She is also interested in the ecological systems
related to the development of aggression. 

Lynae A. Johnsen, M.A.

Lynae is a fourth year doctoral student in the school psychology program.  Her
research interests are focused on the role of the peer ecology in bullying and
victimization and the development of internalizing symptoms of children and
youth.  Lynae is currently involved in research examining peer-relational
correlates of victimization and their influence on the development of
depressive characteristics in adolescents.

Rhonda Turner, M.A.

Rhonda Turner is a sixth year doctoral student in School Psychology. Her research interests include the relations among aggression, bullying and gender and the cognitive-behavioral treatment of childhood internalizing and externalizing disorders.