Susan J. Kelley is Dean and Professor at the College of Health
and Human Sciences at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Dr.
Kelley received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from
Boston College (’88) and her B.S. (’77) and M.S. (’82) in Nursing
from Boston University. Dr. Kelley’s previous professional experience
includes serving as Chairperson and Professor, Department of
Maternal-Child Health Nursing at Boston College; Director of
Nursing Education, Massachusetts Emergency Medical Services; and
as a nurse at Columbia Presbyterian and Boston City Hospitals.
Dr. Kelley has specialized in the field of child abuse since 1980 and has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on child abuse, and serves on the editorial board of several journals. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Prevent Child Abuse America, Prevent Child Abuse Georgia, and St. Joseph’s Mercy Care.
Dr. Kelley is founder and director of Project Healthy Grandparents, a community-based program that provides services to families in which grandparents are raising grandchildren in parent- absent homes, and is founder and director of the National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.
Both of Dr. Kelley’s parents are of Irish heritage. Her mother’s side immigrated to the U.S. in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Her paternal great-grandparents immigrated from County Galway in the mid 1800s.
Dr. Kelley has specialized in the field of child abuse since 1980 and has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on child abuse, and serves on the editorial board of several journals. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Prevent Child Abuse America, Prevent Child Abuse Georgia, and St. Joseph’s Mercy Care.
Dr. Kelley is founder and director of Project Healthy Grandparents, a community-based program that provides services to families in which grandparents are raising grandchildren in parent- absent homes, and is founder and director of the National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.
Both of Dr. Kelley’s parents are of Irish heritage. Her mother’s side immigrated to the U.S. in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Her paternal great-grandparents immigrated from County Galway in the mid 1800s.