Susan Speraw

Associate Professor
The University of Tennessee,
College of Nursing,
1200 Blvd., Room 153,
Knoxville, TN - 37996 - 4180.
Phone: (865) 974-7586
Fax: (865) 974-3569
Email: ssperaw@utk.edu

Member, University-wide Institutional Review Board (IRB) for protection of subjects in human research. Teaching in undergraduate and doctoral programs, course development (working with families impacted by genetic disorders), dissertation committee member. Member, Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects & Doctoral Program Admissions Committee.

N421, Health Maint. & Restoration in Mental Health
N482, Health Promotion, Maint. & Rest. In Community
N582, Scholarly Inquiry in Advanced Practice Nursing (Guided Research)
N607, PhD Qualitative Research Methods

Family Experience of Cystic Fibrosis Nurturing Faith: The Experience of Parents & Caregivers Seeing Religious Education for their children with disabilities “What it’s like to be me”: Experience of Children & Adolescents Living with Disabilities or Special Needs Needs Assessment of Families Living with Disability in a family member

Member, Sigma Theta Tau International (Gamma Chi); Member, American Psychological Association Divisions: Health, Family, Developmental Disability; Member, society of Pediatric Psychology; Member, Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; Listing, National Register of Health Providers in Psychology; Licenses in TN as Registered Nurse and Psychologist (Health Provider).

Director of Disability Programs, Catholic Charities of East TN Community Advisory Board, Pastoral Care Education Program, University of TN Medical Center

BS, Nursing, California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), 1970
MN, (Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner) University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1982
MA, Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, 1989
PhD, Clinical Psychology (Health Psychology emphasis) California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, 1991