Ph.D., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Susan G. Forman is University Professor at Rutgers
University. She has served as chair of the Department of Applied Psychology, director of clinical training for the school psychology program in the
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, and as vice president
for undergraduate education at Rutgers. Prior to coming to Rutgers, she was
professor of psychology and also served as associate provost at the University
of South Carolina.
Her research and scholarship focus on factors that
influence intervention implementation, implementation of interprofessional
collaborative approaches to pediatric behavioral health care, and the
effectiveness of behavioral and cognitive-behavioral interventions in
educational settings. She has authored over 100 publications, including the Handbook
of Pediatric Behavioral Healthcare: An Interdisciplinary Collaborative
Approach (published by Springer) and Implementation of Mental Health
Programs in Schools: A Change Agent's Guide (published by the American
Psychological Association). She has served on the editorial boards of many
psychology and education journals, including School Psychology Review
and the Journal of School Psychology. Her work has been supported by
grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the National Institute on Drug
Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Science
Foundation, and the American Psychological Association, as well as a number of
corporate and family foundations.
Professor Forman has also served on the executive boards of
the school psychology division of the American Psychological Association and
the National Association of School Psychologists, and has served as chair of
the Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs. She is a fellow of the
American Psychological Association and has been elected to membership in the
Society for the Study of School Psychology based on her scientific
contributions to the field.