Suzanne Bennett Johnson (born February 8, 1948) is an American psychologist and a past president of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Suzanne Bennett Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 8, 1948 Johnson City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Cornell University (B.A.) Stony Brook University (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Past president, American Psychological Association |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
Biography
editJohnson earned an undergraduate psychology degree from Cornell University in 1970. She received a Ph.D. from Stony Brook University in 1974.[1] Johnson was a fellow of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from 2001 to 2002 along with Hillary Clinton.[2]
Johnson is a distinguished research professor at Florida State University College of Medicine and studies psychosocial aspects of childhood diabetes.[1] At the University of Florida College of Medicine in the 1980s, she led a study which found more anxiety among family members of newly diagnosed insulin-dependent diabetes patients than among the patients themselves.[3] She co-founded the National Conference on Child Health Psychology with James H. Johnson (no relation).[4][5]
Johnson was APA president in 2012. She has served in several other APA leadership roles, including the presidency of Divisions 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) and 38 (Health Psychology).[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Suzanne B. Johnson Ph.D." Florida State University. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ^ "Suzanne Bennett Johnson, PhD". Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ^ "Families of diabetics take the news harder, study says". The Telegraph (Nashua). June 11, 1987. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ^ Gross, Alan M. (2008). Handbook of Clinical Psychology, Children and Adolescents. John Wiley & Sons. p. 153. ISBN 978-0470292419. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ^ Donald K. Routh (28 February 1994). Clinical Psychology Since 1917: Science, Practice and Organization. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-306-44452-4.
- ^ "Suzanne Bennett Johnson, PhD". American Psychological Association. Retrieved November 15, 2014.