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CURRICULUM VITAE
SUZANNE FREEDMAN
Office Address: Home Address:
Department of Educational Psychology 2221 Iowa St.
and Foundations Cedar Falls, IA 5013
University of Northern Iowa Phone: (319) 277-7282
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0607 E-mail:
Phone: (319) 273-2483
Educational History:
1994 Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Educational Psychology, Human Development
1991 M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Educational Psychology, Human
Development
1987 B.A. University of Delaware, Psychology Major, Specialization in Child Development
Professional History:
2000 – ongoing Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations,
University of Northern Iowa
1994 - 1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations,
University of Northern Iowa
Professional Service
Ongoing Consultant on Forgiveness Research
2010 Reviewer for the Journal of Family Psychology
2009 Reviewer for Conflict Management and Peace Science
2007 Reviewer for the Journal, Personal and Mental Health
2006 Reviewer for Conflict Management and Peace Science: Journal of the Peace Science Society
2006- Member of the Academic Advisory Board for Annual Editions: Adolescent Psychology, 5th
ongoing Edition: McGraw Hill:Dushkin.
2005 Reviewer for the Journal of Family Psychology
2005 Reviewer for the Journal of Applied Social Psychology
2004 Reviewer for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
2004 Reviewer for the Journal of Family Psychology
2003 Reviewer for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Academic Awards and Grants Received
2008 Awarded a Professional Development Assignment for Spring 2010, Introduction to Forgiveness Education: The Development and Evaluation of Forgiveness Education Curriculum for High
School Students.
2007 An Examination of the long-term consequences of forgiving: A 15 year Follow-up of Incest
Survivors who Participated in a Forgiveness Intervention Study, Eight-week Summer
Fellowship, June and July 2007
2004 Preparation of a Grant Application: A Forgiveness Education Program with At-Risk Adolescents, Four-week Summer Fellowship, July 2004.
2004 Forgiveness Education with At-Risk Adolescents, Professional Development Assignment,
Spring 2004
2002 Developing Curriculum for Teaching Forgiveness Strategies to Junior High School Students ($5000). Guernsey Foundation.
2002 Four-week summer Fellowship ($2600)
2000 Provost’s Minigrant- The Use of Experiential Learning in Dynamics of Development: Examining Child and Adolescent Development form a Social
And Cultural Perspective.
1998 Rosa Janssen and Henry R. and Nancy Meyer Fund, School of
Education Faculty Seed Grant, UNI: Developing Curriculum for Teaching Forgiveness Strategies ($1000)
1998 Qualities of an Educated Person Project Grant with Deb Deemer,
Rob Boody, Andee DeBruin-Parecki, Tony Gabriele, Melissa Heston,
Carmen Montecinos and Don Schmits: Reflections on the
Professional Education Curriculum in the Development of
Student Qualities ($3500)
1997 UNI Minigrant: Creating Effective Multimedia Materials for
Teaching Dynamics of Human Development ($1200)
1996 UNI Eight-Week Summer Fellowship ($4600)
1993 American Psychological Association Dissertator Award ($500)
Publications in Refereed Journals:
Freedman, S. (2010). An analysis of a sample of the general population’s understanding of forgiveness: Implications for mental health counselors. Journal of Mental Health Counseling. Vol. 32 (1), 5-34.
McKay, K.M., Hill, M.S., Freedman, S., and Enright, R. D. (2007). Towards a feminist empowerment model of forgiveness psychotherapy. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice Training. Vol 44 (1), 14-29.
Freedman, S. & Knupp, A. (2003). The impact of forgiveness education on adolescent adjustment to Parental Divorce. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage.Vol. 39(1/2), 135-165.
Freedman, S. (2000). Creating an expanded view: How therapists can help their clients forgive. Journal of Family Psychotherapy. Vol. 11 (1), 87-92.
Freedman, S. (1999). A voice of forgiveness: One incest survivor's experience forgiving her father. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 10 (4), 37-60.
Freedman, S. (1998). Forgiveness and reconciliation: The importance of understanding how they differ. Counseling and Values, 42 (3), 200-216.
Freedman, S. & Enright, R. D. (1996). Forgiveness as an intervention goal with incest survivors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 983-992.
Enright, R. D. & The Human Development Study Group (1996). Counseling within the forgiveness triad: On forgiving, receiving forgiveness, and self-forgiveness. Counseling and Values, 40, 107-126.
Subkoviak, M. J., Enright, R. D., Wu, C., Gassin, E. A., Freedman, S., Olson, L., Sarinopoulos, I. (1995). Measuring interpersonal forgiveness in late adolescence and middle adulthood. Journal of Adolescence, 18, 641-655.
Enright, R. D., Wu, C., Olson, C., Chandler, J., Gassin, L. E., Freedman, S., Golden, S., & Sarinopoulos, I. (I994). Piaget on the moral development of forgiveness. Human Development, 37, 63-80.
Enright, R. D., Eastin, D., Golden, S., Sarinopoulos, I, & Freedman, S. (1992). Interpersonal forgiveness within the helping professions: An attempt to resolve differences of opinion. Counseling and Values, 36, 84-103.
Enright, R. D., Freedman, S., Gassin, L., Golden, S., Hollander, G., Olson, L., Sarinopoulos, I., & Wu, C. (1991). Five points on the construct of forgiveness within psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, 28, 493-496.
Enright, R. D., Sarinopoulos, I., Freedman, S., Hebl, J., Al-Mabuk, R., Oh Park, Y., Golden, S., & Huang, T. (1990). Must a Christian require repentance before forgiving? Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 9 (3), 16-19.
Ackerman, B. P., & Freedman, S. (1988). The relation between conceptual elaboration and retrieval access to episodic information in memory for children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 46, 100-128.
Ackerman, B. P., & Freedman, S. (1988). In search of retrieval search in children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 46, 219-246.
Ackerman, B. P., & Freedman, S. (1988). Memorable holidays and planetary lapses: Retrieval search of ordered sets by children and adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 46, 247-272.
Chapters in Books & Monographs:
Freedman, S. (in press). What It Means to Forgive and Why the Way We Define Forgiveness Matters. Journal of Peace and Conflict.
Freedman, S. (2008). Forgiveness education with at-risk adolescents: A case study analysis. In W. Malcom, N. DeCourville, & K. Belicki (Eds). Women’s reflections on the complexities of forgiveness. New York: NY: Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group.
Freedman, S., Enright, R. D., & Knutson, J (2005). A progress report on the process model of forgiveness. In E. Worthington, Jr. (Ed.). Handbook of Forgiveness, New York: NY: Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group.
Enright, R. D., Freedman, S., & Rique, J. (1998). The psychology of interpersonal forgiveness. In R. Enright and J. North (Eds.). Exploring forgiveness, pp. 46-62. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
Enright, R. D., Sarinopoulos, I., Al-Mabuk, R., & Freedman, S. (1992). The moral development approach: Justice and forgiveness. In R. C. D'Amato & B. A. Rothlisberg (Eds.), Psychological perspectives on interventions, pp. 137-153. New York: Longman.
Presentations at Professional Meetings
Al-Mabuk, R. & Freedman, S. (2008). The Consequences of Forgiveness and Revenge on Families. Paper presented at the Association for Moral Education 34th Annual Meeting: Faith, Democracy, and Values: The Challenge of Moral Formation n Families, Schools, and Societies. Notre Dame, IN, November 13-16.
Freedman, S. (2007). The Use of Forgiveness Education with At-Risk Adolescents. Paper presented at the Association for Moral Education 33rd Annual Meeting: Civic Education, Moral Education, and Democracy in Global Society, New York, NY, November 15-17.
Freedman, S. (2006). The Use of Forgiveness Education with At-Risk Adolescents Attending an Alternative School. Poster presentation at the 2006 Annual Iowa Educational Research and Evaluation Association Conference, Does High School Need to Be Reformed? Research Behind the Headlines, Iowa City, Iowa, December 8.
Freedman, S. (May 2005). An Educational Intervention Using Forgiveness as the Goal with At-Risk Adolescents. Paper presented as part of the Symposium, “What leads to forgiveness? Exploring potential predictors and consequences of forgiveness” at the Annual Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May 5-8, 2005.
Freedman, S. (May 2005). The Use of Forgiveness Education to Help At-Risk Adolescents Cope with the Unfairness and Injustice in their Lives. Paper presented at the Women’s Perspectives on Forgiveness Conference, Glenerin Inn, Mississauga, ON, May 13-14, 2005.
Freedman, S. (October 2003). An Analysis of the General Population’s Understanding of the Psychology of Forgiveness. Paper presented at the “Scientific Findings about Forgiveness Conference”, Atlanta, Georgia.
Freedman, S. (October 2003). Helping Clients Incorporate Forgiveness, Presentation at the Helping People Forgive Conference, Atlanta Georgia, October 24-25, 2003.
Freedman, S. (November 2002). An Analysis of the General Population’s Understanding of the Psychology of Forgiveness. Poster presented at the 2002 Annual Association for Moral Education Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Freedman, S. (July 2000). On the Makings of Moral Citizens: The Role of Forgiveness Education. Paper presented at the 26th Annual International Conference of the Association for Moral Education, Glasgow, Scotland.
Freedman, S. (April 2000). The Impact of Forgiveness Education on Adolescent Adjustment to Parental Divorce. Paper presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Lousiana.
Freedman, S. (November, 1997). A voice of forgiveness: One incest survivor's experience forgiving her father. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Moral Education, Atlanta, GA.
Freedman. S. (August, 1997). The psychological study of forgiveness research: An examination of 12 years of research on forgiveness. Paper presented at the 105th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois.
Freedman, S. (March, 1997). Forgiving and incest survivors: Is it healthy? Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Freedman, S. (April, 1996). Forgiveness and incest survivors: Implications for clinicians. Paper presented at the National Conference on Forgiveness, Baltimore, Maryland.
Freedman, S. (August, 1995). Forgiveness as an intervention goal with incest survivors. Poster presented at the 103 Annual American Psychological Association Convention, New York, New York.
Freedman, S. (November, 1994). Forgiveness education: A case of incest. Poster presented at the Annual Association of Moral Education Conference: Fostering and L iving in Moral Communities: Moral Character, Moral Codes, and Spirituality. Banff, Canada.
Enright, R. D., Wu, C., Olson, L., Chandler, J., Gassin, E. A., Freedman, S., Golden, S., & Sarinopoulos, I. (November, 1992). Piaget on the moral development of forgiveness: Is reciprocity required? Paper presented at the Annual Association for Moral Education Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Freedman, S. (November, 1992). The psychology of forgiveness. Poster presented at the Association for Moral Education Conference, Power Within Diversity: Confronting Moral Issues In A Multi-Racial/Multi-Cultural Community and World, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Subkoviak, M. J., Enright, R. D., Wu, C., Gassin, E. A., Freedman, S., Olson, L., & Sarinopoulos, I. (April, 1992). Measuring interpersonal forgiveness. Paper presented at the annual meeting at the American Education Research Association in San Francisco, California.
Freedman, S. (February, 1992). The process of forgiveness: Implications for counseling. Paper presented at The Big Ten Counseling Center Conference: New and Creative Approaches to Counseling, Purdue University, Indiana.
Invited Presentations and Workshops:
Freedman, S. (2010). Forgiveness and the Dalai Lama. Invited Presentation at the University of Northern Iowa, Mauker Union, Cedar Falls, IA, March 3.
Freedman, S. (2009). The Power of Interpersonal Forgiveness. Invited Presentation at the Iowa Association of the Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, March 27-28.
Freedman, S. (2008). The Power of Forgiveness. Invited presentation at the 2008 Speaking of Women’s Health Conference, Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center, Waterloo, Iowa, October 17.
The Path to Forgiveness: an Opportunity to Learn and Reflect: Two-hour workshop given at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Cedar Falls, IA, Sunday, March 2, 2008. Workshop was open to the public.
Freedman, S. (2007). The Psychology of Interpersonal Forgiveness: How to Forgive when you Can’t Forget. Invited presentation at the 2007 Speaking of Women’s Health Conference, Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center, Waterloo, Iowa, October 5.
Freedman, S. (April 2005). The Use of Forgiveness with At-Risk Adolescents, Presentation at the 2005 Alternative Education Conference, Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center, Waterloo, Iowa,
April 7, 2005.
Freedman, S. (2000). The circle of forgiveness: How choosing forgiveness can help you heal. Invited to present at the Women Healing- Restoring Connection Conference, Dallas, Texas, April 15.
Freedman, S. (1999). The circle of forgiveness: How choosing forgiveness can help you heal. Invited to present at the Women Healing- Restoring Connection Conference, Chicago, IL, December 4.
Freedman, S. (1999). Forgiveness: Understanding from a psychological perspective. Invited to present a one-day workshop to the Wisconsin Psychological Association, Oconomowac, WI, November 20.
Freedman, S. (1999). The circle of forgiveness: How choosing forgiveness can help you heal. Invited to present at the Women Healing- Restoring Connection Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 6.
Boody, R., DeBruin-Parecki, A., Deemer, D., Freedman, S., Gabriele, A., Heston, M., Montecinos, C., & Schmits, D., (September, 1998). Reflections on the professional education curriculum in the development of student qualities. Strengthening Undergraduate Education. 4th annual university wide conference for faculty, students, staff, and administrators. University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.
Freedman, S. (August, 1997). Invited to present a one day workshop, Forgiveness Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (co-presenter with Robert Enright, Ph.D.).
Freedman, S. (April, 1994). Forgiveness: A Process for Healing Deep Hurt. Workshop conducted at the Educational Seminar for the Meriter Association of Attending Clergy and Department of Pastoral Services, Madison, Wisconsin.
Freedman, S. (February, 1995). The Use of Forgiveness as an Educational Intervention Goal with Incest Survivors. Invited presenter at the conference, Reducing the Risk by Working Together, Minneapolis, MN.
Freedman, S. (October, 1993). Forgiveness issues with incest survivors. Presenter at Offering Forgiveness To Others: Applying the Psychology of Forgiveness in Interpersonal Situations Workshop, School of Education, Education Extension, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Freedman, S. (October, 1991). Is forgiving an important part of healing for survivors of incest? Invited presentation at Forgiving One Another Workshop, School of Education, Education Extension, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Freedman, S., & Philip, M. (April, 1990). Dating Relationships and Intimacy. Invited presenter at Verona Area High School Wellness Day, Verona, Wisconsin.
Interviews:
Interviewed for Iowa Public Radio. Interviewed on The Exchange with Ben Kieffer, March 31, 2010, Noon – 1:00 p.m, Buddhism and the Dalai Lama.
Interviewed for CBS: CBS Religion special: Choosing to Forgive, for my work and expertise on the Psychology of Forgiveness with incest survivors. Televised Sunday, June 8, 2008 and June 14, 2008.