Susan Sorenson
Susan B. Sorenson | |
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Education | Iowa State University, Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Cincinnati |
Awards | 2014 Bridge of Courage Award from Women Organized Against Rape |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Public health, social policy |
Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
Thesis | Loss and childhood depression (1985) |
Susan B. Sorenson is a professor of social policy, and of health and societies, at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a senior fellow in public health, director of the PhD program in social welfare, and director of the Evelyn Jacobs Ortner Center there.[1] She is known for studying gun violence from a public health and political perspective, and she has argued for increasing the availability of data to researchers regarding this subject.[2][3][4]
Education
Sorenson received her B.S. in sociology and psychology from
UCLA School of Public Health.[1]
Awards and honors
Sorenson was appointed a fellow of the American Psychological Association's Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues in 2007. She received the Bridge of Courage Award from Women Organized Against Rape in 2014.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Susan B. Sorenson". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ Glenza, Jessica (27 October 2015). "How many guns are in America? A web of state secrecy means no one knows". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ Kelly, Nora (14 December 2015). "Are Mass Shootings Contagious?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ Hancock, Jay (20 December 2012). "The Gun Lobby's Favorite Part Of The Health Law". NPR. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Susan Sorenson CV" (PDF). 27 July 2016.