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Susan Torres-Harding
Assistant Professor

Roosevelt University
Liberal Arts and Sciences

Office Chicago Campus Schaumburg Campus
Room 1255 (Auditorium Bldg.) 640-D
Phone 312-341-3754
Hours Tuesdays 2- 4 PM and by appointment My hours at Schaumburg during the spring semester will be limited. Please email me directly for availability and to schedule an appointment.
E-mail storresharding@roosevelt.edu
spring 2008
Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
Community Psychology
MA Clinical Practicum Seminar
Research Interests
My research interests include health psychology, evaluation of the efficacy of psychotherapy, and cultural/ethnic studies. I am interested in how adults, children, and families cope with having chronic illness, the impact of illness on family, school, and community functioning, and psychoneuroimmunological aspects of illness. My recent research has focused on adults and children with chronic fatigue syndrome, a controversial and often misunderstood chronic illness. In addition, I am most interested in how cultural factors, including acculturation, can impact an individual's physical and psychological well-being; and, more generally, in issues of social justice and training around multiculturalism/diversity. Finally, I am interested in evaluating the efficacy of psychotherapy and community-based psychological interventions. Currently, I am working with a local community mental health center to evaluate a women's program and evaluate the validity of consumer-developed measures of general health and well-being; developing a scale to measure orientation to social justice; evaluating the reliability and validity of a measure of self-injury/.self-harm behaviors; and measuring attitudes towards chronic fatigue syndrome and their relationship with ethnic/cultural variables.
Selected Publications
Njoku, M.G.C., Jason, L.A., & Torres-Harding, S.R.. (2007). The prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome in Nigeria. Journal of Health Psychology, 12(3), 461–474.

Jason, L.A., Bell, D.S., Rowe, K., Van Hoof, E.L.S., Jordan, K., Lapp, C., Gurwitt, A., Miike, T., Torres-Harding, S., De Meirleir, K. & IACFS (2006). A pediatric case definition for ME/CFS. Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 13, 1-44.

Torres-Harding, S.R., Mason-Shutter, J., & Leonard, J. A. (in press). Fatigue among Spanish and English speaking Latinos. Journal of Health and Social Policy.

Hawk, C., Jason, L.A., & Torres-Harding, S. (2007). Reliability of a chronic fatigue syndrome questionnaire. Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 13 (4), 41-66.

Torres-Harding, S.R., Jordan, K., Jason, L.A.,& Arias, R. (2006). Psychosocial and physical impact of chronic fatigue in a community-based sample of children and adolescents. Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 13, 55-74.

Njoku, M.G., Jason, L.A., & Torres-Harding, S.R. (2005). The relationships among coping styles and fatigue in an ethnically diverse sample. Ethnicity and Health, 10, 263-278.

Torres-Harding, S. R., & Jason, L. A. (2005). What is fatigue: History and epidemiology. In DeLuca, J. (Ed.), Fatigue as a Window to the Brain. Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press.

Jason, L.A., Corradi, K., Torres-Harding, S., Taylor, R.R., & King, C. (2005). Chronic fatigue syndrome: The need for subtypes. Neuropsychology Review, 15, 29-58.

Jason, L. A., Corradi, K., & Torres-Harding, S. (2005). Preventive psychology in primary care settings. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 26 (1), 37-51.

Torres-Harding, S.R., Herrell, R., & Howard, C. (2004). Epidemiologic research: Science and community participation. In L.A. Jason, C.B. Keys, Y. Suarez-Balcazar, R.R. Taylor, M.I. Davis, J.A. Durlak, & D. Holtz Isenberg (Eds.), Participatory Community Research: Theories and Methods in Action (pp.53-69). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Torres-Harding, S. R., Jason, L. A., Taylor, R. R. (2002). Fatigue severity, attributions, medical utilization, and symptoms in persons with chronic fatigue. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 25 (2), 99-113.

Torres-Harding, S.R., Jason, L.A., Cane, V., Carrico, A., & Taylor, R.R. (2002). Physicians’ diagnoses of psychiatric disorders for persons with chronic fatigue syndrome. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 32, 109-24.
Professional Affiliations
Member-at-Large & Midwest Regional Coordinator, American Psychological Association Division 27: The Society for Community Research and Action
Member, Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Member, Midwestern Psychological Association
Member, American Psychological Association
Member, division 12: Society of Clinical Psychology
Faculty affiliations
The Stress Institute
Women and Gender Studies program
Mansfield Institute for Social Justice
Links
APA Division 27: The Society for Community Research and Action (http://www.scra27.org)
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Schaumburg  1400 N. Roosevelt Blvd, Schaumburg, IL 60173