Social psychologist and best-selling author, Susan Newman is the author of 14 books in the relationship and parenting fields. Her research and books explore such areas as building strong family bonds and traditions, the keys to friendship, preventing drug use among children and teens, preventing stranger abduction and abuse, raising only children, grandparenting and interactions between adult children and their parents and in-laws, working smarter with colleagues and bosses, among others.
Dr. Newman has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, 20/20, CNN, CNN Headline News and Showbiz Tonight, and MSNBC as well as many television and radio shows throughout the country including NPR’s Talk of the Nation, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, CBS and FOX News discussing breaking news and social and parenting concerns.
Her work has been featured in Harvard Magazine, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Woman’s Day, Parents, Cosmopolitan, USA Today, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Monitor, and other major newspapers and magazines. The Learning Channel’s Surviving Motherhood series, MTV/Nickelodeon Network’s ParentsConnect and Club Mom use Dr. Newman as a family and relationship expert; she has also contributed to many books on relationship and parenting topics.
Dr. Newman was a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University in New Jersey and is a member of the American Psychological Association, the New Jersey Psychological Association, the Authors Guild, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors and is a Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for abused and neglected children. She is the stepmother of four children, and the mother of one. She lives in New Jersey.
Media interview requests and inquiries from journalists and producers should be sent to Dr. Newman.
Speaker and workshop facilitator, Susan Newman is available for talks, workshops or book signings on subjects related to her research and books. Please contact her to arrange a day and time or if you have a specific topic in mind.
Here are a few examples of possible themes:
- Parenting: The New Competitive Sport
- Take Back Your Life: Balance at Home and at Work
- Raising (or Considering) An Only Child
- Beyond Praise: Parenting to Achieve Self-motivated Children
- The Power of NO in All You Do…and Don’t Do (Saying NO without setting off your guilt-meter)
- Do Your Kids a Favor: The Benefits of Not Giving In
- Building Self-Esteem While Filling Your Children’s Memory Bank
