SUSAN ROTH
src@Duke.edu(919) 684-1964
Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies
A native of New York City , Susan Roth graduated from Barnard College , Columbia University in 1970. She attended graduate school in psychology at Northwestern University , receiving her Ph.D. in 1973. Professor Roth came to Duke University that year as an assistant professor, and is currently a professor in the Department of Psychology and Neurosciences. She served as chair of the Department of Psychology: Social and Health Sciences from 1999-2002, and worked as special assistant in both the President's and the Provost's offices following her term as chair. During that period, she chaired the Executive Committee of the Women's Initiative and the Women's Faculty Development Task Force. Most recently, Professor Roth was appointed as Dean of the Social Sciences in Arts and Sciences in 2004 and served through the 2005-06 academic year.
Professor Roth's scholarly publications have focused on the process of coping with traumatic life events. She is well known for her studies of sexually victimized women, including clinical treatment studies of adult survivors of childhood incest, and she has served as president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Roth's work reflects her commitment to the complimentary nature of qualitative and quantitative research methods, and to the complimentary nature of basic research and clinical scholarship.
Professor Roth has been the recipient of the Trinity College Distinguished Teaching award for her Psychology of Women course, and has served as dissertation advisor for 26 Ph.D. recipients in psychology.