Dorothy Courtney Suskind, Ph.D.

I am a writer, researcher, and an Associate Professor in the Education and Counseling Department at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. At Longwood, I founded and co-direct the Southside Virginia Writing Project, part of the National Writing Project, and teach a variety of literacy classes and a capstone course entitled Women as Disruptive Change Agents in Their Community. Before coming to Longwood, I served as a Middle School Principal, Action Research Coach, Assistant Professor at the University of Mary Washington, Reading Specialist, and have taught multiple grades across the JK-12 spectrum in both public and independent schools. I am also the Education Director and on the Executive Board of the National Workplace Bullying Coalition and the International Association of Workplace Bullying and Harassment. In addition, I volunteer at women's prisons and conduct one-on-one writing workshops with men on Death Row.