JEANETTE HARDER, PhD
Assistant Professor - School of Social Work
Annex 40, 6001 Dodge Street
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska 68182-0293
(402) 554-2893
Biography
Jeanette Harder is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She received her PhD in Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2004. Her professional specialties include child abuse prevention, child welfare, domestic violence, support for couples dealing with infertility, social work and spirituality, and program evaluation.
Dr. Harder has participated in various research and program evaluation projects. She is currently conducting several projects through the National Exchange Club Foundation for the Prevention of Child Abuse. In addition, she has completed research and evaluation activities on the Parent Aide program at the Child Abuse Prevention Center in Dallas, Texas; a national Children's Advocacy Center research project; a program review of the Social Work PhD program at the University of Texas at Arlington, the Family Outreach Center of Dallas, Texas; and the River Oaks Can! Academy/Center for Children's Self-Esteem in Fort Worth, Texas. She has also volunteered in a number of settings including domestic violence, people with disabilities, and eldercare.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Harder, J. (in press). When having too much hurts [Review of the book The price of privilege: How parental pressure and material advantage are creating a generation of disconnected and unhappy kids]. PsycCRITIQUES - Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books.
Harder, J. (2006, June). Sleep reflections [Review of the book Sleepless in America : Is your child misbehaving or missing sleep?]. PsycCRITIQUES - Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books.
Bryant, C., & Harder, J. (2006). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for African-American adolescents with suicidal ideation. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 23.
Harder, J. (2005). Prevention of child abuse and neglect: An evaluation of a home visitation Parent Aide program using recidivism data. Research on Social Work Practice, 15, 246-256.
Harder, J. (2005). Research implications in the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Families in Society, 86, 491-501.
Research Projects
| Civic Participation Project Minigrant | |
| University of Nebraska - Omaha, Office of Academic and Student Affairs | |
| Role: PI | 2006-2007 |
| Information Technology Services, Distance Education | |
| University of Nebraska - Omaha | |
| Role: Multidisciplinary Course/Project Support Team | 2005 |
| University Committee on Research | |
| University of Nebraska - Omaha | |
| Role: PI | 2005 |
| For Child Abuse Prevention Research Using Data from the Parent Aide Program | |
| Timberlawn Psychiatric Research Foundation | |
| Role: PI | 2004 |
