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Dorothy Suskind Ph.D.

About

Dorothy Suskind, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Education and Counseling Department and Director of the Southside Virginia Writing Project at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. Dorothy is on the Research Team and Executive Board of the National Workplace Bullying Coalition and serves as their Education Director. In addition, she serves on the Executive Board of the National Council of Teachers of English's Literacies and Language for All. Dorothy earned her B.A. and M.Ed. at Virginia Commonwealth University and her Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. Dorothy researches and writes on a variety of topics, including workplace bullying, creativity, writing, work cultures, and women in the workplace.

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Recent Posts
Work Shouldn’t Hurt: The Cycle of Toxic Work Cultures

Is work making you sick? Work shouldn't hurt. Learn how toxic cultures perpetuate bad behavior and what can be done about it.

Is work making you sick? Work shouldn't hurt. Learn how toxic cultures perpetuate bad behavior and what can be done about it.

Bystanders to Upstanders: Speaking Out Against Bullying

Bystanders of workplace abuse often turn a blind eye or join ranks with the abuser. How can we help bystanders transform into upstanders?

Bystanders of workplace abuse often turn a blind eye or join ranks with the abuser. How can we help bystanders transform into upstanders?

Pushed Outside the Inner Circle at Work

How do bullies at work use exclusion as a tool to enforce compliance and obedience? What is the impact on work culture?

How do bullies at work use exclusion as a tool to enforce compliance and obedience? What is the impact on work culture?

10 Reasons Why Bullying Destroys a Workplace

Workplace bullying targets top employees, kills creativity, discourages people from speaking out, and negatively impacts worker well-being.

Workplace bullying targets top employees, kills creativity, discourages people from speaking out, and negatively impacts worker well-being.

What Allows Creatives to Uniquely Solve Workplace Problems

Creatives disrupt the status quo as they propose innovative — and at times unsettling — solutions to entrenched institutional problems.

Creatives disrupt the status quo as they propose innovative — and at times unsettling — solutions to entrenched institutional problems.

The 'Not Good Enough Mother': Learning to Mother Yourself

Children of "not good enough mothers" internalize their family's trauma. Adulthood offers new insights and possibilities for dealing with the pain. You are not your mother.

Children of "not good enough mothers" internalize their family's trauma. Adulthood offers new insights and possibilities for dealing with the pain. You are not your mother.

Workplace Bullying Is a Play: Meet the 6 Characters

Workplace bullying is like an elaborate play, put on by 6 characters. Who plays these roles in your organization?

Workplace bullying is like an elaborate play, put on by 6 characters. Who plays these roles in your organization?

Workplace Bullying: A Three-Part Degradation Ceremony

Are your elevated levels of creativity and productivity coupled with your high ethical standards making you the target of a Degradation Ceremony?

Are your elevated levels of creativity and productivity coupled with your high ethical standards making you the target of a Degradation Ceremony?