Susan Limber and Sylvia Cedillo

Abstract

Susan Limber, PhD, MLS, is associate director of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Lifeand an associate professor of psychology at Clemson. She is a developmental psychologist who received her master's and doctoral degrees in psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She also holds a master's in legal studies from Nebraska. Dr. Limber's research and writing have focused on legal and psychological issues related to youth violence (particularly bullying among children), child protection, and children's rights. In 1997, Dr. Limber received the Saleem Shah Award for early career excellence in psychology-law policy, awarded by the American Psychology-Law Society of the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Forensic Psychiatry. She directed the first wide-scale implementation and evaluation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in the United States and co-authored the Blueprint for the Bullying Prevention Program, as well as several other articles on the topic of bullying. In recent years, she has consulted with numerous schools around the country on reducing bullying among school children.

Sylvia Cedillo, JD, specializes in working with schools to end gender violence. She emphasizes bullying as one aspect of the continuum of violence that includes sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking, and dating/ domestic violence. On a regular basis, she provides staff development and classroom presentations to students. In 1995, Ms. Cedillo began her professional career as an attorney litigating Title IX peer-to-peer sexual harassment cases. Upon graduation from law school, she received a 2-year postgraduate fellowship to create Stop Harassment in Public Schools, a statewide Title IX initiative emphasizing education, public policy development, and legal remedies. Ms. Cedillo received her law degree from The University of Texas School of Law in Austin. She also holds a bachelor of arts degree from the university in history and African American studies. Currently, she directs The P.E.A.C.E. Project at Prairie View A&M University.