Susan Schmidt
Biographic Data
| ID | 5702447 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Schmidt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Schmidt |
| SIGNATURE | SCHMIDT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Luther College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5368-2920 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A continuous quality improvement process to create a sexual health curriculum for systems-involved youth
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents with Problem Sexual Behaviors
In Whose Best Interests? Comparing Children’s Treatment in Immigration Court and in Child Protection Hearings in Minnesota
Executive Summary Federal immigration courts and state child welfare courts make decisions regarding certain similarly situated children in need of protection, but how does immigration court compare in its procedures for dealing with them? This article uses a comparative court observation approach to consider that question, by analyzing six months of observational data from the Fort Snelling Immigration Court juvenile docket, along with observati…
Child Maltreatment & Child Migration
While gang violence, community violence, and domestic violence have been recognized as contributing factors to Central American migration, less is known about the intersection between child maltreatment and migration. This article uses secondary data from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) interviews with unaccompanied minors from Central America and Mexico to examine child maltreatment. It provides information on the abused ch…
Endangered mothers or ‘anchor babies’? Migration motivators for pregnant unaccompanied Central American teens
As politicians grapple with global migration policies, traditionally sympathetic populations such as pregnant migrant women now evoke suspicion and fear, evident in US usage of the disparaging term ‘anchor babies.’ Using secondary interview data, this article compares the migration motivations of 11 pregnant unaccompanied teens from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala with the ‘anchor baby’ assumptions. Results reveal migration motivation themes…
Trauma Inflicting, Not Trauma Informed
The Trump administration continues to treat migrant children at the U.S. border in ways that are contrary to child welfare principles that Congress has established for the states. Why this double standard when it comes to children? In February 2018, the U.S. Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) (also referred to as the Family First Act), as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 11…
They Need to Give Us a Voice”
Children make up half of the world’s refugees, yet limited research documents the views of youth about migratory causes and recommendations. While there is wide recognition of migrant children’s right to free expression, few opportunities exist to productively exercise that right and provide input about their views. This article analyzes the responses of Central American and Mexican migrant children to one interview question regarding how to help…
They Need to Give Us a Voice”
Children make up half of the world's refugees, yet limited research documents the views of youth about migratory causes and recommendations. While there is wide recognition of migrant children's right to free expression, few opportunities exist to productively exercise that right and provide input about their views. This article analyzes the responses of Central American and Mexican migrant children to one interview question regarding how to help…
Unannounced Telephone-Based Pill Counts
Creating a public affairs function in countries without a public affairs culture
As economies become more international and inter‐related, company executives must pursue corporate objectives in environments very different from their own and often in countries that do not have a public affairs culture. Public affairs, as practiced in developed democratic political and economic systems, presumes a political culture that is generally supportive of business participation in the policy‐making process. In these countries, public af…
Sea-Brothers
Channeling Children
They Need to Give Us a Voice”
Children make up half of the world's refugees, yet limited research documents the views of youth about migratory causes and recommendations. While there is wide recognition of migrant children's right to free expression, few opportunities exist to productively exercise that right and provide input about their views. This article analyzes the responses of Central American and Mexican migrant children to one interview question regarding how to help…
Creating a public affairs function in countries without a public affairs culture
As economies become more international and inter‐related, company executives must pursue corporate objectives in environments very different from their own and often in countries that do not have a public affairs culture. Public affairs, as practiced in developed democratic political and economic systems, presumes a political culture that is generally supportive of business participation in the policy‐making process. In these countries, public af…
In Whose Best Interests? Comparing Children’s Treatment in Immigration Court and in Child Protection Hearings in Minnesota
Executive Summary Federal immigration courts and state child welfare courts make decisions regarding certain similarly situated children in need of protection, but how does immigration court compare in its procedures for dealing with them? This article uses a comparative court observation approach to consider that question, by analyzing six months of observational data from the Fort Snelling Immigration Court juvenile docket, along with observati…
Endangered mothers or ‘anchor babies’? Migration motivators for pregnant unaccompanied Central American teens
As politicians grapple with global migration policies, traditionally sympathetic populations such as pregnant migrant women now evoke suspicion and fear, evident in US usage of the disparaging term ‘anchor babies.’ Using secondary interview data, this article compares the migration motivations of 11 pregnant unaccompanied teens from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala with the ‘anchor baby’ assumptions. Results reveal migration motivation themes…
Child Maltreatment & Child Migration
While gang violence, community violence, and domestic violence have been recognized as contributing factors to Central American migration, less is known about the intersection between child maltreatment and migration. This article uses secondary data from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) interviews with unaccompanied minors from Central America and Mexico to examine child maltreatment. It provides information on the abused ch…
Trauma Inflicting, Not Trauma Informed
The Trump administration continues to treat migrant children at the U.S. border in ways that are contrary to child welfare principles that Congress has established for the states. Why this double standard when it comes to children? In February 2018, the U.S. Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) (also referred to as the Family First Act), as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 11…
Channeling Children
Sea-Brothers
Creating a public affairs function in countries without a public affairs culture
As economies become more international and inter‐related, company executives must pursue corporate objectives in environments very different from their own and often in countries that do not have a public affairs culture. Public affairs, as practiced in developed democratic political and economic systems, presumes a political culture that is generally supportive of business participation in the policy‐making process. In these countries, public af…
Unannounced Telephone-Based Pill Counts
They Need to Give Us a Voice”
Children make up half of the world’s refugees, yet limited research documents the views of youth about migratory causes and recommendations. While there is wide recognition of migrant children’s right to free expression, few opportunities exist to productively exercise that right and provide input about their views. This article analyzes the responses of Central American and Mexican migrant children to one interview question regarding how to help…
They Need to Give Us a Voice”
Children make up half of the world's refugees, yet limited research documents the views of youth about migratory causes and recommendations. While there is wide recognition of migrant children's right to free expression, few opportunities exist to productively exercise that right and provide input about their views. This article analyzes the responses of Central American and Mexican migrant children to one interview question regarding how to help…
Endangered mothers or ‘anchor babies’? Migration motivators for pregnant unaccompanied Central American teens
As politicians grapple with global migration policies, traditionally sympathetic populations such as pregnant migrant women now evoke suspicion and fear, evident in US usage of the disparaging term ‘anchor babies.’ Using secondary interview data, this article compares the migration motivations of 11 pregnant unaccompanied teens from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala with the ‘anchor baby’ assumptions. Results reveal migration motivation themes…
Trauma Inflicting, Not Trauma Informed
The Trump administration continues to treat migrant children at the U.S. border in ways that are contrary to child welfare principles that Congress has established for the states. Why this double standard when it comes to children? In February 2018, the U.S. Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) (also referred to as the Family First Act), as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 11…
Child Maltreatment & Child Migration
While gang violence, community violence, and domestic violence have been recognized as contributing factors to Central American migration, less is known about the intersection between child maltreatment and migration. This article uses secondary data from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) interviews with unaccompanied minors from Central America and Mexico to examine child maltreatment. It provides information on the abused ch…
In Whose Best Interests? Comparing Children’s Treatment in Immigration Court and in Child Protection Hearings in Minnesota
Executive Summary Federal immigration courts and state child welfare courts make decisions regarding certain similarly situated children in need of protection, but how does immigration court compare in its procedures for dealing with them? This article uses a comparative court observation approach to consider that question, by analyzing six months of observational data from the Fort Snelling Immigration Court juvenile docket, along with observati…
A continuous quality improvement process to create a sexual health curriculum for systems-involved youth
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents with Problem Sexual Behaviors
Political science (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (5 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works)