Thesis and Dissertation Advisors -
Genocide-Holocaust Studies

DR. S. C. BENEDICT, DSN, FAAN

Dr. Benedict has been a professor of nursing for over 25 years. She was a Fulbright Scholar to the University of Iceland and a Visiting Professor at the University of Botswana. She has taught research methods courses at the master’s degree and PhD level at Columbia University [New York], the University of Alabama [Huntsville], the University of Iceland, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of Botswana [Africa] and has served as chairperson or member of over 30 thesis and dissertation committees at universities in the US, Scotland, and the Republic of South Africa.

Dr. Benedict’s research has been funded by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Nursing Research of the US National Institutes of Health, the Greenwall Foundation, and the University of Botswana. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Medical Ethics and the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC and has done numerous scholarly presentations in the US, Europe, Africa, and Israel.

Dr. Benedict’s experience has involved extensive guidance of graduate students and includes written critiques of more than 400 research proposals. She has worked with numerous students to delineate research problems, select appropriate research designs and sampling plans, and organize the findings into implications and conclusions. Although the majority of her work has been with graduate students in nursing, she has also worked with doctoral students in health policy, public health, history, and education.

In addition to degree completion, Dr. Benedict’s former students in the US, Europe, and Africa have published in peer-reviewed journals and have made presentations at national and international conferences.  Dr. Benedict has guided many of these efforts.

Feedback:

“Dr. Benedict is an *outstanding* consultant!  She was easy to work with and helped keep me focused and well-prepared for my dissertation.  Susan was able to identify weaknesses in my research and provided suggestions of things I could do to make my dissertation stronger.  She was also able to generate questions that might be asked by my committee to help me prepare fully for the defense.  Without any question, this was a smart investment.” (Contact information on request) 

“Great job! Thanks for all your help.” - P. Cotter, American Society for Testing and Materials

“Dr. Benedict has been a delight! She is professional, thorough, understanding and really pays attention to your needs! I appreciate her guidance especially through the obstacles. She’s a motivating force who navigates her clients through the murky waters quite effortlessly. She makes herself readily available and never makes you feel slighted.” - Anna Rojas, Master’s Degree, Walden University

“Your work on chapter one is superb. I really appreciate your input.” (On file with network coordinator)

“Dr. Benedict was absolutely superb in her editing, recommendations, consulting on my writing ideas, and made suggestions that helps me to solidify my chapters 1 & 2. Her recommendations were well thought-out and I incorporated them into the final draft. I strongly recommend her services to any doctoral student who is struggling to pull the proposal together for ARB review and approval.” - Connie Ekkens, doctoral student, University of Phoenix

"Dr. Benedict is OUTSTANDING! We are not finished, but we are making excellent progress. She is a joy! Easy to work with, very personable, and extremely knowledgeable and helpful!!" ~ PhD student, University of Oklahoma (on file with network coordinator)

Selected articles:
An ethics of testimony: Prisoner nurses at Auschwitz
Duty and "euthanasia": The nurses of Meseritz--Obrawalde
Maria Stromberger: A nurse in the resistance in Auschwitz
Nurses and the sterilization experiments of Auschwitz: A postmodernist perspective

Additional Information>>