Susan Janko Summers, Ph.D.
Susan Janko Summers, Ph.D., is an educational ethnographer who has studied and
written about child maltreatment, infant mental health, children with disabilities, and
children and families at risk in the contexts of culture, community, and educational settings.
She earned interdisciplinary master’s and doctoral degrees with an emphasis on
early childhood special education at the University of Oregon. She is keenly interested in
the effects of mindfulness and meditation on emotional health and social relationships.