Susan Saegert

Susan Camille Saegert (born 12 October 1946), Guadalupe, Texas[1] is Professor of Environmental Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center.

She was previously Professor of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University (Peabody College) in Nashville, TN.

Prior to her current appointment in 2008, Dr. Saegert was Director of the Center for Human Environments (CHE) and Professor of Environmental Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center where she has worked since receiving her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1974.

In 2007 she was quoted in David Gonzalez's New York Times' article "Risky loans help build ghost town of new homes" noting that in New York a trend is developing where “whole neighborhoods are wiped out, crime increases, the neighborhood’s reputation goes down, quality of life is undermined, and people can’t sell their houses,” due to the accessibility of adjustable rate loans and bad mortgages.

She also chaired the American Psychological Association Task Force on Social and Economic Status (SES)which then became a standing committee of APA.