June Andrews Horowitz, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, FAAN

Office

Cushing Hall 336 M
617-552-4258
june.horowitz@bc.edu

educational history

• PhD New York University
• MS Rutgers
• BS Boston College

recent publications

Articles

• Vessey, J. A., Horowitz, J. A, Duffy, M., & Carlson, K. L. (in press). Psychometric evaluation of the CATS: Child-Adolescent Teasing Scale. Journal of School Health.
  
• Vessey, J. A., & Horowitz, J. A. (in press).  Relationship between teasing and bullying:  A theoretical model.  Journal of  Pediatric Nursing.
• Fowles, E., & Horowitz, J. A. (2006).  Clinical assessment of mothering during infancy.  JOGNN, 35,662-670.
  
• Horowitz, J. A. (2006).  Community-based depression screening within the first month after delivery.  Contemporary Nurse, 21, 85-93.
  
• Horowitz, J. A., & Cousins, A. (2006).  Postpartum depression treatment rates for at-risk women.  Nursing Research, 55, (2S), S23-S27.
  
• DeMarco, R. F., Horowitz, J. A., & McCurry, M. K. (2005). Effective use of critique and dialogue at scholarly conferences.  Nursing Outlook, 53, 232-238.
  
• Horowitz, J. A. (2005). Invited Comments:  Postpartum depression without a birth.  Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 112, 236-237.
  
• Horowitz, J. A., Logsdon M. C., & Anderson, J. (2005).  Measurement of maternal-infant interaction.  Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 11, 164-172.
  
• Horowitz, J.A., Damato, E., Duffy, M.E., & Solon, L. (2005).  The relationship of maternal attributes, resources, and perceptions of postpartum experiences to depression.  Research in Nursing and Health, 28, 159-171.
  
• Horowitz, J.A., & Goodman, J. (2005).  Identifying and treating postpartum depression.  JOGNN, 34, 264-273.
  
• Horowitz, J. A., & Goodman, J. (2004).  A longitudinal study of maternal postpartum depression symptoms.  Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 18, 149-163.
  
• Horowitz, J.A. & Vessey, J.A., Carlson, K.L., Bradley, J.F., Montoya, C., McCullough, B., & David, J. (2004).  Teasing and bulling experiences of middle school students.  Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 10, 165-172.
  
• Posmontier, B., & Horowitz, J. A. (2004).  Postpartum practices and depression & prevalences:  Technocentric and ethnokinship cultural perspectives.  The Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 15, 34-43.
  
• Horowitz, J. A., Vessey, J. A., Carlson, K. L., Bradley, J. F., Montoya, C., & McCullough, B. (2003).  Conducting school-based focus groups.  Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 18, 321-331.
  
• Horowitz, J.A., Ladden, M.D., & Moriarty, H.J. (2002). Methodological challenges in research with vulnerable families.  Journal of Family Nursing, 8, 315-333.
• McCarter-Spaulding, D., & Horowitz, J. A. (2007).  How does postpartum depression affect breastfeeding? MCN, 32, 10-17.
  
  

Books & Book Chapters

• Mayberry, L., & Horowitz, J. A. (2006).  Postpartum depression.  Encyclopedia for Nursing Research, 2nd Ed.
• Horowitz, J.A. (2005).  The therapeutic relationship.  In C. L. Edelman & C. L. Mandle (Eds.), Health promotion throughout the lifespan (6th ed.).  St. Louis: Mosby.
• Horowitz, J.A., & Goodman, J. (2005).  Maternal postpartum depression symptoms:  A longitudinal study, In A. Williams, B. Hagerty, & S. Ketefian (Eds.), Depression research in nursing:  Global perspectives (pp. 25-39).  New York:  Springer Pub. Co.
• Horowitz, J .A., & Mandle, C.L. (2005).  Stress management.  In C. L. Edelman & C.L. Mandle (Eds.), Health promotion throughout the lifespan (6th ed.).  St. Louis:  Mosby.
• Horowitz, J.A., & Marchetti, C. (2004).  Mood disorders in childhood and adolescence.  In P. L. Jackson & J. A. Vessey (Eds.), Primary Care of the Child With a Chronic Condition (4th ed., pp. 601-629).  St. Louis:  Mosby, Inc.
• Horowitz, J.A. (2002).  The therapeutic relationship.  In C. L. Edelman & C.L. Mandle (Eds.), Health promotion throughout the lifespan (5th ed., pp. 83-105).  St. Louis:  Mosby.
  

international presentations

• Horowitz, J. A., Pulcini, J., Gregory, K., Cousins, A., & Wojcik, J. (2006, July).  Finding hidden clinical populations:  Strategies for identifying women with postpartum depression.  Paper presented at 17th International Research Congress Focusing on Evidence Based Practice, Sigma Theta Tau, Montreal, Canada.
• Logsdon, C. M., & Horowitz, J. A. (2006, July).  Research with vulnerable childbearing women: Recruitment and retention strategies finding hidden clinical populations: Strategies for identifying women with postpartum depression, Paper presented at 17th International Research Congress Focusing on Evidence Based Practice, Sigma Theta Tau, Montreal, Canada.
• Horowitz, J. A., Vessey, J. A., & Gregory, K. A. (2004, July).  Evaluating harmful teasing among middle school American youth.  Paper presented at 15th International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta Tau International:  Building Community through Research, Dublin, Ireland.
• Vessey, J. A., Horowitz, J. A., & David, J. (2004, July).  Teasing and bullying experience of elementary school students.  Paper presented at 15th International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta Tau International:  Building Community through Research, Dublin, Ireland.
• Vessey, J. A., Duffy, M. E., David, J., Horowitz, J. A., Carlson, K. (2003, Nov.). Development of the CATS:  Child-Adolescent Teasing Scale, Symposium presented at Scientific Sessions at the 37th Biennial Convention, Sigma Theta Tau International, Toronto, Canada.
• Vessey, J. A., Duffy, M. E., David, J., Horowitz, J. A., Carlson, K., Bradley, J., & Montoya, C. (2003, July).  The influence of demographics, self-concept & psychosocial factors on reported teasing & bullying experiences in middle-school children.  Paper presented at 14th International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta Tau International, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
• Horowitz, J. A., Vessey, J. A., Carlson, K. L., Bradley, J., Montoya, C., McCullough, B., & David, J. (2003, June).  Being different in any way”:  Regional and racial/ethnic comparisons of teasing and bullying among American middle school youth.  Paper presented at Nursing Vitality in Health Care Reform.  Global Nursing Scholarshiop II Conference, Collegio Provinciale IPASVI, Roma, Italy.
• Horowitz, J.A., Goodman, J., & Research Team Baby Talk Project. (2002, July). A longitudinal study of maternal postpartum symptoms. Paper presented at The Adventures of Nursing Practice: How Far Have We Come-Where to from here? 13th International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta Tau International, Brisbane, Australia.
• Horowitz, J.A., Vessey, J.A. & Research Team CATS Project. (2002, July). Children’s descriptions of teasing and bullying experiences. Poster presented at The Adventures of Nursing Practice: How Far Have We Come-Where to from here? 13th International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta Tau International, Brisbane, Australia.

Spearheading award-winning studies about postpartum depression and its effects on mother-infant interactions is a mission for Dr. June Andrews Horowitz as a clinical researcher. Dr. Horowitz is the CARE Project’s Principal Investigator, a Professor at Boston College, and a Senior Scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Center for Excellence in Nursing, Partner’s Heath Care.  As featured in Who’s Who(Cambridge, 2007-2008), and Who’s Who in American Nursing, Dr. Horowitz is the recipient of numerous accolades for her scholarship including The Best of The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, the Boston College Senior Research Award, and the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses Research Award. Dr. Horowitz’s expertise is exemplified through more than 220 presentations, textbooks and chapters, and articles about postpartum depression’s effects on mother-child interactions, children's teasing and bullying experiences, as well as parenting and couples' negotiations.  She is a reviewer for leading scholarly publications including, Journal of Perinatal Education, International Nursing Perspectives, Archives of Women’s Mental Health, and Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.  In addition to being a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, she is also Co-Chair of the American Academy of Nursing’s Mental Health and Substance Abuse Expert Panel, a long-term expert on Sigma Theta Tau’s Alpha Chi chapter’s Research Review Committee, and an invited reviewer for grant applications for the National Institutes of Health.  Previously, she served as Chairperson of Boston’s College’s Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Department and was an assistant professor at Rutgers State University of New Jersey.  Dr. Horowitz received her B.S. in nursing at Boston College, her MS in psychiatric-mental health nursing at Rutgers State University of New Jersey, and her PhD in nursing research and theory development at New York University. 

research interests

Postpartum depression including mother-child interaction; family mental health research, including children's teasing and bullying experiences, and parenting and couples' interaction and negotiation processes; currently Principal Investigator of CARE Intervention for Depressed Mothers & Their Infants (5R01 NR 008033), and participating as a co-investigator on the Child-Adolescent Teasing Scale (CATS) project

appointments & awards

• Distinguished Senior Research Award, Boston College, May 7, 2007.
• 2007 "Who's Who" Cambridge.
  
• Recipient of Nursing Research Excellence Award, Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc., April 30, 2005.
• Recipient of Best of Journal of Nursing Scholarship Award – Clinical Scholarship for Promoting Responsiveness Between Mothers with Depressive Symptoms and Their Infants, presented November 2, 2003
  
• Editorial Board and Reviewer, Journal of Perinatal Education
• Senior Scientist, Center for Excellence in Nursing (formerly Nursing Practice), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Partner's Health Care, Boston, MA
• Group Leader/Facilitator; "Yours, Mine & Ours" and "Times & Seasons" Interfaith Couples' groups and interpersonal issues workshops, Union of Reform Judaism (formerly Union of American Hebrew Congregations), Needham, MA