School of Health Sciences and WellnessCollege of Professional Studies

Susan Turgeson, Ed.D., CFCS

Associate Professor - Family and Consumer Sciences

Areas of Expertise 

• Family and Consumer Sciences Education
  

Current Undergraduate Classes Taught 

• FCS 290 Exploration of Family and Consumer Sciences
• FCS 390 Adult Education
• FCS 394 Principles of Career and Technical Education
• FCS 396 Cooperative Occupational Vocational Education
  
• Family and Consumer Sciences Practicum
  
• HD 330 Human Sexuality

Current Graduate Classes Taught 

• FCS 394 Principles of Career and Technical Education
• FCS 396 Cooperative Occupational Vocational Education
• HD 466 Guidance of Children and Adolescents
  

Research Interests

• Impact of Advanced Placement Coursework on Time to Degree Completion
  
• Family and Consumer Sciences Curriculum

Professional Highlights

• 2015 President-elect National Association of Teacher Educators For Family and Consumer Sciences
  
• 2009 American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher of the Year
  
• 2008 Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher of the Year
• 2000-current Treasurer of Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
  

Education 

• Ed.D. Educational Leadership in Higher Education, Edgewood College, 2015
• M.S. Home Economics w/ concentration in FCSE, UW-Stout, 2007
  
• B.S. Family and Consumer Sciences Education, UW-Stout, 1999
  

Professional Experience

• 2001-12: Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher, Menomonie High School, Menomonie, Wis.
• 2000-01: Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher, Delong Middle School, Eau Claire, Wis.

Alumni College Experience (ACE)