Susan Madsen, Ed.D

Field: Management
Areas of Focus: Gender Equity, Social Change, Women and Leadership, Women and Work, Women in Management

Expertise

• Women and Leadership
• Gender Equity
• Utah Girls and Women
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Women and Work
• Women as Global Leaders
• Social Change
• Organization Development

Bio

Dr. Susan R. Madsen received a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University, master's from Portland State, and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Madsen is the Inaugural Karen Haight Huntsman Endowed Professor of Leadership in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. She is also the Founding Director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project, which focuses on strengthening the impact of Utah girls and women through increasing college completion rates and helping girls and women find their voices and become leaders. Professor Madsen and her team have written many Utah research and policy briefs, research snapshots, impact reports, newspaper editorials, and other resources. They host 20-30 events each year to support the mission of their work.

Dr. Madsen is also a well-known global scholar, authoring or editing six books and publishing hundreds of articles, chapters, and reports. Her research has been featured in the U.S. News and World Report, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Parenting Magazine, Chronicle of Higher Education, The Washington Post, and she is a regular contributor to Forbes. She is a sought-after speaker in local, national, and international settings. For example, she has presented at the The New York Times, Argentina Parliament Palace, House of Commons in England, Lithuania President’s Palace, and NGO sessions at the United Nations. She advises and/or serves on many nonprofit, community, and education boards and committees, including Silicon Slopes, Envision Utah, Better Days 2020, Real Women Run, United Way of Utah County, Utah Financial Empowerment Coalition, Women’s Leadership Institute, and more.