School of Health Sciences and WellnessCollege of Professional Studies

Susan Turgeson, Ed.D., CFCS

Associate Professor - Family and Consumer Sciences
Program Director - Family and Consumer Sciences Education (Undergraduate and Graduate)

Areas of Expertise 

• Family and Consumer Sciences Education
  

Current Undergraduate Classes Taught

• FCS 166 - The Family: Continuing Concerns
  
• FCS 190 - Developing Human Services Professionals
  
• FCS 340 - Clothing, Textiles, and Housing
  
• FCS 391 - Curriculum and Methods for Family and Consumer Sciences
  
• FCS 392 - Program Planning and Assessment in Family and Consumer Sciences
  
• FCS 394 - Principles of Career and Technical Education
  
• FCS 396 - Cooperative Occupational Education Programs
  
• FCS 398 - Student Teaching in K-12 Family and Consumer Sciences Programs
  
• FCS 400 - Seminar for Student Teachers and Interns
  
• FCS 498 - Intern Teaching
  
• HD 230 - Human Sexuality
  
• HD 397 - Fieldwork

Current Graduate Classes Taught

• FCS 540 - Clothing, Textiles, and Housing
  
• FCS 600 - Seminar for Student Teachers and Interns
  
• FCS 792 - Nutrition and Food Preparation for Healthy Living
  
• FCS 797 - Student Teaching in K-12 Family and Consumer Sciences Programs
  
• FCS 798 - Graduate Intern Teaching for Family and Consumer Sciences Certification
  
• HD 597 - Fieldwork
  

Research Interests

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

Professional Highlights

• 2021-current: Associate Editor of Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal
• 2000-current: Treasurer of Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
  
• 2016-18: President, National Association of Teacher Educators for Family and Consumer Sciences
• 2017: American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Leader Award Recipient
• 2016: Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Leader Award Recipient
• 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

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)