| Event Name: |
Dayton-Wright AFCEA March 2024 Luncheon featuring WSU President, Dr Susan Edwards
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| Event Date: |
03/21/2024 |
| Event Time: |
11:30-1:00pm |
| Event Organizer: |
Dayton-Wright Chapter |
| Description: |
SPEAKER: Dr. Sue Edwards, Wright State University
President
Dr. Sue Edwards joined Wright State in 2018 as
executive vice president for academic affairs and
provost. Edwards began her presidency January 2020
and has had a focus on recruitment, retention, and
relationships. She is personally committed to
student success, especially in terms of retention,
experiential learning, and high quality classroom
education.
Prior to coming to Wright State, Dr. Edwards
served as vice provost for faculty affairs and
professor of Biology at Appalachian State
University in Boone, North Carolina. In 2007, Dr.
Edwards left her native Australia to join the
Department of Biology at Appalachian State. She
then took on a leadership role as assistant chair
for three years before being appointed chair of
the department in 2012.
She began her academic career as a faculty member
in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular
Sciences at James Cook University in Australia.
She has taught veterinary science, medicine,
biology, pharmacy, biomedical science,
aquaculture, medical laboratory science,
physiotherapy, exercise science, education, and
nursing. In addition, she has taught in university
programs localized within indigenous communities
in Victoria, Far North Queensland, and the Torres
Strait Islands in Australia.
Dr. Edwards has published more than 30 research
papers and two book chapters, co-edited the book
Hagfish Biology, and served on the editorial board
of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology from
2006 to 2018. She is a former president of the
Physiology Section of the American Fisheries
Society. She also participated in the American
Council on Education's Spectrum Aspiring Leaders
Program in 2016 and the BRIDGES Academic
leadership for Women at the University of North
Carolina in 2014.
Edwards received a Ph.D. in comparative physiology
from Deakin University in Victoria, Australia, an
M.S. in neuroscience from The University of
Melbourne and a B.S. in biology from Deakin.
PRE-LUNCHEON CHECK-IN / NETWORKING: 11:30AM-
11:45AM
LUNCHEON TIME: 11:45AM-1:00PM |
| Event Category: |
Luncheon |
| Location: |
Hilton Garden Inn, Beavercreek
OH |
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