Susan is also a well-known global scholar, authoring or editing eight books and publishing hundreds of articles, chapters, and reports. Madsen’s 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 well-known speaker in local, national, and international settings. For example, she has presented at the New York Times, Argentina Parliament Palace, House of Commons in England, Lithuania President’s Palace, and NGO sessions at the United Nations. She serves on or advises many nonprofit, community, and education boards and committees, including the Utah Governor’s One Utah Roadmap, Parity.org, Real Women Run, Silicon Slopes, Envision Utah, United Way of Utah County, South Davis County Communities that Care, Utah Financial Empowerment Coalition, Utah Women’s Health Coalition, Better Days 2020, KUER Radio, and more. Dr. Madsen received a bachelor’s degree from BYU, masters from Portland State, and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota. She and her husband Greg are the proud parents of four adult children and two grandchildren.