Rate My Professor Susan Madsen

Recognized as one of the top global scholars and thought leaders on women and leadership, Dr. Madsen has authored or edited six books, including On Becoming a Woman Leader: Learning from the Experiences of University Presidents (2008), Women and Leadership in Higher Education (2014), Women as Global Leaders (2015), Women and Leadership around the World (2015), and The Handbook of Research on Gender and Leadership (2017). She has published hundreds of articles, chapters, and reports, and edited special journal issues on work-life integration and women’s leadership in higher education. Her research focuses on the lifetime development of prominent women leaders, based on interviews with university presidents, U.S. governors, and international leaders. As founding director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project, she led research initiatives, policy briefs, and annual events to strengthen women’s leadership impact in Utah. Dr. Madsen founded the International Leadership Association’s Women and Leadership Affinity Group, chaired global conferences in 2013 and 2015 resulting in the Asilomar Declaration & Call to Action on Women and Leadership, and organized the 2014 colloquium “Advancing Theories of Women and Leadership.” A sought-after international speaker, she has presented at the United Nations NGO sessions, The New York Times, U.S. State Department, USAID, Argentina Parliament Palace, House of Commons in England, Lithuanian President’s Palace, and in over 20 countries including Argentina, South Africa, India, China, and the United Arab Emirates.