Susan Hart-Hester, Ph.D.

Dr. Hart-Hester received her masters in psychology from West Georgia College in 1977 and her doctoral degree in curriculum development and special education from the University of Virginia in 1986. Dr. Hart-Hester served as an educational technologist for the Mississippi State Department of Education and as coordinator of student teaching for the University of Southern Mississippi before joining the faculty in March 1992. She is a professor and her principal responsibility is in the area of grant writing. She serves as Co-Director of the Center for Health Informatics and Patient Safety in the Mississippi Institute for the Improvement of Geographic and Minority Health as well as principal investigator and/or co-investigator for state and federal grants.