Noted Honors Educator Named Phi Theta Kappa's Director of Honors Programs

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI - Susan Edwards, an experienced honors educator and current faculty member from Cy-Fair College in Houston, Texas, has accepted the position of Director of Honors Programs of
Phi Theta Kappa, international honor society of the two-year college.

Edwards holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in history. She is currently in the dissertation stage of her doctoral program in educational leadership and cultural studies and has taught a variety of classes including western civilization, history, politics and economics, and Phi Theta Kappa honors courses. She has had numerous articles published and has presented at national education forums.

Edwards has served Phi Theta Kappa as a chapter advisor for 15 years and has led two chapters, including the 2006 Most Distinguished Chapter at Cy-Fair College. She is a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Committee and has served as a Seminar Leader for many Phi Theta Kappa Honors Institutes. Edwards is also a former chairman of the Association of Chapter Advisors, was named a Mosal Scholar in 2002 and has been selected by CASE as the Texas Professor of the Year.

"Susan's academic credentials and rich Phi Theta Kappa experience make her eminently qualified to take our honors program to a new level of prominence in the community college and higher education arena," said Phi Theta Kappa Executive Director Rod Risley.

Edwards was elected Chapter Advisor Representative on the Phi Theta Kappa Board of Directors during the Society's 2006 International Convention in Seattle, a position she will resign due to the new appointment.

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,200 chapters on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than two million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 100,000 students inducted annually.

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