From USM News:

Susan Doty Named Director of Center for Economic Education at Southern Miss

Hattiesburg - Susan S. Doty has been named director of the Center on Economic Education in the The University of Southern Mississippi College of Business. The College of Business houses one of two economic education centers in the state, which are affiliated with the Mississippi Council on Economic Education and the National Council on Economic Education.

Since 2004, Doty has served as lead educator for the Mississippi Council on Economics Education, whose goal is for all high school students to become financially and economically literate before high school graduation by training teachers to infuse economic education into the curriculum from kindergarten through grade 12. Economics is now a required part of school curriculum in Mississippi schools.

As lead educator, Doty conducted close to 100 workshops for more than 1,000 Mississippi K-12 teachers, represented the CEE throughout the state and at regional and national meetings and worked on a volunteer basis to help the center become established.

"Simply expanding my role from volunteer to director allows me to increase the scope, presence and impact of the center," said Doty.

"My vision for the CEE is to see it recognized by K-12 teachers in South Mississippi as their primary resource for continuing education and professional development in economic education," Doty continued.

As CEE director, Doty will further develop and deliver economics, personal finance, entrepreneurship and international trade programming to Mississippi teachers, work with specific school districts in South Mississippi and conduct research on the efficacy of economic education initiatives in the state.

George Carter, professor and chair of Economics, Finance and International Business says that Doty is an exceptional director for the Southern Miss Center for Economic Education.

"Susan Doty has extensive experience in presenting economic education workshops and has become an integral member of the nationwide network of economic education professionals. Through her workshops, secondary education teachers will obtain the necessary background for teaching high school economics with the result that high school graduates will be better prepared to work and participate in the 21st century American economy," Carter said.

After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology at Wheaton College in Massachusetts and an Master of Business Administration degree at Bryant College in Rhode Island, Doty spent 12 years as a senior executive in the biotechnology industry as that field was just becoming established. She has taught courses in entrepreneurship, economics, finance and international business planning at four different universities. Doty is a member of the economics faculty at Southern Miss in addition to serving as CEE director.

-- Edited by Reporter at 16:59, 2007-09-05