Her course load includes American History, Sociology, and Appalachian Culture.

Also a Christian songwriter, she has over 150 songs in her catalog, which include a Top 40 song in the southern gospel genre, If ItWasn’t for the Cross, cowritten with Tery Wilkins.

Her interest in genealogy has led to the writing of several family history books and a local church history. In connection with her interest in music, she has written a set of ten music theory books used for teaching at summer music schools.

Susan's most recent projects are a music cd titled "Shadows and Light," in celebration of twenty years of songwriting, and a full-length biography on West Virginia University's former head football coach, Bill Stewart, titled "Bill Stewart: In His Own Words."

She was born in Glen Dale, West Virginia, and lives in Moundsville, West Virginia, with her husband of twenty-four years, retired JMHS schoolteacher Bill Jones.