Susan Kim MacGregor
Associate Professor
Bachelor's Degree(s): Psychology, Syracuse University, 1969
Master's Degree: Human Potential & Development, University of Massachusetts, 1972
PhD: Educational Research, North Carolina State University, 1984
Phone: (225) 578-2150
Fax: (225) 578-9135
Email: smacgre@lsu.edu
Office: 111H Peabody Hall
Biography
Dr. MacGregor coordinates the graduate program in Applied Research, Measurement and Evaluation. Along with qualitative and quantitative research design, she teaches specialty courses in evaluation and content analysis. Prior to joining the faculty at Louisiana State University, she spent eight years in North Carolina teaching in K-12 schools and one year serving as a supervisor of instruction. Her research is focused on the impact of instructional program innovation in educational environments at both the K-12 and higher education levels. Her scholarship is published in a variety of journals and presented at local, regional, national, and international conferences including presentations in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, and Africa. One of her publications related to how task scaffolding supports the application of effective web searching strategies and acquisition of knowledge was selected by national peer review as one of the top 10 research articles published during the first decade of 2000. This research is published in Considerations on Educational Technology Integration: The Best of JRTE by the International Society of Technology in Education. For her work in civic engagement and service learning she was awarded the prestigious TIAA-CREF Service Learning Fellowship representing Louisiana State University in 2007 and received the Outstanding Faculty Research award at the Gulf South Summit for Service Learning and Civic Engagement in 2008.
Selected Publications
MacGregor, S.K., & Vavasseur, C. (2015). Online communities of practice: A story
of principal-teacher interaction in two middle schools. Journal of School Leadership,
25(4), 758-789.
MacGregor, S.K. (2014). Creating Positive Change across Louisiana through Service:
Impacts of the Louisiana Delta Service Corps 2010-2013. A three-year evaluation
of an Americorps funded program. Program Evaluation Report Submitted to the Director
of LDSC and the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, 48 pages.
Tsouloupas, C., Carson, R. & MacGregor, S.K. (2013) The development of high school
teachers’ efficacy in handling student misbehavior (TEHSM). Journal of Educational
Research, 1-11. DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2013.7889 92.
MacGregor, S.K. & Lou, Y. (2011). Web-based learning: How task scaffolding and website
design support knowledge acquisition. In L. Schrum (Ed.) Considerations on Educational
Technology Integration: The Best of JRTE. Eugene, OR: ISTE.
MacGregor, S. K. (1999). Hypermedia navigation profiles: Cognitive characteristics
and information processing strategies. Journal of Educational Computing Research,
20(2), 189-206.
Selected Presentations
Student affairs mentoring practices: Student leaders’ perceptions of quality. Presented
at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Mixed method research design: Applications in education and public policy. Invited
seminar presented at International Communications & Technology University, Cameroon,
Africa, September 2014.
Identifying Successful Alternative Middle Schools: An Alternative Accountability Approach.
Paper presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
San Francisco.
Evaluation of University Living-Learning Community Programs: Impact on the Engagement
of At-Risk Students. Paper presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, San Francisco.
Faculty role in facilitating student engagement through service-learning in university
courses. Paper presented at the International Conference on Civic Engagement and
Service Learning, Galway, Ireland, 2005.
Selected Grants/Funded Projects
Internet Courses to Prepare School Principals. An inter-university collaboration to design, develop, implement, and conduct research on the effectiveness of distance education courses. Distance Education Initiative Grant Program, Louisiana Board of Regents. 2002, ($165,000).
EDNET: Educational network for tomorrow’s schools. Louisiana Educational Quality Support Fund. 1994, ($601,580.00 awarded).
Professional/Community Service
Editorial Board, Journal of Research on Technology in Education
Advisory Board Member, MS/PhD Program: Science of Education, Information Communication & Technology University, Cameroon, Africa
Program Evaluator, Louisiana Delta Service Corps, an Americorp Community Program
Volunteer, Black Stallion Literacy Foundation. National program targeted toward the development of literacy among elementary school children through the joys of reading and interactions with horses.
Board of Directors for East Baton Rouge Arts and Technology Charter School (2004 -
2006)