Sue Kater, PhD
Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Susan (Sue) Kater, PhD, is a Higher Education faculty member at Idaho State University, Editor-in-Chief of New Directions for Community Colleges, and a consultant for the League for Innovation in the Community College. She previously served as a community college administrator in the Maricopa Community Colleges, including roles as Special Assistant to Chancellor Rufus Glasper and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Planning at GateWay Community College. Dr. Kater earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Arizona with a focus on community colleges. Her research and publications focus on community college faculty, shared governance, trustees, and students’ basic needs. She has served as national president of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges and holds leadership roles with the Community College Review and the Center for the Study of Community Colleges.