Susie Fehrenbacher Zeiser

Background

Zeiser, Susie Fehrenbacher was born on December 16, 1939 in Effingham, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Ralph Joseph and Faye (McKinney) Fehrenbacher.

Education

Bachelor in English Language and Literature, California State University, 1962. Master of Arts in Special Education, Northeastern Illinois University, 1978. Certified advanced study, National College Education, 1981.

Career

English teacher, Grove Junior H.S., Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 1962-1963; member English department faculty, Evanston (Illinois) Township H.S., 1965-1971, 80-81; psychologist, Evanston (Illinois) Township H.S., 1987; staff, Northwestern University School Education, Evanston, 1971-1972; faculty lecturer, Northwestern University School Education, Evanston, 1972-1976; adjunct faculty, National College Education, Evanston, 1977-1979; fellow, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Madison, 1979-1997; research specialist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1997. Teaching assistant educational psychology University of Illinois, fall, 1992-1994. Consultant, presenterin field.

Achievements

• Susie Fehrenbacher Zeiser has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

State president gifted division Council Exceptional Children, 1976-1978. Commission member Higher Education Directors Gifted Education, 1975-1976. Task force State of Illinois Board Education Special Education, 1978-1980.

President Illinois Council for the Gifted, 1974-1976. Board directors The Chicago Ensemble, 1988-1992, League of Women Voters, 1969-1973. Advisory board Partners in Education, Chicago, Member American Association of University Women, National Association School Psychologists, American Education Research Association, American Psychological Association, American Sociological Association, Nature Conservancy.

Interests

• Cooking, gardening.

Connections

Married Leslie Howard Gargan, June 23, 1962 (divorced August 1966). 1 child: Carey Elizabeth Gargan-Zeiser-Dix. Married Curtis Paul Zeiser, September 9, 1967.

1 child, Benton.

Father:

Ralph Joseph Fehrenbacher

Mother:

Faye (McKinney) Fehrenbacher

Spouse:

Curtis Paul Zeiser

Spouse:

Leslie Howard Gargan

child:

Benton Zeiser