About Susan
Susan C. Faircloth, Ph.D., an enrolled member of the Coharie Tribe of North Carolina, is the founder of Two Feathers Consulting, LLC. After 20 years as a professor of Educational Administration/Leadership, Susan transitioned to independent consulting to more directly engage and support individuals, communities, schools, and organizations.
At Two Feathers Consulting, Susan offers editing of dissertations, journal articles, and other scholarly manuscripts; developmental editing; meeting and group facilitation; public speaking; and conflict mediation.
Having earned both her master's and doctoral degrees through the American Indian Leadership Program at Penn State, Susan has dedicated her career to the study and practice of Indigenous education, the education of culturally and linguistically diverse students with special educational needs, and the preparation of school leaders. She has published widely in journals such as Educational Administration Quarterly, Harvard Educational Review, Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, and the Journal of Disability Policy Studies. Susan currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Bibliographies in Education (Online). She is the outgoing Associate Editor of AERA Open and Educational Administration Quarterly. Susan also serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Journal of American Indian Education and The Rural Educator.
Although a self-described introverted extrovert, Susan enjoys presenting at the local, state, national and international levels, where she has been known to move audiences to laughter and tears.
As one who values service and community engagement, Susan chairs the Technical Review Panel for the National Indian Education Study, volunteers as a community mediator, and cooks for her daughter's youth group.
Susan's past honors and awards include a Fulbright Senior Scholar award to Aotearoa (New Zealand), a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCLA’s Civil Rights Project, and a William C. Friday Fellowship for Human Relations.
When not working, Susan can be found spending time with family, traveling, cooking, collecting vintage wares, gardening, and searching for treasures at local thrift stores.
