Dr. Susan Jerger
- Emeritus Professor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Ashbel Smith Professor (Former)
The University of Texas at Dallas supports the Ashbel Smith Professorship. Dr. Ashbel Smith was the first president of the UT System Board of Regents. He had a long and distinguished career in medicine, education and public service. During his term on the Board of Regents, Smith was dedicated to recruiting the best faculty members available and to developing a curriculum befitting a “university of the first class.” Smith became known as both the “father of Texas medicine” and the “father of The University of Texas.”
My life has been filled with extraordinarily talented colleagues. I step into a revolving door with them and step out onto a different street.
Dr. Susan Jerger’s research has focused on children with mild-severe sensorineural hearing losses who often use hearing aids and spoken language as their primary mode of communication.
Jerger’s professional honors include being selected as the Carhart Lecturer, American Auditory Society; Sursa Lecturer, Indiana University School of Medicine; James A. Moore Lecturer, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University; Norma Slepecky Lecturer, Syracuse University; and as a member of the College of CRS Reviewers, National Institutes of Health.
She enjoyed working closely with students and directed the Undergraduate Honors Program, including the Dean’s Scholars Program in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, providing enriching educational experiences in a mentoring environment for academically gifted and highly motivated students.
Jerger earned a bachelor’s in speech and hearing sciences from the University of Houston. She received a master’s in speech and hearing sciences from Purdue University and a PhD in audiology and bioacoustics from Baylor College of Medicine.