Instructor & Club Leader

Susan Eggers loves learning about the past and the people of our world, and sharing that love with her students.  She attended Wake Forest University as a William Louis Poteat scholar, where she earned her B. A. in History, graduating magna cum laude.  Continuing her studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she received her M. A. in Russian history and completed additional hours of graduate coursework toward a Ph. D.  While in graduate school, Susan received grants to conduct research in the Lenin Library and the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art in Moscow, the National Library and the Russian State Historical Archive in St. Petersburg, the Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois, and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.  She has presented conference papers across the country and has published several articles on Russian history.

While she loves conducting historical research and writing about her findings, her true passion is teaching.  Her first teaching position was as an instructor at Appalachian State University, where she taught World Civilizations.  Since then, she has taught history and geography to homeschoolers, both in co-ops and online.  She loves teaching students how to research and write about history and geography.  In addition to these subjects, she has also taught Russian language classes online.  She has homeschooled her own children since 2003, two of whom are homeschool graduates pursuing college degrees on scholarship.

Susan and her family live in upstate South Carolina.  In addition to teaching history and geography, she enjoys music and has composed several pieces for choir and handbells, and has taught beginning piano.  She loves her local church and seeks to grow as a follower of Christ.