Dr. M. Susan Jones is Professor Emerita in the School of Nursing and Allied Health at Western Kentucky University and currently works part-time at South Central KY AHEC. She earned a BSN from the University of Tennessee in Memphis, an MSN from Vanderbilt University, and a PhD from the University of Cincinnati. She is a Fellow in the National League for Nursing-Academy of Nursing Education and serves on several health-related boards. 

Throughout her career, Dr. Jones has demonstrated leadership and collaboration by building coalitions and partnerships to advance health care for underserved populations, including farmers and their families and members of Anabaptist communities. She has engaged students and faculty in these community projects to maximize learning opportunities and enrich rural communities. 

She has led the formation and sustained relationship with an Old Order Mennonite community for over 30 years. This relationship has united many partners, from nursing and other disciplines, to conduct health promotion and research projects within this Anabaptist community. Her farming heritage and her family's current involvement in production agriculture give her an insider's view of the culture and challenges farmers and their families face. She currently serves as President of a not-for-profit organization that promotes farmers' health and reduces injuries and fatalities on farms.