Susan Johnson McCabe, Ed.M., is an educator, entrepreneur, and advocate for educational innovation. She founded StoryEdge LLC to create dynamic learning experiences that promote civic and social awareness, media literacy, and deeper learning. Drawing on stories, cross-media methods, and historically, culturally, and socially significant artifacts, StoryEdge helps learners encounter new perspectives and strengthen their critical-thinking and media-literacy skills.

Susan also advises for-profit and nonprofit organizations on using stories, media, and data to express their vision and mission, clarify problems and solutions, strengthen their brands, distinguish their programs and products, demonstrate impact, and build engaged communities.

As an Adjunct Lecturer in the Learning Design Innovation and Technology (LDIT) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Susan teaches graduate students about product and program launch strategy, business theory, and communications best practices. Her course serves students from across Harvard who aspire to become social-impact entrepreneurs or change agents in their organizations. She also participates in the HGSE faculty group exploring, creating, and testing generative and agentic AI applications for teaching, learning, and measuring impact.

As Co-Director of the Harvard X-Media Lab, Susan helps advance its cross-media methodology through research and the exploration of generative and agentic AI. She is also developing resources and programs for educators and helping strengthen the Lab’s online presence.

Susan brings extensive experience advising startups, mid-size companies, and multinational corporations on product and program development, integrated marketing and communications, and building high-performing teams and global partnerships. At Harvard, she has served as Director of Digital Strategy for Harvard University and Director of HIVE at HGSE, and contributed to initiatives including Reach Every Reader and the Learning Lab at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.

Earlier in her career, Susan held international and digital leadership roles at SilverPlatter Information, an EdTech startup founded by entrepreneur and Harvard Business School alumnus Bela Hatvani. She led business development and marketing for new digital information products for universities in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim. She also launched a Partner Publishing Program in 22 countries. At DXC, she managed an interactive design agency and led digital transformation engagements in several industry sectors, working with multinational corporations, government agencies, and startup ventures.

Susan is a member of the SIE Society and is passionate about the potential of social impact entertainment to contribute to education across disciplines and learner communities. She earned a B.A. in English and Communications from Boston College and an Ed.M. in Technology, Innovation, and Education from HGSE. She also completed one year of doctoral study at Vanderbilt University.