Dr. Read is currently a consultant for Susan F. Schulz & Associates, Inc., a training and consulting company serving career schools worldwide. Formerly, she served as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Dr. Read's area of specialization is Human Factors Psychology with a focus on workplace issues such as job stress, time management, human-technology interaction, and learning.

Dedicated to teaching, Dr. Read has spent her career studying how students learn and retain course material and how teachers can best serve the needs of their students. She has developed methods to enhance the learning environment and has presented these methods at national conferences such as the Conference on 21st Century Teaching Technologies. Dr. Read holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of South Florida.