Susan Myra Kingsbury (October 18, 1870 – November 28, 1949) was an American professor of economics and a pioneer of social research.

During her time at Bryn Mawr College, Kingsbury established courses and opportunities for women in the industrial workforce.

She was the daughter of Willard Belmont Kingsbury, M.D., and Helen Shuler née DeLamater, M.S.A..[1] She grew up in Stockton, California.

[2] Her father died when she was six, leaving her mother to raise Susan and her older brother Willard D.[3] Helen was Preceptress (Dean of Women) and Professor of Modern Language and Teacher of Drawing and Painting at the College of the Pacific.

[4] Following the death of her mother, she moved to New York to study colonial economic history at Columbia University.

[1] Kingsbury became director of investigation for the Massachusetts Commission on Industrial and Technical Education for a year beginning in 1905.

[3] The next year she accepted a position as instructor in history and economics at Simmons University, becoming head of the department.

[5] This was the first graduate department in the United States of America to train students for careers in social service.