Dr. Susan MacLaury is a professor in the Department of Physical Education, Recreation and Health at Kean University

Kean University

Kean University is a coeducational, public research university located in Union and Hillside, New Jersey, United States. Kean University serves its students in the liberal arts, the sciences, and the professions with a dedication to intellectual and cultural growth and is best known for its...

, a licensed social worker, and an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated producer.

The co-founder, with husband Albie Hecht

Albie Hecht

Albie Hecht is the CEO of Worldwide Biggies, founder of Spike TV, and a former president of Nickelodeon Entertainment.Hecht oversaw the development and production of SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Blue’s Clues, and the live-action show All That at Nickelodeon...

, of Shine Global

Shine Global

Shine Global Inc. is a 501 non-profit film production company that was founded in 2005 by Susan MacLaury, a licensed social worker and health professor at Kean University, and her husband, Albie Hecht, an entertainment executive and founder of Worldwide Biggies. Shine Global produced War/Dance, a...

, a non-profit film production company, MacLaury won an Emmy and was nominated for an Oscar for her work as executive producer of the 2007 documentary War/Dance

War/Dance

War/Dance is a 2007 American documentary film written and directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine and produced by Shine Global's Susan MacLaury, a professor at Kean University, and Albie Hecht...

. War/Dance was honored as best documentary and best cinematography at the 31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards

31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards

The 31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards were held September 27, 2010 at Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Awards were presented in 41 categories, including Breaking News, Investigative Reporting, Outstanding Interview, and Best Documentary...

 in 2010.

MacLaury is a full-time Associate Professor of Health Education at Kean University since 1994 and has been the Executive Director of Shine Global

Shine Global

Shine Global Inc. is a 501 non-profit film production company that was founded in 2005 by Susan MacLaury, a licensed social worker and health professor at Kean University, and her husband, Albie Hecht, an entertainment executive and founder of Worldwide Biggies. Shine Global produced War/Dance, a...

since its 2005 inception.