Susan Rogers holds a Doctorate in Psychology from McGill University (2010), where she studied music cognition and psychoacoustics under researchers Daniel Levitin and Stephen McAdams. Her research focuses on auditory memory and the perception of musical signals. For two decades prior to her science career, Susan was one of the world's few women known for her work as a record producer, engineer, mixer, and audio electronics technician. Career highlights include five years (1983-1987) as staff engineer for Prince, producing hit singles for diverse artists including Barenaked Ladies, David Byrne, Robben Ford, Jeff Black and Rusted Root, and mixing and engineering for an equally eclectic list.

Susan taught at Berklee College of Music from 2008 to 2022 in the departments of Music Production & Engineering and Liberal Arts. She was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award in 2012. She is the author of the award-winning nonfiction book This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You, published in 2022 by W. W. Norton & Co. She is currently writing a textbook on music cognition for Princeton University Press.