Dr. Hamilton received her ED.D. Adult Education from the University of Tennessee in 1995.
Dr. Hamilton's area of specialization is herbaceous ornamental plants and people-plant relationships. Her research interests include herbaceous plant variety trials; public horticulture; people-plant studies. Sue is the director of the UT Gardens, administered by the Department of Plant Sciences. She is also the chief faculty member managing the department's undergradaute and graduate programs in public horticulture.