Lori Carrell

Lori J. Carrell, PhD, is the chancellor of the health and innovation campus of the University of Minnesota in Rochester (UMR). She is convinced that human communication is an incredibly powerful catalyst for transformation. The start-up campus she leads has a Vision to "inspire transformation in higher education..." and they are well on their way, with equity in educational attainment as a key outcome. Dr. Carrell previously served as vice chancellor and as professor of human communication, contributing to the launch of a university for women in Oman and teaching in a remote Yup'ik village in Alaska. Lori says her service with the creative UMR community has been the greatest adventure of her life so far. Lori's PhD in communication is from the University of Denver. She aspires to work with others to collectively reimagine higher education through brave conversations.