Laura M. Harrison

Laura believes in students and considers helping them access their potential to be her project in this life. She learns a lot from them, particularly about creativity, exuberance, and candor. Laura teaches and writes on the topics of advocacy, change, and leadership in student affairs and higher education. The Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, New Directions for Student Services, and Building Leadership Bridges Series have published her work.

Laura began her career in student affairs as a practitioner at Ohio University, where she worked in residence life and LGBT programming. She moved to Stanford University in 2000, where she served as an Associate Dean of Students, Women’s Community Center Director, Resident Fellow, and Instructor in the Program in Feminist Studies. She also taught courses in leadership and change at the undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral levels at the University of San Francisco from 2006-2011. In 2011, she returned to Ohio University to accept the position she currently holds, Assistant Professor in the Counseling and Higher Education Department at Ohio University.