Laura M. Harrison, Ph.D.
- Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs
- Incoming Department Chair, Department of Counseling and Higher Education
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Expert Bio
Dr. Laura M. Harrison presents and writes in multiple disciplines; the common thread in her work is the examination of teaching and learning with an eye toward rehumanizing higher education. She has two forthcoming books dedicated to these topics: Harrison, L.M., Challenger, R., Morgenstern, E., & Balarabe, O.A. (in press). Helping college students write: A guide for educators. Routledge and Harrison, L.M., Mather, P. & Bah, S. (in press, edited volume). Rehumanizing higher education. New Directions in Teaching and Learning. Both of these works were written with in collaboration with fellow faculty and students.
Harrison has also authored four previous books and 25 scholarly articles and book chapters. Recent works include: Unangst, L., Harrison, L.M., Bah, S., Balarbe, O.A., & Dunson-Dillard, T. (2023). 鈥淚s anybody doing anything?鈥 Policy actors discuss supports for displaced learners at Ohio colleges and universities. Journal of Thought 56, 33-53; Harrison, L.M. & Mathuews, K.B. (2022). How students experience faculty responses to academic struggle. Journal of College Student Development 63(4), 399-413; Harrison, L.M., Morgenstern, E., & Angelo, M. (2022). Eliminating the front row: How teaching in the chat fosters student engagement. College Teaching,1-8; Harrison, L.M. & Mathuews, K.B. (2022). Three priorities for the future of online education. Journal of Thought, 3-16.
Harrison teaches courses in scholarly writing, college teaching, helping skills, diversity in higher education, and leadership and change. Harrison is also a frequent presenter at state, national, and international conferences. She is also one of the incoming co-editors of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)鈥檚 The Journal of College and Character.