Thursday, March 27, 2025 5:00 p.m.
Session Title:
The Thriving Campus: Priorities and Possibilities
Presenter:
Laurie A. Schreiner, Ph.D., Professor of higher education
Azusa Pacific University
Laurie A. Schreiner earned her Ph.D. in community psychology from the University of Tennessee. She is currently a professor of higher education at Azusa Pacific University in southern California, where she teaches in the Ph.D. program. An award-winning teacher and researcher, her work focuses on creating a thriving campus where students, faculty, and staff are meaningfully engaged in their work, energized by learning, involved in healthy relationships, and making a difference. Author of the “Thriving Quotient,” her research has studied over 200,000 students from 300+ universities across the U.S., Canada, and Australia and has led to numerous publications, as well as the edited book Thriving in Transitions: A Research-Based Approach to Student Success. In addition to her research on thriving college students, Prof. Schreiner has created instruments to assess thriving in faculty and staff and is co-author of The Student Satisfaction Inventory and books on sophomore success. She has consulted with over 200 universities on issues of student success and thriving, faculty and staff well-being, leadership support for thriving employees, and effective teaching strategies.
Moderated by:
Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, Ph.D., CASP
Vice President for Student Success
Indiana University