Laura Minor most recently worked with undergraduates at Central Connecticut State University, both as an assistant director of undergraduate advisement and coordinator of its academic minor in Community and Civic Engagement.  Through her work in that program, she has overseen student community research and internship projects in the Greater Hartford area, such as with Habitat for Humanity of North Central Connecticut, the Hartford Catholic Worker, Sun Scholars, and REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health).  Her passion is to see young people experience learning in high-impact contexts, both in the U.S. and abroad, and have reciprocal learning partnerships with community organizations that change and benefit where we live.  Laura has a Master’s of Education in Counseling from the University of Texas at Austin, and a PhD from Clemson University in International Family and Community Studies.  Her dissertation research was a quantitative outcomes assessment of academic community engagement programs, and she is working to expand that research to include an assessment of Connecticut’s high school engagement programs as well.

• Manuscript in preparation: Examining Student Impacts of Academic Programs of Community and Civic Engagement in Higher Education, Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES).
• Horan, M. and Minor, L. (2017, April). Peer Advising: Developing a Student-Focused Connection to Your Campus. Presented at the Connecticut State College and University System Faculty Advisory Committee’s 3rd Annual Conference on Shared Governance and Student Success, New Britain, CT.
• Higham, C., LoGiudice, S., & Minor, L. (2016, April). Transforming Transfer Advising with School-Based Advising Centers. Presented at NETA (New England Transfer Association) Annual Conference, North Falmouth, MA.
  

• Recipient, Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant Award, College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences, Clemson University, 2019
• Recipient, Dean’s Award, Carol A. Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Central Connecticut State University, 2019
• Recipient, Royal B. Embree, Jr. Merit Scholarship, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 1990