Laurie Schreiner

Laurie Schreiner is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Higher Education at Azusa Pacific University in southern California, having spent 35 years in higher education as a psychology professor and associate academic dean after receiving her PhD in Psychology from the University of Tennessee. Co-author of The Student Satisfaction Inventory that is used on over 1600 campuses across the US and Canada, Dr. Schreiner is co-author of Helping Sophomores Succeed (2009), and Investigating Sophomore Success (2015), the latest research monograph on sophomore success. She also is co-editor-in-chief of the journal Christian Higher Education and serves on the editorial board of About Campus. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on positive psychology, engaged learning, sophomore success, retention, faculty development, strengths-based teaching, and academic advising. She also has consulted with over 150 colleges and universities on student success, retention, academic advising, student satisfaction, and effective teaching strategies.  She has been principal investigator on two federal grants to promote student success and retention and has directed national projects on retention and student satisfaction.  An award-winning teacher and researcher, her work on college student thriving has studied over 30,000 students from 150 universities across the U.S., Canada, and Australia and has led to numerous publications as well as the edited book entitled Thriving in Transitions: A Research-Based Approach to Student Success.