Laurie Quinn is President of the Stern Center for Language and Learning, an education-focused nonprofit dedicated to learning for all, based in Williston, Vermont. Dr. Quinn came to Vermont in 2014 and served in leadership roles including Senior Vice President/Chief Academic Officer and Interim President at Champlain College.
Previously, she was Vice President for Academic Affairs at Granite State College in the University System of New Hampshire. Laurie has worked as a college faculty member teaching writing and literature, and as a program director and grants officer. She has written about leadership in education; issues of social class in literary studies and in the broader culture; higher education trends including online learning and innovative curricula that link theory to practice; feminist theory; and poetry. Dr. Quinn earned her Ph.D. at the University of New Hampshire and her B.A. and M.A. at Boston College.
Laurie is an advocate for increasing everyone’s access to their learning superpowers, and strives to be a champion for the manifestation of powerful ideas into practical reality.