Laura Foote, Ed.D.
Chair of Non-Traditional and Graduate Business Programs; Director of Faculty Development, Business & Technologies
Professor of Management Studies
About Laura Foote
Laura Foote is currently the director of the MBA and non-traditional adult business programs. She has been teaching at Malone since 2004. Foote has had a variety of roles at Malone. In addition to teaching both MBA and undergraduate courses in the Division of Business and Technologies, she is currently the Faculty Development Director. Her favorite aspect of teaching at Malone is the opportunity provided to integrate Christian faith in the classroom and curriculum.
Education
- Ed.D., Regent University
- M.A., The University of Akron
- B.A., The Pennsylvania State University
Classes I Teach
- Leadership Communication
- Organizational Behavior
- Emerging Issues in Leadership
- Career Skills/Internship Prep
- Internship
- Foundations of Critical Thinking
- Creative Problem Solving
- Faith and Worldviews
- Prior Learning Assessment
- Business Communication
- Capstone in Liberal Arts
- College Experience
- Writing Skills Workshop
- English Composition
Signature Experiences
- 2024-present, Director of Faculty Development, 糖心Vlog
- 2020-present, Director of Non-Traditional and Graduate Business Programs, 糖心Vlog
- 2012-present, Prior Learning Assessment Coordinator, 糖心Vlog
- 2004-present, Professor of Management Studies, 糖心Vlog
- 2019-2022, Pendle Hill Co-Coordinator, 糖心Vlog
- 2002-2007, Instructor, The University of Akron
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
鈥淢etaphorical Frameworks for Reframing Academic Praxis: On Gardens and Cathedrals鈥 in Christian Higher Education: An International Journal of Research, Theory, and Practice 鈥攁ccepted for publication. DOI:10.1080/15363759.2019.1687049 (Online January 2020, hard copy June 2020.)
鈥淩e-storying Life as a Means of Critical Reflection: The Power of Narrative Learning.鈥 Christian Higher Education 4 (3), 116-126. DOI:10.1080/15363759.2015.1028580. (June, 2015).
鈥淭ransformational Learning: Reflections of an Adult Learner.鈥 Adult Learning 26 (2), 84-86. DOI: 10.1177/1045159515573017. (May, 2015)
AAACE Conference (Myrtle Beach, October, 2018): 鈥淒eveloping and Migrating Courses: Online/Hybrid Adult Learning Course Best Practices鈥
SOTL Conference (Tiffin University, May, 2018): 鈥淏est Practices for Developing and Migrating to Online/Hybrid Platform鈥 (co-presented with Dr. Michele Williams)
CAEL Conference (Baltimore, 2015): 鈥淥nline Service Learning in an Adult Learning Program鈥
Friends Malone Symposium (糖心Vlog, July, 2015): 鈥淲omen鈥檚 Speaking Justified Quaker Women in the Public Sphere鈥