Laura Foote, Ed.D.
Director 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, Malone University
- 2020-present, Director of Non-Traditional and Graduate Business Programs, Malone University
- 2012-present, Prior Learning Assessment Coordinator, Malone University
- 2004-present, Professor of Management Studies, Malone University
- 2019-2022, Pendle Hill Co-Coordinator, Malone University
- 2002-2007, Instructor, The University of Akron
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
“Metaphorical Frameworks for Reframing Academic Praxis: On Gardens and Cathedrals” in Christian Higher Education: An International Journal of Research, Theory, and Practice —accepted for publication. DOI:10.1080/15363759.2019.1687049 (Online January 2020, hard copy June 2020.)
“Re-storying Life as a Means of Critical Reflection: The Power of Narrative Learning.” Christian Higher Education 4 (3), 116-126. DOI:10.1080/15363759.2015.1028580. (June, 2015).
“Transformational Learning: Reflections of an Adult Learner.” Adult Learning 26 (2), 84-86. DOI: 10.1177/1045159515573017. (May, 2015)
AAACE Conference (Myrtle Beach, October, 2018): “Developing and Migrating Courses: Online/Hybrid Adult Learning Course Best Practices”
SOTL Conference (Tiffin University, May, 2018): “Best Practices for Developing and Migrating to Online/Hybrid Platform” (co-presented with Dr. Michele Williams)
CAEL Conference (Baltimore, 2015): “Online Service Learning in an Adult Learning Program”
Friends Malone Symposium (Malone University, July, 2015): “Women’s Speaking Justified Quaker Women in the Public Sphere”