Laura Lunsford, Ph.D.

Psychology Professor with expertise in mentoring, leadership, evaluation, human resources

Research Expertise

mentoring
leadership
talent development
Law
Business and International Management
Economics and Econometrics
Education
Public Administration
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Strategy and Management
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Sociology and Political Science
Management Science and Operations Research
Aerospace Engineering
Speech and Hearing
Media Technology
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

About

Laura Lunsford is an expert in mentoring, leadership, and evaluation. A U.S. Fulbright Scholar (Germany), she has written over 50 peer-reviewed articles, case studies and chapters on leadership and mentoring. She wrote the definitive guide for mentoring programs *The Mentor’s Guide: Five steps to build a successful mentor program*, now in its second edition. She co-edited the Sage Handbook of Mentoring, and co-authored Faculty Development in Liberal Arts Colleges. Laura received the International Mentoring Association’s Hope dissertation award. Fun and engaging, she consults with organizations on effective mentoring and coaching. A Rotarian, she volunteers with the American Red Cross.

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Publications

Mentoring Undergraduate Students
ASHE Higher Education Report
2017
Destructive Leadership: A Critique of Leader-Centric Perspectives and Toward a More Holistic Definition
Journal of Business Ethics
2016
Mentoring in Higher Education
The SAGE Handbook of Mentoring
Doctoral Advising or Mentoring? Effects on Student Outcomes
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning
2012
Early career academic staff support: evaluating mentoring networks
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
2015
The SAGE Handbook of Mentoring
Unknown Venue
2017
Psychology of Mentoring: The Case of Talented College Students
Journal of Advanced Academics
2011
Faculty mentoring faculty: career stages, relationship quality, and job satisfaction
International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
2018
Patching Up the “Leaking Leadership Pipeline”: Fostering Mid-career Faculty Succession Management
Research in Higher Education
2018
Culture, Colleagues, and Leadership: The Academic Department as a Location of Faculty Experiences in Liberal Arts Colleges
The Review of Higher Education
2019
Developing Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges
Unknown Venue
2017
Preparing Leaders While Neglecting Leadership
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
2016
Mentors, tormentors, and no mentors: mentoring scientists
International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
2014
A Handbook for Managing Mentoring Programs
Unknown Venue
2016
Developing Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges
Unknown Venue
2019
Success After Tenure
Unknown Venue
2023
Senior Year: Select Schools and Complete Applications
Getting Into Graduate School: A Comprehensive Guide for Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences
2015
Faculty development in liberal arts colleges: a look at divisional trends, preferences, and needs
Higher Education Research & Development
2018
Destructive and toxic leadership
Leadership in Sport
2015
Recruiting, Matching, and Briefing Mentors and Protégés
A Handbook for Managing Mentoring Programs
2016
Documenting the Aspiration Gap in Institutional Language About Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work
Innovative Higher Education
2016
Mentors as Friends
The Psychology of Friendship
2016
The Academic Leadership Institute for Mid-Career Faculty
Success After Tenure
2023
Do Slower Life History Strategies Reduce Sociodemographic Sex Differences?
Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences
2015
It’s All About Relationships
The ASHA Leader
2013
Local Cultures in Institutional Contexts: The Functions of Academic Departments in Liberal Arts Colleges
Journal for the Study of Postsecondary and Tertiary Education
2016
Conservation, Ecology, and Management of Catfish: The Second International Symposium
Conservation, Ecology, and Management of Catfish: The Second International Symposium
2011
CHAPTER 6. Mapping Your Mentoring Network
Charting Your Path to Full
2020
A Mixed-Methods Approach to Studying Leadership: Online Surveys and Archival Analysis of Websites
Unknown Venue
2019
Mentoring communities of practice: what’s in it for the mentor?
International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
2018
Beyond Goals: Effective Strategies for Coaching and Mentoring
Human Resource Management International Digest
2014
Borders/Border Crossing
Encyclopedia of Science Education
2015
Mentoring Undergraduate Students in Computational Materials Research
MRS Proceedings
2015
Mentoring Junior Faculty
On Being a Mentor
2015
Online Mentor Education for Mentors of Youth With Visual Impairments
Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research
2023
Characteristics of Faculty Who Mentor Undergraduates in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work
Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly
2016
Systems Alignment for Comprehensive Faculty Development in Liberal Arts Colleges
To Improve the Academy
2015
Measuring Mentoring
A Handbook for Managing Mentoring Programs
2016
Improving Mentoring
A Handbook for Managing Mentoring Programs
2016
Developing Students' Cultural Competence through Video Interviews
A Practical Guide to Teaching Research Methods in Education
2023
Developing Effective Student Peer Mentoring Programs
Unknown Venue
2023
On Destructive Leadership
The SAGE Handbook of Leadership
2023
Leadership
Unknown Venue
2022
Mentoring and Coaching: Educational Leadership Development
Mentoring and Coaching: Educational Leadership Development
2022
Touching the Solar System: A Project-Based Learning Astronomy Program for Students with Visual Impairments
Connected Science Learning
2022
Effective Leadership Practices
Developing School Leaders in the Pacific
2023
An eclectic perspective on coaching supervision
101 Coaching Supervision Techniques, Approaches, Enquiries and Experiments
2020
The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM
Unknown Venue
2019
Mentoring and Key Relationships
Developing Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges
Lunsford, Bascom Lamar
Oxford Music Online
2013
Graduate school recommender system: Assisting admission seekers to apply for graduate studies in appropriate graduate schools
2016 5th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics and Vision (ICIEV)
2016
A self-assessment instrument to assess engineering students' self-directedness in information literacy
2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
2015
Uncovering the cultural dynamics in mentoring programs and relationships: enhancing practice and research
International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
2015
Harnessing the Power of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional IntelligenceHarnessing the Power of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence, Online Course Weblink: https://www.coursera.org/course/lead-ei.
Academy of Management Learning & Education
2014
Mentoring Toward Independent Scholarship
Fostering Effective Student Communication in Online Graduate Courses
2017
Positive Emotions and Well-Being
Positive Psychology
2014
Leadership: Learn as You Go
Effective Leaders Develop and Build Trust
2020
University of Arizona Poetry Center
Eco-Library Design
2014
Models of mentoring
Induction and Mentoring of Newly Qualified Teachers
2013
Factors influencing assessment quality in higher vocational education
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
2013
Mentoring frameworks: synthesis and critique
International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
2013
How Do Political Scientists Know What Citizens Want?
Facing the Challenge of Democracy
2011
Ethical Issues in Coaching and Mentoring
Coaching and Mentoring for Business
2014
Conceptualising spiritual leadership in secular organizational contexts and its relation to transformational, servant and environmental leadership
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
2010
The Mentor's Guide
Unknown Venue
2021
Book review
International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
2021
Systems Alignment for Comprehensive Faculty Development in Liberal Arts Colleges
To Improve the Academy
2015
Academic departments as networks of informal learning: faculty development at liberal arts colleges
International Journal for Academic Development
2015
Faculty as Mentors in Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work: Motivating and Inhibiting Factors
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning
2015
Mentoring: A Typology of Costs for Higher Education Faculty
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning
2013
Using Instructional Blogging to Teach Psychology: Two Case Studies
PsycEXTRA Dataset
2010

Education

Ph.D., Applied Social and Community Psychology

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Experience

Campbell University

Professor and Assistant Dean of Psychology and Social Work

University of Arizona

Associate Professor / August, 2014July, 2016

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