Lauren K. Foster

Lauren K. Foster is an Academic Director at ACUE. Her professional dedication to transformative teaching and learning aligns with ACUE’s mission for student success. Foster finds inspiration from the results of learning, sharing, and implementing effective teaching practices in a professional learning community setting. Foster was drawn to ACUE to continue her work by supporting a wider range of faculty to have more access to evidence-based teaching strategies. Foster’s research focuses on metacognition as a transformative process in both teaching and learning. She is thrilled to share her experience and expertise with faculty in the Midwest region.

In Spring 2022, Foster was awarded the Faculty Leadership Award, a Faculty Recognition Award, and The Richard Gossweiler Learning Centered Professorship Award from Germanna Community College for her dedication to teaching and faculty leadership. Foster has publications in the TYCA-SE Journal, The Journal of Inquiry, and elsewhere.