Van Egeren, Laurie

Laurie Van Egeren
President
Interim Associate Provost for University Outreach and Engagement, Michigan State University

Laurie Van Egeren conducts engaged research funded by NSF, NIH, state government, and foundations, including state evaluations of afterschool programs and childcare consultation programs; early childhood science education; youth-driven spaces; parent programs for children diagnosed with autism; and programs to increase STEM college entry among African American students. She is on the leadership team of the NSF-funded Center for Advancing Research Impacts in Society and the Executive Committee of the Commission for Economic and Community Development of the Association for Public and Land-grant Universities. She has a master's degree in clinical child/family psychology and a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Michigan State University.