Laurie L. Hazard, Ed.D. teaches in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the New England Institute of Technology. She is a higher education consultant with over thirty years of operational and strategic experience in the field of student success. Her experience ranges from assessment work to developing innovative programs for institutions tailored to their specific populations. As the Assistant Dean for Student Success at her previous institution, she was responsible for ensuring that all students had a positive, thriving experience from matriculation to graduation. Laurie researches and writes about parent involvement, student personality types, and classroom success. She is an award-winning expert on how students can make successful transitions from high school to college. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition’s Outstanding FirstYear Student Advocate; The Learning Assistance Association of New England’s Outstanding Research and Publication Award; The Learning Assistance Association of New England’s Outstanding Service to Developmental Students Award and CRLA Northeast’s Outstanding Service to the Field of Developmental Education Award. Most recently, Laurie and her co-author, Stephanie Carter, received the AHEPPP, Parent and Family Professional Best Institutional Initiative Award and Blackboard Catalyst Award for Student Success. Laurie’s expertise has garnered national media attention. Her expertise has been featured in major media outlets like the Associated Press, Seventeen Magazine, and The Washington Post. Laurie is the co-author of Foundations for Learning (3rd Edition, 2012) and Your Freshman Is Off to College (2016). Her next book, Off to College with co-author, Stephanie Carter, is expected to be released next year.