Topics include:
Entrepreneurship as a form of Resistance
Sustaining Self in the Academy: Wellness Strategies for Higher Ed Professionals
ROI and Mutual Benefits of a Career in Higher Education
Current Topics and Trends in Higher Education
The Art of Managing Intersecting Identities in Professional Workplaces
Leading with Cultural Competence & Emotional Intelligence
Rebuilding Confidence through Faith, Wisdom & Resilience
Finding Support & Advocacy Despite your Toxic Work Environment
Shifting your Mindset to Believe More for Yourself
Leading from your Heart Space: Vulnerable Leadership
Why Must I Assimilate?: Afro-Caribbean Identity and Authenticity
Black Love
Scholarly Activity – Previous Speaking Engagements, Conferences & Articles
Lawrence, E. (2025). No One is Coming to Save Us: Navigating the PWI Roller Coaster as an AfroCaribbean American Woman, Dear Higher Education: Letters from the Social Justice Mountain, Special Issue in Response to the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, 47-49.
Balasco, L., Lawrence, E., Marsh, T., Moreno-Rodriguez, I., Peterson, N. Shaping the Next Generation of Leaders. Empowered Leadership Conference, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, April 4, 2025.
Lawrence, E. (May 14-17, 2024). Enough is Enough: Microaggressions, Burnout and Inequities among Black Women Administrators in Higher Education. Presentation at Eastern Academy of Management (EAM) Annual Conference, Providence, RI.
Lawrence, E. Exploring the Intersectionality and Sense of Belonging of Black Immigrant Administrators at Predominantly White Institutions. Virtual Faculty Symposium, Pillar College, May 2, 2024.
Allison, D., Calicdan-Apostle, G., Lawrence E., Why Inclusion and Social Justice is Important on College Campuses. Faculty Panel Discussion. Inclusive Excellence Conference, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, April 5, 2024.
Laguer, S., Lawrence, E., St. Hilaire, W. (June 4-9, 2023). Callaloo & Collard Greens: Afro-Caribbean Infusion into U.S. Academia. 47th Annual Caribbean Studies Association Conference (CSA), St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Lawrence, E. (May 30-June 3, 2023). Exploring the challenges and inequities of immigrants of African descent at PWI. 35th Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE), New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lawrence, E. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Eastern Academy of Management (EAM) Learn and Share Series, Virtual Event, February 24, 2023.
Criscione-Naylor, N., Lawrence, E. (May 17-20, 2022). Using intuition, systems thinking and emotional intelligence in business during uncertain times. Eastern Academy of Management (EAM) Annual Conference, Portland, Maine.
Lawrence E. (2022, May). Studying the Intersectionality of Immigrants of African Descent in Leadership Roles at PWIs. [Poster presentation], Eastern Academy of Management (EAM) Annual Conference, Portland, Maine.
Laguer, S., Lawrence, E., Newman, A., Wright, S. (Nov. 4-6, 2021). Black Professional Women in the Workplace. Panel for Northeastern Business and Economics Association Conference (NBEA), Atlantic City, NJ.
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