Laura Weaver, M.S. Ed., is an engaged scholar-practitioner dedicated to facilitating authentic community-campus relationships and partnering on community-driven engaged scholarship. She has nearly 20 years of experience supporting institutions as they work to actualize their culture for community engagement.

Before joining the national office, Laura spent eight years with Indiana Campus Compact assisting faculty with their teaching and engaged research activities involving reciprocal community-campus partnerships and supporting scholar-practitioners as they work to actualize and deepen the culture for community engagement. Additionally, she spent an additional eight years developing and directing a university-wide center for community engagement and several years with a national nonprofit organization partnering with college students to build awareness and support for healthcare initiatives.

Laura frequently presents at state, national, and international conferences, has published several articles related to her work in these areas, and has served as a Research Fellow for the Campus Compact Project on the Community Engagement Professional.

Laura is finishing her Adult and Community Education doctorate at Ball State University. Her dissertation focuses on the life experiences of community engagement professionals working outside the academy. She holds an M.S. Ed. in Counseling, Adult, and Higher Education from Northern Illinois University and a B.S. in Communication from Bradley University.