Together with her husband and four children, Quaynor recently relocated to Georgia from the Chicago area. Quaynor continued her education at Emory University in Atlanta, where she earned a PhD in Educational Studies in 2012. While at UVA, she met and fell in love with a fellow student, Samuel Nii Djangmah Quaynor they married at the Emory University Chapel on Dec. Quaynor received her bachelor's degree in African Studies and French, with a minor in Foreign Affairs, from the University of Virginia, where she was an Echols Scholar. Mostly, though, she is remembered for her ability to balance her busy academic life with her dedication to her family. She published 19 papers and traveled across the globe, from Savannah to South Africa, presenting her research. Remembered by her colleagues as accomplished, ambitious, and dynamic, Quaynor taught for more than 20 years-four years at the K-12 level and 16 years at the university level. And not just her students-all of our students." "She was a social justice pioneer and was relentless about making sure students had access to the resources they needed. "She was a person of mission-driven action," said Matthew Bonner, the school's faculty lead for the Counseling program. At Hopkins, among other accomplishments, she will be remembered for mentoring young scholars and creating a successful one-credit writing program for first-year doctoral students. Recent publications have appeared in the Journal of Teacher Education, Compare, and Globalisation, Societies, & Education. Fluent in English and French, skilled in Gã, Twi, Slovak, and Spanish, she began her career as an ESL and French immersion teacher in Maryland and Virginia and served as teacher education faculty in South Carolina and Illinois, specializing in ESL/bilingual education.Īs a faculty member, Quaynor developed and led courses on ESL/bilingual teaching methods, cross-cultural studies, linguistics, and comparative education, and created a state-approved online endorsement program. Quaynor's research focused on citizenship and civic education, and how schools enact global citizenship education, particularly among English language learners in the United States and Liberia, West Africa. She will be remembered for her relentless dedication to young scholars and her advocacy on behalf of them. "She set the bar for excellence and engagement. "Laura was a promising scholar who was dedicated to our institution, her research, and her students," said Christopher Morphew, dean of the School of Education.
She joined Johns Hopkins from Lewis University in Illinois.
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