Higher Education Opportunity Program
Department Email: lthompson1@keuka.edu
Department Phone: (315) 279-5731
Dr. Laurel Hester
Assistant Provost
Associate Professor of Biology
Academic Credentials
- University of Michigan Ann Arbor
- Ph.D. in Biology
- University of Michigan Ann Arbor
- M.S. in Biology
- Swarthmore College
- B.A. in Biology and History
Biography
Dr. Laurel Hester is the Assistant Provost and an Associate Professor of Biology at Keuka College. She has a B.A. in Biology and History from Swarthmore College where she fell in love with the small college learning environment with its supportive atmosphere and close student-faculty interactions. Dr. Hester has an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. She is a co-author for a Biological Science Study Guide and has other publications related to teaching biology. She enjoys travel and studied rodents in agricultural areas as a Fulbright Scholar in Senegal. She has also lived abroad in France and South Africa.
Professional Interests
Biology, scholarship of teaching and learning, and vertebrate physiological ecology.
Larry Parker II
HEOP Counselor
Academic Credentials
- Grand Canyon University
- M.S.
- University of Phoenix
- B.S. in Psychology
Dr. Lisa Thompson
Director of HEOP
Academic Credentials
- St. John Fisher College
- Ed.D. in Educational Leadership
- Clarkson University
- M.B.A. in Business
- SUNY Brockport
- B.S.
- Monroe Community College
- A.S.