LAURA L. SAVAGE
Curriculum Vitae
Current Position: Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters and Arts,
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania
Education
- Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Higher Education Administration
The University of Alabama, 2002
Dissertation topic: Perceptions of influence on selected
professors’ teaching in higher education
- Master of Arts in Women’s Studies
The University of Alabama, 2003
Thesis topic: Roots of early American feminism
- Master of Arts in Communication
(focus on public relations and graphic design)
Southwestern Seminary, 1986
Thesis topic: Public relations principles
- Bachelor of Science (Honor graduate)
Houston Baptist University, 1983
Double major: Early Childhood Education and Child Development
Teacher of Young Children Certification
Scholastic Honors
- Maintained straight As (4.0) in both programs at The University of Alabama,
1998-2002
- Dean’s list at Southwestern, 1984, 1985
- First place winner of the first National Student Teaching Competition
Sponsored by the National Education Association, Washington, D.C., 1983
- Congratulatory Resolution from the Texas House of Representatives, 1983
University honors:
- President’s Award (outstanding female graduate selected by university
president), 1983
- Senior Woman of the Year, 1983
- Listed in Outstanding Young Women of America, 1983
- Cum Laude Honor Graduate, 1983
- President of Student Education Association, 1982-1983
- Leadership award from Student Education Association, 1983
- State award for Student Education Association Newsletter, 1983
- State award for Student Education Association Future Teachers Day, 1983
- Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society, 1982
- Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges, 1982
- Endowed Academic Scholar selected by the university president (full-tuition
academic scholarship), 1979-1983
Additional Education and Training
- Elementary German, Samford University, 1995
- Communicating with Diplomacy and Professionalism, SkillPath Seminars,
2001
- English Literacy training, 1985
- English as a Second Language tutor training, 1985
Professional Experience
- 2003-Present: Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters and Arts
Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, Romania
Courses taught:
Undergraduate:
Feminisms and Feminists
Debates (practical course for third-year students)
English for Drama Majors (practical course for first- and second-year students)
Graduate:
Supervision of graduate theses in British and American Cultural Studies
Program
Current Topics in America
Feminisms and Feminists
- 1995-2003: WMU, Birmingham, AL
Trainer of thousands of women across the US for leadership roles; writer
of teaching and administrative materials for women’s organizations
- 1993-1995: WMU, Birmingham, AL
Production editor for adult curriculum materials
Trainer of writers for three women’s magazines with a combined circulation
of more than 200,000
- 1991-1993: DBU, Dallas, TX
Director of Internal Communications
Responsible for design/production of all printed materials for on-campus
special events and recruiting materials
Adjunct faculty in communications (taught graphic design 3 semesters)
- 1990-1991: H&S Communications
Group, Ft. Worth, TX, Vice President for Public Relations
- 1989-1990: ABB Impell Corporation, Ft. Worth, TX, Communications Assistant,
graphic designer, award-winning newsletter writer/editor, photographer
- 1986-1989: Various part-time
positions as a publications director and graphic designer
- 1983-84: Liestman Elementary
School, Alief School District, Houston, TX, Third grade teacher
Additional Professional Responsibilities and Achievements
- 1995-Present: International Program Committee for World Youth Conferences
in Houston (1998) and Hong Kong (2004)
- 2002: Listed in Who’s Who in America
- 1998, 2001-2002 Guest instructor/lecturer at various institutions teaching
women’s training courses or speaking in women’s studies courses. These
courses ranged from certificate level to graduate degree level
- 1995-2001: Collegiate Leadership Network, representative on this committee
of national workers with college students
- 1997-2000: Planning committee for St. Louis location of national, satellite-
linked youth conference for New Year’s Eve 1999-2000.
- 1998: Led women’s group to Morocco, including a visit to Al Akhawayn University
- 1997: Participated in trip to Egypt and Jordan to meet with collegiate workers
- 1990: Various design awards for newsletters and employee achievement
awards
Publications, Papers and Articles
- 2004: American Studies Conference, University of Bucharest
Presented paper: “What’s So Spiritual about American Feminism? Biblical
Rhetoric and the Shaping of 19th-Century American Feminist Thought”
- My previous teaching and writing experiences have mostly been in the
non-profit sector with women’s organizations, except for two years in an
industrial setting and two years in an academic setting.
- 1993-Present: Monthly and quarterly administrative articles (approximately
200) in women’s leadership magazines and publications
- 1995-Present: Keynote speaker and/or trainer at state and national women’s
conferences and national collegiate conferences at approximately 200
events across the country. Topics developed and taught most frequently: how
to organize and grow women’s groups, writing vision/mission statements,
mentoring, joyful singleness, understanding the different adult generations
- 2001: Co-authored a curriculum book for use with college students
- 2000, 1999: Contributor to other administrative books for women’s groups
- 1998: Spoke on suffering in the world to an international audience of 7,500
youth and college students, Houston, Texas
- 1996: Wrote segments on women’s leadership and mentoring for a cassette
tape set
- 1991-1993: Writer/editor of articles for on-campus newsletter; writer of
honorary doctorate citations; sponsor of campus yearbook
- 1989-1991: Writer/editor of technical articles in an engineering/construction
setting
