Laurie Quinn, Ph.D.

Laurie Quinn is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Granite State College, the University System of New Hampshire’s college for working adults. Laurie teaches British literature, women’s literature, writing, and various other courses as a member of the college’s adjunct faculty. She is committed to the public humanities and regularly facilitates literature groups on various topics around northern New England. She also serves on the College Board’s English Literature Examination Committee and as an Institutional Representative to New Hampshire Women in Higher Education Leadership. A facilitator in the Maine Humanities Council’s Literature & Medicine program for seven years and a Literature and Medicine Institute faculty member in 2006 and 2008, Laurie directed the New Hampshire Humanities Council’s health care and humanities initiatives when serving as Senior Program Director there. Her doctorate is in English literature, and she earned her M.A. and B.A. from Boston College. In addition to literature and medicine, Dr. Quinn’s interests include social class issues in and around literature, feminist literary traditions, modern British literature, and contemporary British and American poetry. She lives in Dover, NH with her husband and their son.