Laura K Gronewold
- Senior Lecturer, Public Health
- (520) 626-6965
- AHSC, Rm. 4335
- TUCSON, AZ 85724-5163
- laurag1@arizona.edu
Biography
Laura Gronewold, PhD, is Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Internships in the Department of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Dr. Gronewold’s professional career has involved working in both academia and community settings, with a focus on using critical and empathetic dialogue to build community and empower individuals. As Director of Education for Ben’s Bells Project in Tucson, she developed curricula and led workshops about how social-emotional skills build community and effect positive social change. She also created a community education program to promote social justice through guided dialogue with other community partners. Other community projects include serving as Project Manager for The Loft Cinema’s presentation of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival and as serving as consulting scholar on Kore Press’ Coming in Hot Civil Discourse Tour. She was a 2018-2019 Tucson Public Voices Fellow with The Op Ed Project.
Dr. Gronewold’s past academic and faculty work includes redesigning a civic engagement course in University of Arizona Honors College, where she also directed the Honors Alternative Spring Break program and advised Flinn Scholars attending UA. Her teaching background includes original design for writing/composition, literature, film, gender & women’s studies, and critical thinking. Dr. Gronewold has received two teaching awards: UArizona Honors College Excellence in Teaching (2015) and UArizona English Department Ruth Gardner Teaching Award (2006).
For two years, she served as Co-Chair of University of Arizona Commission on the Status of Women, promoting equity, opportunity, and diversity across the UA campus. She also co-led the Commission through a strategic redirection and successful change management. In her teaching and community work, Dr. Gronewold practices a social-justice methodology and empowers students to use critical dialogue and close reading to better understand privilege, social location, cultural capital, and civic engagement.
In addition to her other degrees, Dr. Gronewold holds a graduate certificate in Women's Studies and a Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership, both from University of Arizona. She studied abroad in Tours, France, at Institut de Touraine.
Degrees
- Ph.D. English
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Chick Lit and Its Canonical Forefathers: Anxieties About Female Subjectivity in Contemporary Women's Fiction
- Graduate Certificate Women's Studies
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- M.A. English (American Literature)
- University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, United States
- Margaret Atwood's Evil Women in Lady Oracle, Cat's Eye, and The Robber Bride
- B.A. English (with Honors)
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Awards
- MEZCOPH Excellence in Teaching Award
- MEZCOPH, Fall 2023
- Faculty Excellence in Teaching Awards Nominee
- MEZCOPH / HPS Department nominee, Fall 2022 (Award Nominee)
- Writing Across the Curriculum Fellowship
- University of Arizona, Writing Across the Curriculum initiative, Summer 2021
- Honors College Advising Award
- University of Arizona Honors College, Spring 2015 (Award Nominee)
- Honors College Excellence in Teaching
- University of Arizona Honors College, Spring 2015
- Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) Teaching Award
- University of Arizona Graduate and Professional Student Council, Spring 2011 (Award Nominee)
- Julie Christakis DeFazio Teaching Award
- University of Arizona English Department/Writing Program, Spring 2010 (Award Nominee)
- Ruth Gardner Teaching Award
- University of Arizona English Department/Writing Program, Spring 2006
Licensure & Certification
- Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership, University of Arizona (2017)
Interests
Research
Public Health Narratives, Mentoring and Leadership, Cultural Criticism, Film and Literary Analysis, Gender & Women's Studies
Teaching
Writing and First-Year Writing, Narrative in Public Health, Internship and Experiential Learning, Film and Literature, Critical Thinking, Civic Engagement, Social-Emotional Skill Building, Gender & Women’s Studies
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Spring 2025) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Spring 2025) -
Public Health Narratives
HPS 307 (Spring 2025) -
Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Fall 2024) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Fall 2024) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Fall 2024) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Fall 2024) -
Public Health Narratives
HPS 307 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Summer I 2024) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Summer I 2024) -
Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Spring 2024) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Spring 2024) -
Honors Thesis
HPS 498H (Spring 2024) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Spring 2024) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Spring 2024) -
Public Health Narratives
HPS 307 (Spring 2024) -
Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Fall 2023) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Fall 2023) -
Honors Thesis
HPS 498H (Fall 2023) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Fall 2023) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Fall 2023) -
Public Health Narratives
HPS 307 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Summer I 2023) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Summer I 2023) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Summer I 2023) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Summer I 2023) -
Public Health Narratives
HPS 307 (Summer I 2023) -
Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Spring 2023) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Spring 2023) -
Honors Thesis
HPS 498H (Spring 2023) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Spring 2023) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Spring 2023) -
Public Health Narratives
HPS 307 (Spring 2023) -
Special Topics in Humanities
HNRS 195J (Spring 2023) -
Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Fall 2022) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Fall 2022) -
Honors Thesis
HPS 498H (Fall 2022) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Fall 2022) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Fall 2022) -
Public Health Narratives
HPS 307 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Summer I 2022) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Summer I 2022) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Summer I 2022) -
Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Spring 2022) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Spring 2022) -
Honors Thesis
HPS 498H (Spring 2022) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Spring 2022) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Spring 2022) -
Public Health Narratives
HPS 307 (Spring 2022) -
Special Topics in Humanities
HNRS 195J (Spring 2022) -
Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Fall 2021) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Fall 2021) -
Honors Thesis
HPS 498H (Fall 2021) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Fall 2021) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Fall 2021) -
Public Health Narratives
HPS 307 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Summer I 2021) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Summer I 2021) -
Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Spring 2021) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Spring 2021) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Spring 2021) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Spring 2021) -
Public Health Narratives
HPS 307 (Spring 2021) -
Special Topics in Humanities
HNRS 195J (Spring 2021) -
Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Fall 2020) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Fall 2020) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Fall 2020) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Fall 2020) -
Public Health Narratives
HPS 307 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Summer I 2020) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Summer I 2020) -
Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Spring 2020) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Spring 2020) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Spring 2020) -
Special Topics Public Health
HPS 495 (Spring 2020) -
Special Topics in Humanities
HNRS 195J (Spring 2020) -
Field Work in Public Health
HPS 493A (Fall 2019) -
Honors Internship
HPS 493H (Fall 2019) -
Internship in Public Health
HPS 493B (Fall 2019)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Gronewold, L. K., & Daly-Galeano, M. (2017). The Work is Never Done: Women's Collaboration in the Workplace from Louisa May Alcott to Contemporary Chick Lit. Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture, 17(2).
Presentations
- Gronewold, L. K., Bowshier, L., & Mapes, A. C. (2023, February). Panel title: "Learningful Unlearning: Implementing Antiracist WAC Programming & Embedded Tutoring.”
Presentation title: “I learned to hate writing less: HPS 307, Public Health Narratives as a Case Study for Implementing Antiracist WAC Principles & Embedded Tutoring.”. CCCC 2023 (Conference on College Composition and Communication). Chicago, IL: NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English).More infoAccess Copy: https://tinyurl.com/M20access - Gronewold, L. K. (2021, June). Public Health Narratives. MEZCOPH Young Global Leaders Program. Tucson: MEZCOPH.
- Gronewold, L. K., Deanna, L., & Amanda, S. (2021, December). Facilitating Dialogue on "Moving from Conversation to Action". MEZCOPH All-College Retreat. Tucson: MEZCOPH.
- Gronewold, L. K., & Romero, E. K. (2020, October). Writing for the Public (with Eva Romero). UArizona Cooperative Extension Conference. Tucson, AZ: Cooperative Extension.
- Gronewold, L. K., & Tearne, M. (2020, December). Creating Inclusive, Student-Centered Experiences: An Ongoing Process in the Classroom and Beyond. UAHS LGBTQ+ Interest Group. Tucson: UArizona UAHS.
- Gronewold, L. K., Lewis, D., & Soken, A. (2020, December). Using Stories for Growth and Change (2nd invitation). MEZCOPH All-College Retreat. Tucson: MEZCOPH.
- Gronewold, L. K., Lewis, D., & Soken, A. (2020, November). Using Stories for Growth and Change. MEZCOPH Conversations with the Dean. Tucson: MEZCOPH.
- Gronewold, L. K. (2017, August). Self-Kindness Practice and Privilege: Building Self-Awareness. Flinn Scholars Retreat. Prescott, AZ: Flinn Foundation.
- Gronewold, L. K. (2017, October). Kindness Matters: Finding the Strength and Courage to Lead. Lewis-Clark State College. Lewiston, ID: Lewis-Clark State College.
- Gronewold, L. K. (2016, June). Be Vulnerable and Be Kind: A New Model for Career that Values Flexibility, Collaboration, and Connectedness. Arizona Women in Higher Education (AWHE). Flagstaff, AZ: Northern Arizona University.
- Gronewold, L. K. (2016, November). What Will Your Story Be? Using Storytelling to Make Sense of Privilege. Young Women's Empowerment Conference. Canton, OH: Walsh University.
- Gronewold, L. K. (2015, August). Make It Work: Finding & Maintaining Strong Mentor Relationships. Flinn Scholars Retreat. Prescott, AZ: Flinn Foundation.
- Gronewold, L. K., & McGrath, S. (2015, June). Flexible, Collaborative, and Connected: The New Model for Career Success. Arizona Women in Higher Education (AWHE). Flagstaff, AZ: Northern Arizona University.
- Gronewold, L. K. (2014, November). Feminist Pedagogies in the Civic Engagement Classroom. American Studies Association Conference. Los Angeles, CA: American Studies Association.
- Gronewold, L. K., & Walter, K. (2013, November). Ideas Into Action: Team-Oriented Service Learning for Honors Students at a Large University. National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC). New Orleans, LA: National Collegiate Honors Council.
Other Teaching Materials
- Gronewold, L. K. (2008. Tips for Successful Workshopping. Hayden-McNeil Publishing.
Others
- Gronewold, L. K. (2019, February). Masculinity Needs to Learn Kindness as a Skill. Thrive Global. https://thriveglobal.com/stories/masculinity-needs-to-learn-kindness-as-a-skill/More infoOpEd
- Gronewold, L. K. (2019, May). Advice for parents of new graduates: Life is more than college grades. Arizona Daily Star. https://tucson.com/opinion/local/laura-gronewold-advice-for-parents-of-new-graduates-life-is/article_e13b3e5d-023e-5316-992d-3950de85c1ce.htmlMore infoOpEd
- Gronewold, L. K. (2019, November). More options for childcare, better pay essential for Arizona children's development. Arizona Daily Star. https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-more-options-for-childcare-better-pay-essential-for/article_ea6350c0-082a-5545-b85b-5c950f90a30c.htmlMore infoOpEd in Arizona Daily Star
- Gronewold, L. K. (2018, December). Employers must do more to support foster parents. The Hechinger Report. https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-employers-must-do-more-to-support-foster-parents/More infoOpEd
- Gronewold, L. K. (2013, September). Mentoring and Career Success. University of Arizona Career Services News.
