Associate Professor
Montclair State University
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Dr. Laura Quiros, Ph.D., LMSW advises, coaches, and trains boards of directors, executives, and other professionals across the corporate, professional services, higher education, and non-profit sectors to advance their DEI efforts. She regularly works with clients to expand their racial literacy and help them communicate more openly about race and racism, from a trauma informed lens. She also helps clients identify, understand, and overcome issues that create a culture of organizational whiteness.
For the past 12 years, Dr. Quiros has served as an Associate Professor of Social Work at Adelphi University. Beginning on September 1, 2022 Dr. Quiros will join Montclair State University, Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy as an Associate Professor. This will situate Dr. Quiros in her community of Montclair NJ, where she will continue to lead and be involved in anti-oppression work within the school system and the wider community.
Her research and scholarly interests focus on the social construction of racial and ethnic identity and trauma informed care through a social justice lens. She was awarded the Adelphi University 2021 Award for Excellence in Teaching Social Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (SJEDI).
As a Black Latina who is also Jewish, Dr. Quiros leverages her experiences, relationship building, and clinical skills to foster connections, inclusion, and empathic accountability. Having to negotiate her own identity required her to create safe spaces to survive and thrive and helped her develop tools that allow her to relate to various experiences that impact diverse groups.
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Saturday, November 12, 2022
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM