Laurie A. Van Egeren is Michigan State University's assistant provost for university-community partnerships. She is also adjunct faculty member in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. Dr. Van Egeren served as acting director of the Michigan State University Museum and most recently served as interim associate provost for university outreach and engagement. Van Egeren conducts engaged research funded by NSF, NIH, state government, and foundations, including state evaluations of afterschool programs and child care consultation programs; early childhood science education; youth-driven spaces; parent programs for children diagnosed with autism; and programs to increase STEM college entry among African-American students. She is on the board of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium, the leadership team of the NSF-funded Center for Advancing Research Impacts in Society, and the Executive Committee of the Commission for Economic and Community Development of the Association for Public and Land-grant Universities. She has a master's in clinical child/family psychology and a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Michigan State University.
Research and professional Interests:
- Prevention and intervention research and evaluation
- Early childhood science education
- Out-of-school-time programming
- Broader impacts
- Science communication
- Institutional engagement
Recent Publications
Wu, J. H., Akaeze, H. O. & Van Egeren, L. A. Tracking child development in preschool settings: The case of COR Advantage. Dimensions of Early Childhood.
Fitzgerald, H. E., Van Egeren, L. & Bargerstock, B. (2021). Public research universities as engines for economic development and innovation. In A. Furco, R. Bruininks, R. J. Jones, & K. Kent (Eds). Re-envisioning the Public Research University: Tensions and Dilemna (pp ). New York: Taylor & Francis.
Wu, J. H., Davies, T., Thoreson, L. & Van Egeren, L. (2020). Giving data a voice through coaching: The Michigan example. In C. Newhouse & C. Russell (Eds.), Measure, use, improve! Data use in Out-of-School Time (1st ed., pp. 259 - 274). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing Inc.
Chang, C., Kelly, K., Horn, M., Houang, R., Gardiner, J. Van Egeren, L. & Wu, H. (2020). Classification accuracy and parameter estimation in multilevel contexts: A study of conditional nonparametric multilevel latent class analysis. Methodology, 5, 19–25.
Fitzgerald, H. E., Van Egeren, L., & Bargerstock, B.A. (2018). Public research universities as engines for economic development and innovation. In A. Furco, R. Bruininks, R. J. Jones, & K. Kent (Eds.), Re-envisioning the public research university: Tensions and demands. New York, NY: Routledge.
Recent Reports
Wu, J. H., Weber, E., Van Egeren, L. & Akaeze, H. (2022). Great Start Readiness Program State Evaluation 2020-21 Annual Report. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.
Michigan State University Evaluation Team (2019). Michigan 21st Century Community Learning Centers 2017-2018 Grantee/Site Data Tables. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University (Program-specific reports to 200+ sites annually)
Michigan State University Evaluation Team (2019). Michigan 21st Century Community Learning Centers 2017-2018 Leading Indicators Report. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University (Program-specific reports to 20+ grantees annually).
Michigan State University Evaluation Team (2019). The Evaluation of Michigan 21st Century Community Learning Centers 2017-2018 Annual Report. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.
Wu, J. H., Lee, K., and Van Egeren, L. A. (2019). Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) State Evaluation 2017-18 Annual Report. Part one: Accessibility and program quality results. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.
Recent Presentations
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(April 2019)
Out-of-school-time program effects on standardized test scores during early adolescence: A multi-level growth modeling approach
Wu, H. J., Van Egeren, L. A., Yang, N., Prince, B. & Stoddard, D. (2019, April). Out-of-school-time program effects on standardized test scores during early adolescence: A multi-level growth modeling approach. Paper presented at the 2019 American Education and Research Association Annual Meeting, Canada, Toronto.
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(April 2017)
Broader impacts evaluation 101
Van Egeren, L. A., Spencer, D., Risien, J., & Baker, J. (2017, April). Broader impacts evaluation 101. Panelist in workshop presented at the National Alliance for Broader Impacts Summit, Stevenson, WA.
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(April 2017)
Does Head Start on Science improve children’s reasoning about evidence?
Morris, B., Van Egeren, L. A., Lee, K.S., Schwarz, C., & Pierce, S. (2017, April 6-8). Does Head Start on Science improve children’s reasoning about evidence? Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development conference, Austin, TX.
