Hertha Depper

Laura K.M. Donorfio, PhD, FAGHE, is an associate professor and holds fellow status in both the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Connectiut. Since 2004, Dr. Donorfio has served as an undergraduate and graduate internship supervisor for UCONN's Human Development and Family Sciences Department, working with a wide range of community partners (both profit and nonprofit) and educational settings. She has been honored both nationally and locally for her many teaching accomplishments, including AGHE's "Distinguished Faculty" award and UCONN's Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching award. Dr. Donorfio has over twenty-five years of teaching and research experience. She has given over sixty scholarly presentations, nationally and internationally, related to student reflection, innovative andragogy and geragogy teaching platforms, intergenerational and lifelong experiential learning approaches, and what impacts success from both the students' and community partners' perspectives. In 2021, Dr. Donorfio marked ten years as director of the AGHE Teaching Institute.