Noel Academy for Strengths-Based Leadership and Education

• Noel Academy for Strengths-Based Leadership and Education

• About the Academy
• • What Makes the Academy Unique?
  • Meet the Faculty and Staff
  • History
  • Chip Anderson Biography
  • Partners
• The Strengths Movement
• Strengths at APU
• Academy Services
• Strengths-Oriented Tools
• News and Calendar
• Contact Information

Meet the Faculty and Staff

Shawna Lafreniere, Ph.D.
Strategic Development Coordinator

Phone: (626) 387-5745
Email: slafreniere@apu.edu

Shawna Lafreniere, Ph.D., is the Strategic Development Coordinator for the Noel Academy. In addition to this role, Lafreniere teaches undergraduate and graduate leadership courses and is passionate about issues of gender and leadership. Her dissertation research focused on analyzing gendered perceptions of characteristics that make leaders ideal for Christian higher education.

Prior to joining APU in 2004, Lafreniere served as the founder and executive director of the Canadian Christian College Tour and Christian Higher Education Enrollment Association Canada. In 2001, she was awarded the National Association of Christian College Admission Personnel Regional Service Award for Canada and has been nominated twice as one of Canada’s “Top 40, Under 40” leaders.