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Dr. Kuron holds a Professional Teaching Position with the Leadership program, and is eager to integrate research with teaching to create an environment within which every student can thrive. With an emphasis on active learning, Dr. Kuron frequently regularly incorporates experiential exercises into her classroom, including several that she has developed.
Dr. Kuron earned her PhD in Management (Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management) at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics and Wilfrid Laurier University, after completing a Master's of Science in Management at Laurier, and Bachelor of Commerce with Minors in Statistics and Psychology at Carleton University.
Dr. Kuron is the Chair of the Collegiate Leadership Competition - an international leadership development experience that challenges coaches and students to approach their leadership, followership, and teamwork with critical thinking and purpose, leveraging what they know from seminal leadership theories and integrating it into how they solve problems, together. As a Board Member with the Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, Dr. Kuron is committed to enhancing the value of leadership, management, and experiential education.
Prior to joining the tenure-track, Dr. Kuron held teaching positions at Laurier and the University of Guelph, as well as engaged in various consulting roles within and outside of the post-secondary environment. In her spare time, Dr. Kuron enjoys spending time with her partner and dogs, being outdoors, playing softball, gardening, and doing what she can do to spread joy.
I am proud to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of researchers and instructors at Laurier on a project titled "Instructor Capacity for Equity and Belonging in the Classroom". Additionally, I am interested in exploring the efficacy of intra- and inter-team competition (and other mechanisms) as a pedagogical tool, leadership development trajectories, experiential learning, and the outcomes of co-teaching for students and instructors.
- 2026: Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Award for Teaching Excellence at Wilfrid Laurier University
- 2025: Dr. Leo Groarke Teaching and Learning Award of Excellence at Laurier Brantford
- 2023: Donald F. Morgenson Faculty Award of Teaching Excellence, Early Career Excellence in Teaching
- 2022: Outstanding Practice Paper Award, Association of Leadership Educators
- 2021-23: Coach of the highest-ranked Canadian team at the Collegiate Leadership Competition
- 2016: Best Reviewer, Career Development International
Kirchner, M., Yelich Biniecki, S. M., & Kuron, L. (2026). The cyclical process of teaching excellence. In A. Muthanna, H.N. Tandberg, & M.S. Khine (Eds.), Pedagogical Competence Development in Higher Education Volume 2: Navigating Reflective Practices and Transformative Pedagogies. Routledge.
Dwaikat-Shaer, N., Iqbal, S., Curry-Stevens, A., Kuron, L.K.J., Tang, L., Wang, S., & Taylor, D. (2025). Building faculty efficacy in teaching: Bringing equity and decolonization into focus. Journal of Transformative Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/15413446251371056
Kuron, L.K.J. (2025). Leading to win: The role of inter-group and intra-group competition in leadership education. In D.M. Rosch, D. Jenkins, & S. J. Allen (Eds.), Moving the Needle: Evidence-based Strategies for Developing Leader Capacity. Information Age Press. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83708-544-6
Rosch, D.M., Kuron, L.K.J., Reimer, R.D., Mickler Jr., R., & Jenkins, D.M. (2024). Gender identity, inter-team competition, and leader self-efficacy developmental trajectories in a multi-institutional leader development program. Journal of Leadership Education. 23(1), 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOLE-01-2024-0006
Gibbs, H., Hagerman, B., Hodson, E., Iqbal, S., Klassen, C., Kuron, L., Marshman, J., Mehta, B., & White, M. (2022). “You can't engage in decolonizing work alone”: The challenge, tensions, and value of building Contract Teaching Faculty community in disrupting colonialism. In K.N. Rainville, C.G. Desrochers, & D.G. Title (Eds.), Faculty Learning Communities Working Towards a More Equitable, Just, and Anti-Racist Future in Higher Education. Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/979-8-88730-449-620251016
Kuron, L.K.J., Hodson, E. (2022). Co-construction through co-instruction: The importance, challenges, and opportunities of standpoint plurality in leadership education. Paper Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Leadership Educators, June 26-29, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. (Outstanding Practice Manuscript Award Winner)
Kuron, L.K.J., Lyons, S., Schweitzer, L., & Ng, E.S.W. (2015). "Millennials' work values: Differences across the school to work transition". Personnel Review, 44(6), 991-1009. doi: 10.1108/OR-01-2014-0024.
Kuron, L.K.J., Schweitzer, L., Lyons, S., & Ng, E.S.W. (2016). "Career profiles in the “new career”: Evidence of their prevalence and correlates". Career Development International, 21(4).
Lyons, S., & Kuron, L. (2014). "Generational differences in the workplace: A review of the evidence and directions for future research". Journal of Organizational Behavior, 35(S1), S139-S157. doi: 10.1002/job.1913.
Taggar, S. & Kuron, L.K.J. (2016). "The toll of perceived injustice on job search self-efficacy and behavior". Career Development International, 21(3), 279-298. doi: 10.1108/CDI-10-2015-0139.
My regular teaching load includes in-person courses on the Brantford and Waterloo campuses, as well as online. Most frequently, you can find me teaching:
- OL 140: Leadership Foundations
- OL/PD 224: Organizational Leadership
- OL/HR 251: Workplace Diversity in the 21st Century (co-taught)
- OL 401: Leadership Skills - Practice and Application (check out this article to learn more)
I am also experienced in teaching:
- OL/MB 200: Communication Skills for Leaders
- OL 300: Leadership Ethics
- OL 365: Influence and Persuasion
- OL 380: Directed Studies. Interested in pursuing a Directed Studies with me? Reach out so we can explore the possibility!
I believe that teaching, like learning and leadership, is an iterative and dynamic process. Every year, and semester, in every course, each and every student brings their unique characteristics to the classroom. And so, it is incumbent upon us, as teachers and leaders to also be students; to learn from others and our own experiences to improve our pedagogy. The recognition that I am both a leader and a learner is central to my teaching philosophy: I believe that as a leadership educator, I am in the unique position to practice what I preach, or as Kouzes and Posner (2012) describe in their seminal book, to model the way. I believe that leadership can and should be accessible to everyone and thus it is my moral obligation and distinct pleasure to take a student-centred approach to teaching, so that I can meet students where they are, and nourish their learning spirit (Battiste, 2013).
Contact Info:
T: 548-889-4300
Office location: SCJ305 (Brantford) or AW3-108 (Waterloo)
Office hours: My office hours vary by semester. Please get in touch via email for more information.
Languages spoken: English