Recent Publications
Foster, Lauren K. Metacognition as a Transformative Process in Teaching and Learning. George Mason University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2023.
Foster, Lauren K. Why Did You Become an Educator? American Association of Colleges and Universities. Vol. 108, No. 1. Winter 2022
Foster, Lauren K. A Call for Cognizant Writing Pedagogy in First Year Composition: A Cultural Study to Promote Agency in Student Writing Development and Teacher Transformation. TYCA-Southeast Journal. Vol. 54. No. 1. Spring 2021.
Foster, Lauren K. "Problem Based Learning: Connecting Sociocultural Theory with Service Learning and Reflection." Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges 23.1 (2020): 12.
Grogan, Rob., Foster, Lauren K. “Biography, Lauren Foster.” Front Porch Magazine Fredericksburg, VA. March 2012.
Foster, Lauren K. “Spotsylvania County offers so Much for a Family Vacation or Weekend Getaway.” Traveling the Battlefields of Fredericksburg. Virginia Association of Counties, County Connections. 1, September 2011.
Current Research and Presentations
Texas A&M University System 2025 Academic Leader’s Symposium. Instructional Excellence. Lauren Foster, PhD, and Jean Layne, PhD. July 2025.
Charting the Course: Creating Strategies for Accelerating the Movement Across HSIs. National Higher Education Teaching Conference. June 2024.
Virginia Department of Education, English Education Advisory Board. Standards of Learning Revision. September 2023-May 2024.
New Horizons Conference. Presenter. What Works with English Direct Enrollment. April 2022.
Germanna Community College Professional Development, ACUE Faculty Reflections Roundtable. Foster, Lauren, Marsich, David, et al. January 2022
Germanna Community College Professional Development. Student Engagement in Online Environment. 5, January 2021. Foster, Lauren K., Yi, Novel
NCTE Annual Convention Program. Find Your "Why?": Teaching Memoir as Advocacy. Roundtable Discussion. November 2020
Germanna Community College Professional Development. Problem-Based Learning: Lessons and New Directions. Presentation, 18 August 2020. Mairs, Neil. Foster, K. Lauren.
New Horizons Conference. Presenter. Problem-Based Learning: Connecting Sociocultural Theory with Service Learning and Reflection. Roundtable Discussion. April 2020.
VCCS Professional Development, Lead Faculty Developer and Trainer, Richmond, VA Cultivating Teaching Pedagogy Cognizant of Student Writing Development: Research Methods (Foster, Lauren, Sloan, Ben, Jacobs, Ronette). July 2019-2022.
Innovations of Teaching and Learning Conference, George Mason University. Presenter. Global Instruction Across Curricula: Using Problem-Based Learning to Make Connections on a Sociocultural Level. Presentation. 23 September 2019