Stivers, Laura, PhD

Laura Stivers is a Full Professor of Social Ethics at Dominican University of California and is the Co-Chair for the Division of Public Affairs. For six years she served as Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Education; two years as Director of the Graduate Humanities program; and two years as Chair of the Religion and Philosophy Department at Dominican.

Laura received her Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, her M.Div. from Pacific School of Religion, and her B.A. from Saint Olaf College. Before coming to Dominican University, she worked for ten years at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina where she taught philosophy and religion and was the Dean of the School of Religion.

Laura is currently working on a book entitled Housing for All. She is the author of Disrupting Homelessness: Alternative Christian Approaches; Co-author Earth Ethics: A Case Method Approach; Co-author of Christian Ethics: A Case Method Approach; and Co-editor of Justice in a Global Economy: Strategies for Home, Community, and World.

Laura has served on the Board of the Society of Christian Ethics and was a past President of the Southeast Commission for the Study of Religion. She also served on the leadership team of the Marin Interfaith Homeless Chaplaincy and advocated locally for affordable housing.