Laurie Joyner

Laurie M. Joyner is an American academic administrator and sociologist serving as the ninth president of St. Norbert College since 2023.

Life
Joyner earned a bachelor's degree in sociology, magna cum laude, from the Loyola University New Orleans. She worked in administrative positions at her alma mater. She completed a master's degree in Ph.D. in sociology from Tulane University.

Joyner served as a vice president and dean at Rollins College. She later became president of Wittenberg University. Joyner was president of Saint Xavier University from 2017 to 2023. On July 12, 2023, she became the ninth president of St. Norbert College. She is its first female president.

Joyner is married and has three sons.