Laura Hsu, Ph.D., a native of Buena Park, has been awarded tenure as associate professor of human development and human services at Merrimack College.
Hsu, who holds an Ed.D. in human development and psychology from Harvard University, began teaching at Merrimack in 2012.
Her research interests are self-integration, aging, priming effects and mindfulness.
According to the American Association of University Professors, tenure—a continuous academic appointment—promotes the freedom of teaching and research that is “indispensable to the success of an institution in fulfilling its obligations to its students and to society.”
The only Catholic Augustinian college in New England, Merrimack College is an independent, coeducational institution with more than 4,200 undergraduates, continuing education and graduate students from 34 states and 36 countries, comprising schools of liberal arts, science and engineering, health sciences, education and social policy, and business. The college’s 220-acre campus is situated approximately 25 miles north of Boston in North Andover and Andover, Mass. Accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education, Merrimack is a Master’s Colleges & Universities/Medium Programs institution in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, a top-50 Regional University/North in U.S. News, and a top-10 Most Transformative institution in Money Magazine.
Hsu studied at UC Berkeley before earning graduate degrees at Harvard and then beginning to take teaching positions on the east coast.
