Meet Dr. Laura Colket, Founder
The Mind Behind the Mission
Scholar-practitioner, educational leader and founder of Whole Human Leadership, based in Ithaca, NY.
About Dr. Laura Colket
Over 20 years of designing transformative learning
Dr. Laura Colket is a scholar-practitioner and educational leader with over 20 years of experience across primary, secondary, nonprofit and higher education around the globe. A Fulbright Specialist with a master's and doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, she specializes in bridging complex institutional strategy with human-centered, equitable teaching and learning.
Her work includes designing and leading innovative graduate programs, redesigning undergraduate core curricula, and spearheading faculty development initiatives in the U.S. and internationally. She has guided high-stakes institutional transitions, including university-wide shifts to online teaching and the ethical integration of generative AI, while keeping a steadfast commitment to social justice and environmental stewardship.
As a qualitative methodologist and co-founder of the Center for Research on Storytelling in Education, Dr. Colket uses narrative research, practitioner research and participatory action research to drive personal, professional and organizational transformation. Her published work, including the edited volume Becoming: Transformative Storytelling for Education's Future, explores how storytelling and research can fuel professional growth, organizational transformation and educational equity.
Based in Ithaca, NY, Dr. Colket is completing her forthcoming book, "Leaders as Healers: The Courage to Humanize Higher Education." Her teaching and leadership are grounded in a holistic approach designed to create environments where individuals and communities can thrive.
- CurriculumCurriculum and program design
- LeadershipLeadership and faculty development
- StorytellingNarrative and action research
- ExperientialGlobal, inquiry and project-based
Founding Facilitator
How the Whole Human Leadership approach began
With over two decades of experience designing transformative learning journeys, I developed the Whole Human Leadership approach by integrating somatic wisdom, creativity, joy, community building and nature-based approaches.
My work is dedicated to humanizing the workplace by helping visionaries move beyond cognitive burnout and reclaim their creative agency and well-being.
Voices of Transformation
“You make people better versions of themselves.”
“You reinforce the spirit of intellectualism by creating the space where different opinions can co-exist.”
“You asked us questions that no one here had ever asked us. You brought the personal into the professional in such powerful ways.”
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