Loury Floyd

• Ph.D., Educational Policy, Planning and Leadership, College of William & Mary
• M.Ed., Education, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
• B.A., Special Education, North Carolina A&T University

A well-respected educator with more than 25 years of experience in higher education, Loury Ollison Floyd joined Lenoir-Rhyne as assistant provost for academic operations in July 2023.

As assistant provost for academic operations, Floyd collaborates with faculty and staff on external grants to enhance academic affairs initiatives; serve as SACSCOC liaison; partner with the provost on all accreditation efforts on campus; and enhance and provide faculty development with respect to scholarship, leadership and mentoring.

Floyd came to LR from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where she was a professor and dean of the School of Education. At UNC Pembroke, Floyd worked to secure funding from the United States Department of Education Office of Indian Education, Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity, and the Anonymous Trust. Funding for these initiatives totaled $4.5 million and was focused on creating culturally responsive curricula and diversifying the teacher workforce.

Before UNC Pembroke, Floyd served as associate dean of Educator Preparation and Undergraduate Programs in the College of Education at North Carolina A&T State University. She has written numerous mini-grants and collaborated with students to create home-learning toolkits for families. She also has co-authored articles published in Teacher Education and Special Education, Intervention in School and Clinic, Academic Exchange Quarterly, The Educational Forum, The Clearing House and The Centroid. Floyd has also co-authored two book chapters, “Relationships In and Outside the Inclusive Classroom” and “Response to Intervention and Inclusion: Facilitating Collaborative Arrangements.”