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[[File:LaRissaLawrie2.jpg|thumb|200x300px|LaRissaLawrie2.jpg]] == '''Contact Information''' == If you would like to get in touch with LaRissa, feel free to email her at larissa@lawriecreative.com, call her at (316) 734-9212 and/or reach out on social media. Her website is larissalawrie.com.<br/> Feel free to contact her about any or all of the following: Teaching Design Thinking classes, navigating higher education systems, starting university innovation and entrepreneurship clubs, unconferences, hosting design competitions, I&E curriculum, and communication-related items like social media marketing. ----
LaRissa Lawrie earned a B.A. in Strategic Communication from Wichita State University in 2017. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Arts in Communication from Wichita State and is set to graduate in 2019.
As part of her UIF work, LaRissa gives pop-up classes/seminars on design-thinking, rapid prototyping, and creative confidence skills. This has served as a way to involve non-technical students in the innovation eco-system and get them involved. LaRissa is a past President of Lambda Pi Eta at Wichita State University - a national communications honor society. She also was awarded a one-year [http://www.salon.com/2017/07/26/introducing-salons-young-americans-project-reporting-from-the-red-states/ writing fellowship with Salon]. She is active in the entrepreneurship and communications communities in Wichita, she is also a member of the Wichita Professional Communicators and the National Federation of Press Women.
Throughout her college career, she has been interested in the positive effects of bringing together diverse groups of students. LaRissa learned about University Innovation Fellows when she co-founded Shocker Startup with Wesley Alexis and Hannah Hund. UIF has given her the opportunity to explore how innovation and entrepreneurship can empower students. LaRissa’s passion is at the intersection of communication and technology. That passion is one of the primary drivers of her work to introduce interdisciplinary studies to Wichita State. ---- == '''Contact Information''' == If you would like to get in touch with LaRissa, feel free to email her at larissa@lawriecreative.com, call her at (316) 734-9212 and/or reach out on social media. Her website is larissalawrie.com.<br/><br/>Feel free to contact her about any or all of the following: Teaching Design Thinking classes, navigating higher education systems, starting university innovation and entrepreneurship clubs, unconferences, hosting design competitions, I&E curriculum, and communication-related items like social media marketing.
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