Meet the Team

Since January 2022, Lauren Turner has served as senior vice president of talent and inclusion and chief diversity officer at WPI. Reporting directly to the President, she oversees all aspects of WPI’s human resources and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) functions, including compensation, benefits, talent acquisition, performance management, learning and development, organizational development, employee engagement, labor relations, and employee relations, HR information systems, data and analytics, DEI, and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Multicultural Education (ODIME). WPI ...

Dr. Tony Laing is a K-12 and higher education scholar-practitioner. He teaches and writes in the area of gender, sexuality and youth studies. Specifically, his scholarship and publications lie at the intersection of youth studies, gender studies (constructions of masculinities), single-gender schools, queer theory, and African American Studies. Dr. Laing serves as the Assistant Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging within Talent and Inclusion at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Previously, he served as K-12 Wayland METCO Director which provides educational ...

Morgan Torian is a DEIB and HR professional with 10 years of experience in higher education, nonprofit, and corporate tech spaces. Morgan brings a passion for all things critical learning, community building, and social justice. Morgan holds a Master of Arts in Education from the University of San Francisco’s International & Multicultural Education program, where she focused on challenging and dismantling Whiteness in the classroom at predominantly White institutions through a Critical Race Theory lens. Morgan is excited about recruitment, onboarding, engagement, growth, and retention of ...