Laura Kerr is the Administrative Service Coordinator for African American Studies, American Studies, and Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies. Serving as a public facing liaison, she supports students, faculty, staff, and the public, assists with course scheduling, purchases, department websites, and creating promotional materials.  

She received a bachelor’s degree in American Studies with a certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Iowa and a master’s in Information Science from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She has presented at conferences including Conversation on Collecting Yellowstone discussing the Midwestern experience of vacation and exploration in Yellowstone through collections at the University of Iowa.