Lauren joined Georgia Tech in 2014 as Administrative Professional III for the Honors Program and has been promoted to Senior Administrative Professional, Program and Operations Manager, and Program and Operations Manager, Senior. She was appointed to the role of Program and Operations Manager, Senior, for the Undergraduate Curriculum team in the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE) in 2024. 

In 2022, Lauren was nominated for and won a Spirit of Georgia Tech Award, recognizing staff “who inspire others with their presence and professionalism, creating an environment where others flourish and thrive.”

In May 2014, she completed her M.A. after successfully defending her thesis—a collection of nonfiction essays exploring the relationship between society and popular culture. Her first novel, Casket Case, has been longlisted for the Cheshire Novel Prize and is forthcoming from Penguin Random House in the fall of 2024. Lauren is a Contributing Editor for Palaver, an interdisciplinary academic journal, and some of her essays can be found in past issues there. Other interests include writing fiction, reading anything she can find, watching sports, and doing whatever her beagle Lucy commands.