Familiar Face
Lauren Vachon
Assistant Professor of LGBTQ Studies
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
Kent Campus
JOB DESCRIPTION:
I teach LGBTQ Studies courses online and at the Kent Campus. I coordinate the LGBTQ Studies minor program and I also am the coordinator for the new LGBTQIA+ living-learning community in Korb Hall.
WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:
January 2012
EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:
Lanc么me Cosmetics Counter manager at Macy鈥檚
LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:
I love participating in a creative learning environment and I love my interactions.
ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER:
Faculty union. Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
RESIDES IN:
Homeworth, Ohio
HOMETOWN:
Cleveland, Ohio
EDUCATION:
B.A. Journalism, Miami University (Oxford, Ohio); M.F.A. Creative Writing, the NEOMFA in Northeast Ohio
HOBBIES:
Gardening, crocheting, knitting, farm life