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:

Lancôme Cosmetics Counter manager at Macy’s

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