Lauren Crichton Senior Professorial Lecturer City Teaching Alliance Program

Bio: Prior to joining the AU School of Education, Lauren served as the Lead Clinical Faculty for Secondary ELA in the DC Urban Teachers program at Johns Hopkins University's Graduate School of Education. There, she taught ELA methods courses and coached a caseload of novice ELA and history teachers. As a former high school history and ELA teacher herself, Lauren is passionate about leveraging the power of good questions and inquiry-based frameworks to drive student engagement and craft transformative, equitable learning experiences for all students.

Lauren is a winner of the Harriett Ball Excellence in Teaching Award and the Urban Teachers DC Excellence in Teaching Award.

Lauren is a graduate of Georgetown University and American University. She recently completed her EdD at Johns Hopkins University, where her dissertation research focused on novice teacher retention. Outside of work, Lauren enjoys spending time with her husband and son, being outdoors, and doing puzzles. She is always up for a word game!

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