Lauren Jones McKown

Lauren joined KU as Associate Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights & Title IX in June 2022. She previously served as Title IX Coordinator at Northern Virginia Community College, where she administered the college’s Title IX grievance procedure, provided support measures for reports of sexual misconduct and built Title IX awareness and compliance programs for the institution’s six campuses. In that position, she also volunteered as a search advocate and Acting Threat Assessment Team Chair.

From 2018-2020, Lauren was the Director for the Center of Accommodation and Access/Title IX Coordinator at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, where she spread awareness about disability and gender/sex related issues in the classroom and on campus, developed a team Title IX personnel and built a strong network of colleagues. From 2016-2018, Lauren served as the Director for Compliance and Director for Equal Opportunity and Diversity/Title IX Coordinator at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, TX, where she received a Certificate of Appreciation from the DEA for commitment to the opioid crisis at the border.

Prior to working in higher education, Lauren worked at Boston area family law firms including, Foley & MacAdie, P.C. and Helman & Neustadt. Lauren remains an attorney in good standing with the Massachusetts Bar. Lauren serves as the secretary of the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA) Diversity Committee.

Training:

• ATIXA Investigation Foundations and Decision Making for Higher Education, December 2023
• ATIXA Title IX Coordinator 5, June 2023
• ATIXA DEI Practitioners Foundations, June 2023
• ATIXA Investigator and Hearing Decision Maker, September 2022 and December 2022
• Gender Identity on Campus through ATIXA, April 2022
• Title IX Coordinator for Healthcare Settings Certification through ATIXA, March 2022