Lauren Jones McKown


  • Associate Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights & Title IX
  • Title IX Coordinator
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Contact Info

Dole Human Development Center, room 1082
1002 Sunnyside Avenue,
Lawrence, KS 66045

Biography

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.

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Education

J.D., New England School of Law, Boston, MA
M.S. in Higher Education Administration, University of Kansas
B.A. in Film Studies, University of Kansas