Assistant Director of Research Communications
ldquinn@illinois.edu
Session: Finding Our Footing: Pivoting Communications in Unprecedented Times
Time: April 9th, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Lauren Quinn is the assistant director of research communications for the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she oversees strategic science storytelling and media relations in collaboration with federal relations staff, faculty, and other college and campus leaders. She is active in her professional society, the National Association of Science Writers, serving as co-chair of the Institutional Communicators Committee. She also founded the U. of I. Communicators group on Teams and co-founded the Media Monthly series, which offers monthly professional development and community-building opportunities for campus communicators. In an earlier career, Lauren earned a doctorate and completed multiple postdoctoral projects in plant ecology, studying invasive species in natural landscapes.