Dr. Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

Instructor in the College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Human Development at the University of New Orleans and IUPUI-Society for U.S. Intellectual History Community Scholar

Shepherd’s expertise is in the history of United States higher education from the 20th century to present, especially on the topic of conservatism in the academy. She is an instructor in the College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Human Development at the University of New Orleans and an IUPUI-Society for US Intellectual History Community Scholar.

About Creator

Shepherd’s first book, Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars, is out now from the University of North Carolina Press. Her work and commentary have been featured in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, TIME Magazine, NPR’s All Things Considered, POLITICO, Vox, The Nation, Jacobin, The Daily Beast, and Contingent.

In addition to research and writing, she enjoys teaching Pilates and practicing yoga. She lives with her husband and their dogs in South Mississippi.