Lauren Braun

Lauren Braun serves as Associate Director in Oxford College's Advising Support Center.  Lauren also serves as the student transitions and integration specialist. In that role Lauren helps Oxford sophomores prepare for the second half of their 4 year degrees at Emory's Atlanta Campus.

Prior to joining the Oxford community, Lauren served as assistant director for academic advising in the Office for Undergraduate Education (OUE). During her time at the OUE, Lauren worked with the OUE deans, various campus partners, and hired/trained the OUE graduate assistant advising staff. She monitored students of concern, and has trained staff on various college policies and procedures. In addition to working with emory's undergraduate students, she helped to advise first year students, new transfer students and all students interested in the Dual Degree Program with the Georgia Institute of Technology. 

Prior to joining the OUE, Lauren held positions at Valdosta State University (advising international students) and at Duke University (various roles). Throughout her career, Lauren has been advising students.  

In her free time, Lauren is an avid distance runner (active member in the Atlanta Track Club). Students might see Lauren running the track or the Oxford trail. She is also a huge animal lover (her family has a farm in South, GA), and she is always happy to show off pictures of her Yellow Lab named Duke (whenever appropriate students may see Duke on campus!). She also loves her family and spends down time with her husband Gavin and her twin sister in Atlanta (she loves being the "fun aunt").