Lauren K. Hall is Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the author of the books Family and the Politics of Moderation (Baylor U. Press, 2014) and The Medicalization of Birth and Death (Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2019). She writes about political polarization and moderation at her Substack The Radical Moderate's Guide to Life: https://radicalmoderatesguide.substack.com/

She has a PhD in Political Science from Northern Illinois University (2007) and a BA in Philosophy from Binghamton University (2002).

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology

Education

  • 2026 
    Institute for Humane Studies, Distinguished Fellow for the Study of Liberalism and a Free Society

Publications

  • 2019
    The Medicalization of Birth and Death, Johns Hopkins University Press
  • 2014
    Family and the Politics of Moderation, Baylor University Press

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