Lauren O'Connell, PhD

Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director

Dr. O'Connell is a Lecturer in the Theology Department as well as the Undergraduate Programs Director. She spends most of her time teaching and advising but also co-chairs the Teaching the Bible with Popular Culture section for the Midwest Regional Meeting for Biblical Studies and organizes the accompanying Student Religious Studies Conference.

Education

PhD New Testament & Early Christianity Loyola University Chicago

MA Religion University of Chicago

BA Journalism University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Interests

Theological Pedagogy, The Bible and Popular Culture