Lauren (LG) Fadiman is a second-year PhD student in history. Her research focuses on the collaboration of political, penal, and psychiatric institutions during the Interwar period, as well as the legacy of early-20th-century socialist and anarchist groups. Previously, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with degree in folklore and mythology from Harvard College, and is now a practicing folklorist whose work for popular audiences on conspiracy theories, contemporary legends, American religious life, and the cultural periphery, has appeared or is forthcoming in publications including The Baffler, Jacobin, Current Affairs, Orion, and Real Life.
LG has experience working with advanced students of all ages on structure and style in academic writing, but is especially excited about the process of converting academic work into writing for popular audiences.