Lauren is a PhD candidate in musicology. Her dissertation, “The Harmony of the Separate Spheres: British Nationalism and Gender Formation in Nineteenth-Century Domestic Music,” comprises a series of case studies of British figures who participated in distinctly British styles of composition, music criticism, and amateur and professional performance in the nineteenth century, demonstrating how Britain’s assertion of a distinct native musical style regulated the behavior of the emergent middle class. She graduated summa cum laude from Mercyhurst University with a B.A. in English and music and a minor in philosophy. Upon graduation, she was the Arts recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in the Hafenmaier College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences. She also holds an M.A. in musicology from Eastman.

Lauren has presented work at meetings of the North American Conference on Nineteenth- Century Music; Music in 19th-Century Britain conference; the Midwest Victorian Studies Association; the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals; and the North American British Music Studies Association, among others. Her research has been supported by the Susan B. Anthony Institute and the Glenn Watkins Traveling Fellowship. Currently, she teaches MHS 122: Musical Legacies 1750–1900 and works in the Eastman Writing Center and the Sibley Music Library. She is a member of the music honor society Pi Kappa Lambda. In the past, she served as Doctoral Liaison and then President of the Eastman Graduate Students Association.

lganger@u.rochester.edu