Background
Young, Lauren Sue Jones was born on July 21, 1947 in San Diego, California, United States. Daughter of Warren Calvin and Lola Esther (Rucker) Jones.
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Lauren Sue Jones Young
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Lauren Sue Jones Young, American education educator. Recipient Danforth Foundation fellow, St. Louis, 1978-1984, teacher scholar award, M.S.U., 1993. Team member Operation Crossroads Africa, Morogoro, Tanzania, 1968; member program advisory board Spencer Foundation, 1992; chair board directors Josephinum Academy, Chicago, 2005-2007. Member American Educational Research Association.
Education
AB, Occidental College, 1969. Master of Science, San Diego State University, 1971. Master of Education, Harvard University, 1979.
Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1984.
Career
Administrative assistant, Child Development Research Unit, Nairobi, Kenya, 1969-1970;
assistant professor, San Diego State University, 1974-1978;
associate director teacher corporations, San Diego State University, 1971-1978;
co-chairman and member, Harvard Ednl. Review, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1981;
research associate, The Huron Institute, Cambridge, 1980-1982;
research associate, Atari Cambridge Research Laboratory, Cambridge, 1982-1984;
policy analyst, New York State Department Social Services, Albany, 1984-1985;
special assistant to commissioner, New York State Department Social Services, Albany, 1985-1987;
associate professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, since 1987;
senior program officer, The Spencer Foundation, Chicago, since 1998. Consultant American Institutions for Research, Cambridge, 1980, Teacher Corps, Boston area, 1978-1980, instructor, Pago Pago, American Samoa, 1979.
Research associate A Study of H.S.'s, Cambridge, 1980-1982. Distinguished visitor John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1995-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Team member Operation Crossroads Africa, Morogoro, Tanzania, 1968. Member program advisory board Spencer Foundation, 1992. Chair board directors Josephinum Academy, Chicago, 2005-2007.
Member American Educational Research Association.
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Married Dennis McRay Young, August 31, 1969 (divorced 1983). 1 child, Forest McRay Young.
