Lauren Spohn
Assistant Professor
Lauren Spohn is assistant professor of intellectual history in UT Austin’s School of Civic Leadership. Her work explores questions ofhuman meaning, ethics and technological progress, philosophy of history, and the search for transcendence. A filmmaker and essayist, she brings these interests to both scholarly and creative work.
Spohn completed her DPhil in theology at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, where her research focused on analogy and philosophical anthropology in the thought of John Henry Newman. Her research and creative work have appeared in domestic and international outlets including The New Atlantis, Catholic Herald, and The Tablet.
Education
DPhil in theology, University of Oxford
MA in intellectual history, University of Oxford
AB in English literature, Harvard University
