Lauren Choplin is the NhRPâs Communications Director. She received an M.A. in Literature from Rutgers University, New Brunswick in 2014, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Nonfiction) from the University of Alabama in 2010, and a B.A. in English with a minor in International Relations from the University of Southern California in 2004. At Rutgers, Laurenâs research areas included critical animal studies, ecocriticism, narrative empathy, resistance, and social change. She has been with the NhRP since 2013.