I blog about a variety of geologic related activities, including experiences, field trips, and research!  This is the link to my blog: https://geochemgal.wordpress.com/

I post periodically on YouTube: La_U_Re_N - YouTube 

Using a grant from AGU Voices for Science, I started a citizen science water quality monitoring initiative.  Check out the google site here: sites.google.com/view/whatsinyourwater/home

"Citizen Scientists Invited to Start Monitoring Arkansas River Through Tulsa Area" Tulsa World | Owasso Reporter | KVOO 98.5 | NewsBreak

"TU Graduate Student Teaching Others to Test Water Quality" News on 6 

• • Drowned Land Oklahoma Community Tour

    • • Locations include: McAlester, Durant, Antlers, Eufaula, Idabel, and Tahlequah

      • Announcement featured on New at 9 on Fox23 News December 3, 2025

  • Featured in the Osage News “Reclaiming Our Water Symposium” (November 14, 2025).

    • •  https://osagenews.org/osage-news-to-host-reclaiming-our-water-symposium-nov-20-21/

      • Video Recordings: https://www.facebook.com/OsageNews/videos/drowned-land-q-a-with-colleen-thurston-lauren-haygood-sandy-stroud-and-charlotte/822126083957028/

      • Video Recordings: https://www.facebook.com/OsageNews/videos/drowned-land-colleen-thurston-lauren-haygood-sandy-stroud-and-charlotte-robbins-/1559141725224492/

  • Featured in the CAS Connects Magazine “CAS Student Spotlights” (published August 2025). https://casinfo.okstate.edu/images/ePubs/CONNECT2025/20/index.html

  • Featured in the Sierra Club Magazine “These Women Are Leading the Effort to Protect Sacred Water” (published November 24, 2024). https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/these-women-are-leading-effort-protect-sacred-water

  • Interviewed for article “What Will Happen If This Iconic Research Vessel Stops Drilling in the Deep Sea?”, Smithsonian Magazine (July 24, 2024) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-will-happen-if-this-iconic-research-vessel-stops-drilling-in-the-deep-sea-180984752/

  • Featured in the OSU Foundation article “16 scholarships awarded at Women for OSU Symposium” (published April 29, 2024)

https://news.okstate.edu/articles/communications/2024/16_scholarships_awarded_at_women_for_osu_symposium.html

• • Interviewed for CAS Oklahoma State University for article “Geology students receive awards at Geoscience Foundation of Tulsa banquet” (published June 12, 2023)

https://news.okstate.edu/articles/arts-sciences/2023/geology-students-receive-awards-at-geoscience-foundation-of-tulsa-banquet.html

• • Interviewed for AGU Eos Career Issue (published August 2022)

https://eos.org/features/lauren-haygood-normalizing-stem-in-americas-heartland

• Featured guest on Science Streams three times (videos posted to YouTube)

Chatting Science, Paleoclimatology, River Health with Lauren (May 2022)

Water Quality and Geosciences (September 2021)

Exploring River Mussels, Water Quality, and Science (May 2021)

• • Interviewed by CAS Oklahoma State University for article “Drilling deep: School of Geology brings ocean’s secrets to Oklahoma” (published August 19, 2022)

https://news.okstate.edu/articles/arts-sciences/2022/school-of-geology-brings-oceans-secrets-to-oklahoma.html

• Featured in the Wairakei Primary School (NZ) Science Share (January 2022)

https://wairakeitaupo.school.nz/blog/science-share-te-mihi-term-1-celebration

• • Interviewed for AGU TV, Episode 5 (released December 2021)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpjuSWd4KGs; I am featured between 1:45-5:18, discussing Voices for Science and my experience in the program.

• • Featured for AGU Thriving Earth Exchange Video (released December 2021)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKRwWYAy2pU; I am featured between 2:18-3:07, discussing community science.

• • Interviewed for AGU Narratives (published September 2021)

https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/dont-let-the-hiccup-stop-you-an-interview-with-lauren-haygood/

• • Interviewed by KWEM TV-31 – “The Morning Edition – Live” for National Water Quality Month.

  • Interviewed for the water event I co-organized in Stillwater, OK: “Kids Test the Waters with Science Program at the Library” (released August 2021)

https://stillwaterliving.com/kids-test-the-waters-with-science-program-at-the-library/

• • Featured in the DOERs Introduction Video

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/99QhgSjmXOo

• • Featured as an Owasson to Watch in 2021 (published in the Tulsa World / Owasso Reporter January 2021)  

https://tulsaworld.com/community/owasso/news/gallery-see-our-picks-of-the-owassons-to-watch-in-2021/collection_649a0086-4fb1-11eb-b936-4f31b4287843.html

• • Interviewed by News on 6 about the community science project I started in Oklahoma: “TU Graduate Student Teaching Others to Test Water Quality” (released September 2020)

https://www.newson6.com/story/5f700a4becb846045f886f04/tu-graduate-student-teaching-others-to-test-water-quality

• • Interviewed for the Tulsa World and Owasso Reporter about the community science project I started in Oklahoma: “Citizen Scientists Invited to Start Monitoring Arkansas River Through Tulsa Area”* (published September 2020)

https://tulsaworld.com/community/owasso/news/owasso-citizen-scientist-invited-to-start-monitoring-arkansas-river-through-tulsa-area/article_eda67b28-fb49-11ea-9351-9749d4823332.html

*Article was shared by Erin Brockovich