Women and Gender Services

Lauryn will be collaborating with departments, administrators, and student groups to develop and implement educational, intersectional LGBTQ+ programs at MIT. Lauryn joins us after working at Babson College as the Multicultural and LGBTQ+ Program Coordinator. There, her programs spanned campus wide events such as the Multicultural Festival and heritage month celebrations to providing group education on leadership and identity, safe zone trainings, gender expansive trainings, and club support. In her intern roles, she advised first-generation college students and developed and facilitated programming for Trans and Gender Non-conforming communities throughout the Greater Boston area. McNair holds an MSW from Boston College School of Social Work with a macro concentration in family, youth, and children and a BA from Colgate University with a double major in sociology and Caribbean studies.

Pronouns: she, her, hers and they, them, theirs

lmcnair@mit.edu | 617-253-1612

Nandini Choudhury 

Nandini S. Choudhury 

Assistant Director, Women and Gender Services (WXGS)
Pronouns: She/hers
Phone: 617-253-5440
E-mail: nschou@mit.edu 
 
Nandini oversees the office of Women and Gender Services at MIT.  In her role, she works with campus partners to build support systems for undergraduate and graduate students, and create programming that uplift women and non-binary folks. Nandini works with the MIT campus partners and student organizations to advance the mission and vision of  The Cheney Room.
 
Nandini joins WXGS after working at Fenway Health as the Reproductive Health Program Manager. Nandini is a licensed social worker and holds a dual degree Masters in Social Work and Public Health from Boston University School of Social Work and George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health. She specialized in macro social work and community health.