Lauren Michelle Levesque holds a PhD in Theology/Spirituality and is an assistant professor in the Providence School of Transformative Leadership and Spirituality at Saint Paul University. She works on arts-based research, engaged scholarship, musical performance, nonviolent social change and space. She is co-coordinator of the Engaged Pedagogy stream in the Center on Social Innovation and Transformation. In 2016 she co-edited the book Advancing Nonviolence and Social Transformation: New Perspectives on Nonviolent Theories published by Equinox.