My major interest is: How do we educate ourselves toward planetary well-being? How can educators create learning spaces that cultivate ways of *being with* the world centered on an interconnectedness among Self, Others, and Nature? I am collaborating with Clark University undergraduates to explore this question, using a university course as an inquiry space.
My earlier research involved co-investigating new approaches to teaching and learning with students, teachers, and school communities in North America, Europe, Colombia, and Singapore. My focus was on developing both technological and social infrastructures to create classroom knowledge building communities creating knowledge regarding personal, pedagogical, and systemic transformation.
As for my own academic trajectory, I received a B.Sc. Honours in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and a Master’s and Ph.D. in Education from UC Berkeley. Before joining Clark, I was Deputy Head of the Learning Sciences Lab at the National Institute of Education in Singapore; Assistant Professor at Harvard University jointly in Teacher Education and Technology in Education; a Senior Scientist at Bolt, Beranek, and Newman; and Director of the Learning Communities Research Group at Boston College.