Jennifer Darling-Aduana

Jennifer Darling-Aduana is an assistant professor of learning technologies in the Department of Learning Sciences. She researches the equity implications of K-12 digital learning as well as the student-teacher and student-curriculum interactions in these settings that inadvertently contribute to (or can be used to mitigate) social reproduction in the classroom. Current projects include design-based and evaluation studies geared toward enacting culturally sustaining pedagogy in virtual learning environments.

She holds a Ph.D. in leadership and policy studies from Vanderbilt University and an M.Ed. in measurement, evaluation, statistics and assessment from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was also awarded the AERA Dissertation Grant for her dissertation on “High School Student Experiences and Outcomes in Online Courses: Implications for Educational Equity and the Future of Learning.”