Join Me

I am open to new conversations with folks who are excited to explore justice-oriented youth learning + design in collaboration with community organizations, metropolitan learning institutions, and local neighborhoods.

Are you curious about structures, designs, and contexts for supporting youth creative innovation and joy outside of traditional classrooms?

Are you passionate about STEM or STEAM learning as a way to change the world and to work towards our future survival as a species?

Do you get frustrated about how the world positions youth?

I am available to consult or advise on the development of new institutional design and research/evaluation efforts, or to help you think through reimagining existing initiatives with youth and teen agency and possibility at the center.

And if you are considering grad school in learning theory + design…

I have opportunities for doing research on youth learning and development in STEM/STEAM, designing programs and tools to support youth desires to change structural systems in/with STEM, and developing new institutional collaborations to re-imagine STEM together with families and communities.

I am looking for candidates who seek a transformative re-imagining of the world in partnership with youth and their families and communities. I am also looking for candidates who have the ability to write well, and who enjoy learning about and working alongside other people. If you are happy to receive critical feedback and continue pushing yourself consistently, and if you consider yourself to be someone who takes initiative and feels passionate about investigating human experiences in the world, my lab could be the place for you to grow into the critical researcher and justice-centered designer you’d like to become. Email daygr@iu.edu