Katie Dunn Researcher | STEM Educator measuring that which is difficult to measure

Summary

I hope to make a positive impact on the world by improving systems and processes with data. I have worked in public school classrooms, informal learning spaces & summer programs for over a decade. I have since contributed to various education nonprofits at levels from individual classrooms to district-wide principal improvement to public policy and curriculum design.

A generalist at heart, I have studied linguistics, earth sciences, astronomy, literature, biology, and behavioral sciences; that said, my enduring passions have been & continue to be learning about learning and helping people become their best selves.

You can find my résumé here.

Specific Skills

Research

As research lead at the Center for Curriculum Redesign, I have worked to develop a framework of how education should adapt to an increasingly volatile world. Read more about my thoughts on research here (TODO).

literature reviews
data cleaning and analysis in python (pandas)
working with student data (TODO)
survey and assessment creation
writing

Co-author of the book Education for the Age of AI (2024).
Co-author of whitepaper for Center for Curriculum Design, Identity, Agency, and Purpose (2022).
Lead author of whitepaper for Center for Curriculum Design, Embedding Competencies within Disciplines (2021).
Co-author of Where is the Beat? (2016).The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140(4):3395-3395

Education

Education is a field fraught with assumptions. If you like, you can more about my thoughts on educational philosophy here (TODO). That said, I have worked on:

curriculum and lesson design: some examples (TODO)
teaching, virtual and in-person
professional development for teachers and principals

Organization & Logistics

In addition to the skills involved in classroom management, I am comfortable sorting out the details involved in large events, like finding venues and creating workflows for reimbursement. Some specific roles I've worked in include:

site director for a 6.5-week residential program
manager of a team of four, defining goals, budget & timelines
logistics lead at MIT Mystery Hunt, preparing an on-site weekend event for over 1,000 participants