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LDT-GSO Announces New Student Leadership
The Learning, Design, and Technology Graduate Student Organization (LDT-GSO) has named Michael Pasimio and Peem Winyasopit as co-chairs for the 2025–2026 academic year. Michael Pasimio is a second-year student in the Learning, Design, and Technology program. He earned his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in Science, Technology, and International Affairs. He co-founded The Pivotal Network,…
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LDT Student Mykail James Co-Authors New Book: Personal Finance for Teens for Dummies
LDT student Mykail James has co-authored a new book titled “Personal Finance for Teens for Dummies”, which releases on April 22, 2025. Aimed at empowering teenagers with essential financial literacy skills, the book offers practical and age-appropriate guidance on topics such as budgeting, saving, and managing money wisely. Read more.
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LDT Faculty Ijeoma Njaka Publishes Speculative Fiction on the Future of Higher Ed Spaces
In March 2025, LDT faculty member Ijeoma Njaka published a speculative fiction in the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing (Volume 40, Issue 1, 2025), imagining the future of higher education classrooms. Centered on Car Barn 315—a space familiar to LDT students—the story combines archival research with narrative imagination to explore how physical learning environments might evolve…
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LDT Student Chandrika Khera Wins Third Prize in the 2025 Global Social Innovation Lab Pitch Competition
LDT student Chandrika Khera secured third place at the 2025 Global Social Innovation Lab (GSIL) Pitch Competition with FoodSave, an innovative app designed to reduce food waste and improve sustainability. Held at Georgetown University on February 8–9, GSIL is an annual pitch competition that brings together students from diverse backgrounds to tackle pressing global challenges,…
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LDT Alumni Nafisa Isa Contributes to Award-Winning Smithsonian Publication
LDT Alumni Nafisa Isa contributed three essays to Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects, a publication that was recently awarded the Secretary of the Smithsonian’s 2024 Research Prize. The book was also named one of Booklist’s Top 10 Reference Books of 2024. Nafisa’s work adds a valuable perspective to this…
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LDT Faculty Lee Skallerup Bessette Co-Edits Special Journal Issue on Learning, Media and Technology
LDT faculty Lee Skallerup Bessette co-edited a special issue of the journal Learning, Media and Technology (Volume 49, Issue 5, 2024), focusing on Minimal Computing and EdTech. This collection offers a global look at EdTech and how minimal computing offers an alternative to the narrative of technological solutionism that drives Big EdTech. Read more.
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LDT Faculty Bryan Alexander wins 2024 Frederic W. Ness Book Award
The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today that Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis, authored by Bryan Alexander and published by Johns Hopkins University Press, is the winner of the 2024 Frederic W. Ness Book Award. Read more.
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LDT Faculty David Ebenbach releases new book “Possible Happiness”
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LDT Alumni Research Paper Selected as “Best Paper” in 2024 Edition of the Journal of Political Science Education
LDT alumni Jorge Abeledo, Randal Ellsworth, Noah Martin, and Lina Zuluaga were awarded for their research published in the 2024 Edition of the Journal of Political Science Education. Working together with Georgetown professor Mark Carl Rom, their paper titled “Engaging Students in American Politics: Effort and Accomplishments” studied the link between student effort and grades.…
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Educating for Others – Highlighting LDT Student Fikayo Odugbemi
It takes determination, fortitude, and resilience to earn a graduate degree. For 2024, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Biomedical Graduate Education programs will celebrate 527 master’s and 72 doctoral graduates. Read more.