Shannon Mooney, PhD
Shannon Mooney is a senior data scientist at CNDLS and a faculty member in the LDT Program, where she teaches courses related to learning analytics and research design. She holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics and Cognitive Science from Georgetown University and a M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Toronto. She works closely with Georgetown University academic leadership and institutional analytics teams to explore and model student learning data. Her research background is in quantitative variationist sociolinguistics, with a focus on first language acquisition in socially heterogeneous communities.
Ijeoma Njaka, MA
Ijeoma Njaka serves as the Senior Project Associate for Equity-Centered Design at the Red House and the Inclusive Pedagogy Specialist for the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University. In this joint position, she specializes in arts-based approaches to inclusive and anti-racist teaching, curricula, and faculty development. A co-recipient of the 2021 Provost’s Innovation in Teaching Award for her work the performance-based dialogue program In Your Shoes, she is also Ethics Lab Visiting Fellow for 2021-2022. During her time as an LDT student, Ijeoma launched and curated (In)Visibility at Georgetown: Past, Present, and Future, an art exhibit highlighting the work and experiences of marginalized students. In addition to being an alumna of the LDT Program, Mx. Njaka also holds an AB from Brown University.