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Mia Shaw is an Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, affiliated with the Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology. She holds a PhD in Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education from the University of Pennsylvania, an MEd from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and a BAH in Human Biology from Stanford University. Her research focuses on justice-oriented, constructionist STEAM learning environments, leveraging interdisciplinary technologies to support identity development, community building, and speculative design among Black and Brown youth.
Her work integrates Black Feminist and Womanist theoretical frameworks, emphasizing culturally responsive pedagogies and anti-oppressive practices. Key projects include using electronic textiles and quilt-making to reimagine computing narratives, as well as developing TikTok-based curricula for algorithmic literacy. She has been recognized with the 2022 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for her doctoral research on youth-designed interactive quilt patches challenging dominant tech narratives.
Mia’s creative practice as an illustrator and comic artist intersects with her academic work, visually representing educational research insights. Her scholarship spans K-12 CS education equity, participatory design methods, and arts-based research strategies. She advocates for transformative educational leadership that centers marginalized communities’ voices through storytelling and critical praxis.
