The SLI Team
I am a PhD candidate in Social Psychology working with professors Onnie Rogers and Mesmin Destin. I study how young people and their identities are affected by their environments. I focus much of my attention on how people are affected by discrimination at every level of society. A Chicago native, I'm a first-gen student from a low-income background and am excited to be a part of SLI again this year.
Education
- PhD, Social Psychology, Northwestern University, 2023
- MS, Social Psychology, Northwestern University, 2020
- BA, Psychology, Trinity Christian College, 2017
I am a graduate student in the Engineering Design Innovation program at Northwestern. I work as a design researcher and creative strategist, most recently with the Boston Consulting Group. Inside and out, I am an abolitionist at heart. I am actively involved in political organizing and grassroots activism, primarily concerning police and prison abolition, militarism, decoloniality, surveillance technologies, mental health care, and Disability justice. We are persistently engaged in developing a pluriversal politic that strives for freedom and collective liberation. Outside of school, I run a fashion startup that satiates my creativity and artistic expression.
Education
- MS, Engineering Design Innovation, Northwestern University, 2024
- BS, Liberatory Design Engineering, Northwestern University, 2023
- BS, Communication Studies, Northwestern University, 2023
Hi!! My name is Djamila (she/ella) and I am a post-baccalaureate research fellow at the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP) in the Learning Sciences Department. I received my BS degree in Human Development in Context and Psychology from SESP. My goal as a teaching assistant in SLI is to support FGLI students navigating the transition to University. I am extremely grateful for the SLI community and am so excited to welcome the next cohort, new members of the SLI family! I am passionate about teaching, learning, and writing as practices for critical consciousness and liberatory worldbuilding. I study learning environments in order to figure out how to design and create learning spaces that feel humanizing and freeing for young people. In my free time, I love to take walks, cook, write poetry, and spend time with loved ones.
Education
- BS, Human Development in Context & Psychology, Northwestern University, 2023
I am a science teacher and educational leader currently working on a PhD at Northwestern University in the Learning Sciences. My research interests include transformative collective [science] learning, intergenerational & international co-constructions, imaginations, and praxis, as well as learning and pedagogies towards thriving and sustainable present-futures.
Education
- PhD, Learnings Sciences, Northwestern University, 2026
- MEd, Educational Leadership, DePaul University, 2014
- BS, Teaching of Chemistry, University of Illinois-Chicago,2005
I am currently pursuing a doctorate in Learning Science at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy. My research interest investigate the development and maturation of culture, cognition, ethics and political sense-making that emerge in moment-to-moment interactions. Specifically, I aim to design, sustain and promote epistemological alterity using a sociohistorical approach that advances and strengthens learning partnerships in and out of school settings.
Education
- M.Ed, Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2022
- MA, Public Administration, Southern Utah University, 2017
I am currently pursuing a doctorate in Learning Science at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy. My work is at the intersection of culture, language, arts and decoloniality. I also run a non-profit in India that works with rural youth on different kinds of literacy practices. These days I am learning to be a fiction writer.
Education
- PhD, Learnings Sciences, Northwestern University, 2025
- M Phil., Development Practice, Ambedkar University, 2017
- MA, Film Studies, Ambedkar University, 2015
- BA, English Literature, Delhi University, 2012
I support students, faculty, and partners of SESP Leadership Institute. In my role, I coordinate programming, recruitment, training, and student support. Please contact me with any questions, whether you're a student interested in joining SLI, or a local organization interested in becoming a SLI partner. I look forward to connecting with you.
Education
- MS, Higher Education Administration and Policy, Northwestern University, 2020
- BA, African American Studies, Oberlin College, 2013
