Biography
Dr. Ted Hall is the assistant dean for student support and diversity and a clinical associate professor in the departments of Urban Teacher Education and Africana Studies at Indiana University Indianapolis. He received his Ph.D. at the Michigan State University in Learning, Technology and Culture and has taught at several universities in the United States and Asia, including Martin University, Indiana University Bloomington, The Ohio State University, and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. His primary research interests include the interface between culture, cognition, and epistemic knowledge.
Education:
- Learning, Technology and Culture, Michigan State University, 2005
Courses:
EDUC - W520 Planning for Technology Infrastructure
Expert:
- Critical Pedagogy
- Educational Technology
- Cognition and Culture
- Africana Studies
- Community Engagement
- Colonial Studies
Interests:
- Critical Pedagogy
- Decolonial Praxis
- Community Engagement
- Technology
- Cognition and Culture
- Critical Literacy
- AfroDigital/Africana Studies
Projects:
Dr. Hall is a Co-Pi on the Digital Education Hub. The Digital Education Hub provides sustainable and rigorous support of K-12 students through resources, learning opportunities, and networking. By collaborating with communities, families, and educators, they cultivate equity and inclusion in lifelong learning with technology, focusing especially on learners representing structurally marginalized identities and communities.
Grants and Funding:
- Co-Principal Investigator. “It Takes a Village: Student Resilience Learning Plan.” Student Learning Recovery Grant. Award: $1,132,590. Project Period: June 1, 2021 - August 31, 2023.
- Co-Principal Investigator. Digital Education Hub (DEH) for Rigorous Remote Learning with Communities. Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Grant. Award: $1,179,000. Project Period: September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2022.
- Indiana University, School of Education, Makerspace Grant, $10,000 - 2015-2017
- Indiana University, School of Education, Summer Faculty Fellowship, $10,000 - 2012-2013
- Indiana University, School of Education, Technology Online, $20,000 - 2009-2011
Professional Associations:
- American Educational Studies Association
- American Educational Research Association
- Division G: Social Context of Education
- SIGs: Critical Educational Technology
- Program teaching in Urban Education Studies