Dan Schwartz
The Halper Family Faculty Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning and Faculty Director, Digital Learning Initiative
Mission
Our mission is ignite the Stanford community and partners to redefine learning across the lifespan. Fueled by breakthroughs in the brain and learning sciences, data, and technology, we are grounded in the wisdom of the past and elevated by the boundless possibilities of the future.
The Stanford Accelerator for Learning supports researchers across disciplines with funding and other resources and brings together partners from outside and across Stanford to achieve true system change.
Why learning
We dedicate a tremendous percentage of our lives to learning.
Learning is correlated with most every positive life outcome – from better health and higher incomes to deeper community engagement. Societies that invest in learning benefit from lower crime rates and more stable governments, and experience more prosperity. Yet high quality learning opportunities remain out of reach for many across the globe with devastating consequences for families, societies, and economies.
Learning must be central to any plan to improve people’s lives.
The Stanford Accelerator for Learning will help usher in a new era of learning by harnessing the power of a research university, co-creating with those most engaged and aware in the field, and bringing knowledge, ideas, and solutions to the world.
Our Team
Leadership
Isabelle Hau
Executive Director
Philip Fisher
Faculty Director, Stanford Center on Early Childhood
Kristen Pilner Blair
Director of Research, Digital Learning Initiative
Elizabeth Kozleski
Faculty Co-Director, Learning Differences Initiative
Victor Lee
Faculty Lead, AI + Education
Ira Lit
Faculty Co-Director, Learning Differences Initiative
Susanna Loeb
Faculty Director, SCALE Initiative
Candace Thille
Faculty Director, Adult and Workforce Learning Initiative
Maisha T. Winn
Faculty Director, Equity in Learning Initiative
Core Team
Jodi Anderson
Project Management Specialist
Learning Design Challenge
Keith Bowen
Program Director
Learning Design Challenge
Catherine Chase
Senior Research Scholar
Angela Chen
Senior Project Manager
Darcy H. Deming
Senior Associate Director of Development
Finn Laubscher
Digital Community Associate
Anh Le
Finance Director
Krishna Mamidibathula
Finance Manager
Leslie Martinez
Event Program Manager
Heather Rich
Executive Assistant and Project Manager
Isabel Sacks
Director of Communications
Joe Sherman
Digital Media Lead
Reuben Thiessen
Emerging Technology Lead
Josh Weiss
Director of Technology and Innovation