Amanda LaTasha Armstrong is a doctoral candidate at New Mexico State University, whose research interests include the intersection of early childhood, learning design and technology, culture and diversity, and multicultural education. She is also a Research Fellow with New America’s Education Policy Program and also works at NMSU’s Learning Games Lab where she leads user-testing and teaches summer sessions with children and youth on topics related to design.
Amanda LaTasha Armstrong is a doctoral candidate in New Mexico State University (NMSU)’s Curriculum and Instruction Department and NMSU’s Learning Games Lab coordinator, where she leads user-testing sessions and teaches summer sessions on game design and evaluation with youth. She is also a Research Fellow with New America’s Education Policy Program and a 2020-2021 CADRE Fellow with the National Science Foundation. Her research interests include the intersection of early childhood, learning design and technology, culture and diversity, and multicultural pedagogies. In addition to her work at NMSU and fellowships, she is contributing writer for Edutopia and Britannica for Parents and member of Britannica’s Early Learning Advisory Council.
Amanda was a founding member of KidMap (Kids Inclusive and Diversity Media Action Project) and member of the Technical Working Group to refresh the ISTE Standards for Educators released in 2017. Amanda earned her MS in Child Development with an administration specialization from Erikson Institute. Before coming to NMSU, Amanda conducted research with Erikson’s Early Math Collaborative and was the program coordinator at the Technology in Early Childhood (TEC) Center.