RESEARCH COMMUNITY
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Dr. Robyn Ruttenberg-RozenAssociate Professor, STEM Education,
Director, Ideas^s Lab Ontario Tech University I am an Ontario Tech Research Excellence Chair in AI and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Inclusion at Ontario Tech University, where I study how to humanize STEM education. My transdisciplinary work asks: How can historically marginalized learners, including students with disabilities and linguistically and culturally diverse populations, not just access STEM, but belong in it? I investigate how STEM identities intersect with other identities, how deep engagement with STEM content nurtures agency, and how we can disrupt the efficiency-driven logic embedded in emerging educational technologies and AI to create STEM experiences that center human agency and diverse ways of knowing. Through human-centered research methods like participatory action research, I collaborate with STEM researchers, educators, and innovators to design and refine innovations with inclusion at the center. This work disrupts deficit-based frameworks by examining how diverse approaches to STEM reveal new possibilities for research, pedagogy, and practice.
In 2020 I received the Ontario Tech Early Career Teaching Award, and in 2022 I received the Tim McTiernan mentorship award. In 2024 I was the faculty nominee for the Ontario Tech Award for Excellence in Teaching and I received the 2024 Ontario Tech Research Excellence Award in the category of Emerging Researcher. In 2025 I received an Ontario Tech Research Excellence Chair in the category of social innovation. Currently I am on the editorial board for the Journal of Educational Informatics. |
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AFFILIATES & RESEARCHERS
Dr. Tapo Chimbganda
Executive Director and Founder, Future Black Female |
Dr. Suzanne de Castelle
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Dr. Rob Elkington
CEO, Global Leadership Initiatives Assistant Professor, Trent University |
Dr. Ami Mamolo
Associate Professor, Mathematics Education Ontario Tech University 
Dr. Miroslav Lovric
Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics McMaster University 
Dr. Juuso Nieminen
Banting Post-Doctoral Scholar, Ontario Tech University |
Dr. Nichole Powell
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Dr. Helen Thouless
Senior Lecturer, Mathematics Education Mary Twyman University 
Dr. Marc Husband
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education St. Francis Xavier University 
Dr. Zweli Ndevu
Senior Lecturer, Director School of Public Leadership Stellenbosch University |
Dr. Surendra (Colin) Thakur
Professor, Information Technology Director of the NEMISA KZN e-skills CoLab Durban University of Technology |
Dr. Xoliswa Majola
Senior Lecturer, Local Economic Development and Management Information Systems University of KwaZulu Natal |
Dr. Hannah Scott
Professor, Criminology and Justice Ontario Tech University |
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Jennifer Muchmaker
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Chantal McKenzie |
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Dawn White |
ALUMNI
Habiba Imam |
Katelin Hynes |
Neal Gupta |
Julianne Gerbrandt |
Sahana Mahendirarajah |
Sanya Cardoza
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Andrew Hum |
Dakota McIntyre |
Mary Seres |
Brianne Brady |
Jasmeet Dhaliwal |
Jordane Carvery |
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Zeinab Saee
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Victoria Bui |
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Preetika Ghandi
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