Erica Jeanne Van Steenis
University of California, Irvine
United States

Erica Van Steenis is a postdoctoral scholar working with Associate Professor June Ahn and OCEAN (Orange County Educational Advancement Network). She received her Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Human Development from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She holds a Master of Science in Community Development from the University of California, Davis and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of California, Berkeley.

Erica’s research approach includes community based and co-design processes. Motivated by 15 years of experience as a youth worker, her dissertation explored youth practitioners at different stages of the profession across three contexts of inquiry. Erica has extensive teaching experience with undergraduates and teacher candidates.