Constance M. Yowell, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Chicago New Media Summit : Monday, September 15th, 2008 : 4:30 pm : Digital Media Education & Culture
The Talk: Digital Media Education & Culture
Constance M. Yowell
Director of Education
Human and Community Development Program
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Bio: Constance is the Director of Education in the Foundation's Program on Human and Community Development. In this role, she focuses on grants relating to public education, and on the implications for education of young people's use of digital media.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Yowell was an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where her work included the study of reasons why Latino youth drop out of high school.
Previously she worked as a Policy Analyst in the Office of Policy and Planning of the U.S. Department of Education. Before that Yowell was a Research Assistant at the University of California at San Francisco and at Stanford University.
Yowell earned her bachelor's degree from Yale and her Ph.D. from Stanford University.
About MacArthur Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society. At a Glance
MacArthur is one of the nation’s largest independent foundations with assets of $7 billion and annual grantmaking of approximately $300 million. Through the support it provides, the Foundation fosters the development of knowledge, nurtures individual creativity, strengthens institutions, helps improve public policy, and provides information to the public, primarily through support for public interest media.
