Karen Cangialosi

Karen Cangialosi joined Every Learner Everywhere in June 2023. As a dedicated professor of biology and student advocate for many years, Cangialosi found her way to open education, which she sees as especially powerful for helping bring about much needed larger-scale change in higher education. She has gained national recognition for leadership in open education, STEM education, faculty development, innovative and digital pedagogies, and authentic student-centered learning. Prior to joining Every Learner Everywhere, Cangialosi served as the director of membership for Open Education Global, as well as the program director for Regional Leaders of Open Education Network, a project of Open Education Global and the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources, working to reimagine leadership, shift institutional power to marginalized communities, and promote systemic change for open education and higher education more broadly. She is a co-founder of the Institute for a Racially Just, Inclusive, and Open STEM Education where she served as director of open education and open science.