National Advisory Board

Ijeoma Njaka

Board Member

Ijeoma Njaka (she/her/hers) serves as the Senior Learning Designer for Transformational and Inclusive Initiatives at the Red House and the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University. In this joint position, she specializes in arts-based approaches to inclusive and anti-racist teaching, curricula, and faculty development. Ijeoma also teaches courses on critical speculative design for anti-racism in higher education as well as arts and enduring meaning. In addition to being a co-recipient of the 2021 Provost’s Innovation in Teaching Award for her work with the performance-based dialogue program In Your Shoes, she is a three-time awardee of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship. Ijeoma holds an MA in Learning, Design, and Technology from Georgetown University as well as an AB from Brown University. She is currently a doctoral candidate in design at NC State University. Learn more at www.ijeomanjaka.com.