Oluwatoyin Ajilore-Chukwuemeka is a PhD student in STEM Education at Tufts University.

My research interests intersect responsive teaching, learner’s agency, authentic scientific thinking, and sociocultural frameworks particularly for college-level students in the Global South (Africa). Prior to coming to Tufts, she taught at undergraduate students at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria with a focus of creating learning spaces where learners could grapple with authentic knowledge-building practices.

My experience as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Geology in the University of Ibadan in Nigeria exposed her directly to the weaknesses in Nigerian education, particularly in empowering learners to develop critical and problem-solving skills needed in the 21st century. I have written conference papers, published peer-reviewed articles and co-authored a book chapter all around themes identifying and proffering solutions to the challenges in education.