Dr. Patricia A. Young
Professor · Tenured
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
She/Her/Hers/Herself
About
Dr. Patricia A. Young is Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She has served other administrative roles such as Department Chair, Special Assistant for Strategy & Innovation and Program Director of Elementary Education. Dr. Young earned her Ph.D. in Education: Language, Literacy & Culture from the University of California Berkeley. Her masters degree was acquired from the California State University Hayward (East Bay) in Education: Curriculum. Dr. Young’s undergraduate degree is from New York Institute of Technology in Communication Arts (Television Production).
Research interests
Dr. Young's present research focuses on culture and the design of information and communication technologies and educational technologies made by and for African Americans. Dr. Young built Proticy, a mobile learning analytics software that can improve teaching and learning. She was awarded two grants related to computational thinking for early learners from the Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities and Maryland Center for Computing Education. Her book Human Specialization in Design and Technology: The Current Wave for Learning, Culture, Industry and Beyond (2021) advocates for innovation as the way to improve industry, education and human performance. This book is a winner of the 2021 Outstanding Publication Award for a Book from the Culture, Learning and Technology Division of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology.
Teaching interests
Dr. Young teaches courses in educational technology, culture and the design of ICTs, educational foundations and literacy education.
Education
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Ph D, Education: Language, Literacy and Culture
— University of California Berkeley (1999) Roads To Travel: A Historical Look At African American Contributions to Instructional Technology
- MS, Education — California State University East Bay (Hayward) (1994)
- Other, Communication Arts — New York Institute of Technology (1985)
Publications
- Thinking from Different Perspectives: Academic Publishing Strategies and Management in the Field of Educational Technology 2021
- Bridge: A Cross Culture African American Reading Program (1975-1977) 2020
- Introduction: Cultural and Regional Perspectives Section 2020
- Contemplating the future of educational technology 2015
- Cultural considerations in technology enhanced learning and instruction 2015
- An editorial on research and development in and with educational technology 2014
- The presence of culture in learning 2014
- Disclosing the design of an African American educational technology: Bridge: A Cross Culture Reading Program 2014
- Culture-neutral Design 2013
- Culture-specific Design 2013
Presentations
- Breakfast of Champions 2019
- INTL-Socratic Seminar: An International Forum on Socratic Teaching 2019
- Meet Journal Editors Roundtable 2019
- Research & Theory Divisions: Provocations to Envision the Future of the Educational Technology Field. 2019
- CLT: McJulien Scholars Panel: Culture in Online Learning Environments 2016
- GSA: Fireside Chat: Culture in Instructional Design 2016
- INTL-Socratic Seminar: An Internationl Forum on Socratic Teaching (Invited) 2016
- Meet the Editors of AECT Journals (Invited) 2016
- Meet Journal Editors: Journal Talks 5 (Invited) 2016
- GSA: Fireside Chat: Culture in Instructional Design 2015
- Meet the Editors of AECT Journals (Invited) 2015
- Breakfast with Champions (Invited) 2015
- Breakfast with Champions (Invited) 2014
- Meet the Editors of AECT Journals (Invited) 2014
- Building a cyberlearning research program: An Early Career Symposium (Writing For Publication) (Invited) 2014
- Meet Journal Editors: Journal Talks 1 (Invited) 2014
- Presidential: Past, Present and Future Relevance of Instructional Message Design (Invited) 2013
- Designing for Globalized/Localized Markets Using the Culture Based Model (Invited) 2013
Grants and Contracts
- PREP CS Preservice Reform and Education for Pedagogy in Computer Science 2025
- Exploring Computational Thinking with Preservice Teachers & Teacher Education Instructors (2020-2021) 2020
- Infusing a Culture-based Computational Thinking Curriculum in Urban Preschools (2020-2022) 2020
- On-Ramps To Full Professor: Research Acceleration Award (2019) 2019
- Procity: A Mobile Learning Management System That Transforms Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2016) 2016
- FY 13 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Grant (2013) 2013
- AECT: India/Culture specific products & services: International Innovations (2019)
- Exploring Culture through Learning Analytics (2015)
- Leroy Raadel Posey: An African American Inventor of a Teaching Machine (2015)
- Procity: A Mobile Learning Management System That Transforms Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2016)
- Proticy: A Mobile Learning Analytics Software (2019)
- Proticy: Transforming Teaching & Learning in Higher Education (2019)
- Student-Centered, AI-Assisted Design of Culture-Based Social Emotional Learning with Social Robots
- Collaborative Research: NRI: FUNstration Bot: a Personal Coach for Perseverance in Mathematical Problem-Solving (2022)
- Computing Skills Tooklit for Math and Science (Customs): Building Bridges to Computer Science in K-12 (2016)
- Designing the Learner Reciprocity System (2015-2016)
- The Learner Reciprocity Stystem: An innovative methodology to transform pedagogy and improve student perceptions of instruction (2014)
Courses Taught
- Proc & Acquis Read
- Inquiry Into Education
- Inquiry Into Education
- Inquiry Into Education
- Inquiry Into Education
- Inquiry Into Education
- Ed Tech For ESOL Teachers
- Proc & Acquis Read
- Inquiry Into Education
- Surv Of Instr Tech App
- Inquiry Into Education
- Surv Of Instr Tech App
- Educ In Cultural Perspec
- Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: Part I
- Proc & Acquis Read
- Educ In Cultural Perspec
- Proc & Acquis Read