Josephine Louie, EDC principal research scientist, is an education R&D leader. As principal investigator (PI) of initiatives funded by the National Science Foundation and foundations, she works to improve the quality of K–12 learning. Her focuses include data literacy, education policy, STEM education and workforce development, and technology integration.
Louie co-leads the EDC initiative Building a National Community of Practice to Support Regional Green and Blue Workforce Development. She leads EDC’s Data Paths initiative, which is funded by Massachusetts to help K–12 schools support students in gaining fundamental data literacy skills that are needed in the workforce.
Previously, Louie co-led EDC’s Preparing a Green and Blue Workforce initiative. As the PI of WeatherX, she led the design and testing of middle school curricula on extreme weather in rural areas. She was an expert panelist for the NASEM workshop, Foundations of Data Science for Students in Grades K-12.
Louie is a widely published author. She holds an EdM and EdD from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Master of City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.