
Fleming Building, Room 400E
University of Colorado Boulder
249 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Arturo Cortez is an Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he is also a fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Science. Broadly, Professor Cortez explores the possibilities of co-designing for consequential learning in intergenerational and trans-disciplinary learning environments that include educators, young people and multiple community members. In particular, he is interested in how young people and educators speculate new possible futures, opening up opportunities for building imaginary and real worlds, using today's most cutting-edge technologies.
His most recent work has been published in the Cognition and Instruction, Journal of Futures Studies, Review of Research in Education, and Mind, Culture, and Activity. Furthermore, his research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the George Lucas Educational Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation. Professor Cortez’s early commitments to amplifying the everyday practices of youth were jointly-honed and developed while he was a middle school teacher in East Palo Alto and a high school teacher in San Francisco.
Education
PhD Education, University of California, Berkeley
EdM Education Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education
MA Teaching, University of San Francisco
BA Biological Basis of Behavior, University of Pennsylvania