Megan Bang
Megan Bang (Ojibwe and Italian descent) is a professor of learning sciences and director of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at Northwestern University. She is the 2024-25 One Book One Northwestern program co-chair.
Bang, who works closely with Indigenous communities, broadly studies the dynamics of culture, learning, and development. Her specific focus explores the complexities of navigating multiple-meaning systems in creating and implementing more effective and just learning environments in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics education. She also closely examines reasoning and decision-making about complex socio-ecological systems in ways that intersect with culture, power, and historicity.
Bang, a member of the National Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ of Education, serves on the Board of Science Education at the National Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ of Sciences, the Advisory Board for the National Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ of Education, and the National Science Foundation's Advisory Board for Environmental Research and Education.