Laurel Felt
felt [at] usc [dot] edu
Laurel Felt, a fifth-year doctoral candidate at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, is guided by her desire to support children’s healthy development. Accordingly, Laurel has designed research protocols, pedagogical interventions, and professional development to nurture social and emotional competence, critical thinking, and communicative capacities. She is an Instructional Design Specialist & Research Assistant with the USC Dornsife Joint Educational Project and Instructional Design Coordinator with the USC Shoah Foundation. From 2010-2012, Laurel was lead Research Assistant for USC Anennberg Innovation Lab’s project Participatory Learning And You! Laurel received her B.S. in Education & Social Policy from Northwestern University and M.A. in Child Development from Tufts University. She has consulted with: Nickelodeon; PBSKids Ready to Learn; Laughter for a Change; Hollywood, Health & Society; BBC World Service Trust; Sénégal’s Réseau African d'Education pour la Santé; India's Expanding Minds Program; and the U.S. Department of Education, among other organizations. Laurel’s dissertation will examine digital badging, specifically piloting a play proficiency badge within the context of a service-learning experience. Laurel's research interests also include participatory assessment, empathy, childhood obesity, and gender issues. Follow Laurel at
laurelfelt.org and
@laurelfelt.