Dr. Andrea Gambino (she/her) earned her Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Andrea's research focuses on how teachers' identities and lived experiences shape their justice-oriented standpoints and practices using critical media literacy in the classroom. Her research has been published in NCTE's Special Issue on Critical Media Literacy (Vol. 2), the Journal of Media Literacy, the International Encyclopedia of Education, among others.  

 

Her research and teaching draws on her 16-years of experience integrating critical media literacy with secondary and university students in NC and CA. Andrea has received the Teacher of the Year Award twice in her home district, UCLA’s Distinguished Teaching Assistant and George Kneller Humanitarian Awards, and the American Educational Research Association's Media, Culture, and Learning Graduate Student Research Excellence Award. 

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Andrea is the Founder/CEO of Inquire 2 Transform LLC, a community-engaged educational consulting firm based in Los Angeles, CA. She provides research, educational programming, and professional development related to Project Based Learning and media literacy education approaches for K-12 teachers and teacher educators. She is currently supporting: 

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• Los Angeles Unified School District 

  • Role: Media Literacy/Critical Media Literacy Subject Matter Expert

  • Projects: Cross-disciplinary K-12 media literacy and critical media literacy curriculum and professional development

• University of Southern California​

  • Role: Research and Curriculum Associate (Critical Media Project, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)

  • Projects: Research and curriculum development related to K-12/university-level critical media literacy initiatives ​

• William & Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University 

  • Role: Research, Design, and Instructional Consultant (New Literacies Collaborative)

  • Project: Research, curriculum, and professional development/coaching related to Project-based Inquiry Global with secondary teachers in the U.S. and China

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