Profile
Dr. SamÌýMejias is Dean of the School of Art, Media and Technology, and Associate Professor of Social Justice and Community Engagement in the School of Design Strategies, where he has taught since 2020. He is a transdisciplinary teacher and scholar, researcher, and creative multi-instrumentalist and sound designer. Sam's research focuses on young people, the arts, and learning, and on social justice and civic engagement in design, discourse, and communication practices. He has collaborated on projects exploring how arts and science and technology-led transdisciplinary practices can build equity in youth learning outcomes, and how community-based arts programs influence young people’s life and career trajectories. Work from these studies has been published in Leonardo, Educational Researcher, Science Education, and the Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Sam holds an MA in International Educational Development from Columbia University Teachers College, and a PhD in Human Rights Education from University College London. Prior to joining Parsons, he was a Research Fellow atÌýLondon School of Economics and Political Science.
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Degrees Held
PhD, Human Rights Education, University College London
MA, International Educational Development, Columbia University Teachers College
BA, College of William and Mary
Recent Publications
Peppler, K., Corrigan, S., Dahn, M., Sefton-Green, J., Nelligan, P., DiGiacomo, D., & Mejias, S. (2025). . The Wallace Foundation.
Baldridge, B., Kirschner, B., DiGiacomo, D., Mejias, S., & Vasudevan, D. (2024). Educational Researcher,Ìý53(4), 201-212.
Halverson, E. R., Saplan, K., Mejias, S., & Martin, C. (2023). .ÌýReview of Research in Education, 47(1), 360-404.
Bevan, B., Rosin, M., Mejias, S., Wong, J., & Choi, M. (2022). . Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 59(9), 1607-1650.
Mejias, S.,Thompson, N., Sedas, R. M., Rosin, M., Soep, E., Peppler, K., Roche, J., Wong, J., Hurley, M., Bell, P., & Bevan, B. (2021). .ÌýScience Education, 105(2), 209-231.
Banaji, S. & Mejias, S. (2020). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Bevan, B., Mejias, S., Rosin, R. & Wong, J. (2020). . Leonardo, 54(4), 456-461.