Faculty Profile for Dr. Ajayi Esohe Anwansedo

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Dr. Ajayi Esohe Anwansedo
Postdoctoral Scholar — Org, Wkforce, & Ldrshp Studies
PED 101
phone: (512) 245-2115
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Dr. Ajayi Anwansedo is three-time award-winning computing educator, researcher, and leader in STEM and Computing education. She is a certified project management professional, currently serving as a Postdoctoral Scholar and Research Project Lead for the $4.9 million NSF INCLUDES Collaborative Change Consortia: Association of Collaborative Communities Ensuring Equity in Youth STEM+C Success (ACCEYSS). In this role, she leverages collective impact strategies to engage community partners, policymakers, and the workforce in transforming the U.S. K-16 STEM+C education pipeline. Previously, she worked as a graduate teaching assistant at Southern University and A&M, integrating data analytics into sports analytics, international marketing and supply chain courses. she also worked at IBM as a training and change management consultant and served as the coordinator of the inaugural Berkeley Lab Director’s Apprenticeship Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she co-developed the Python curriculum alongside leading scientists to inspire and empower underserved students to pursue STEM careers. Dr. Ajayi holds a BSc. in Computer Science, an MS in Business Information Systems, and a Ph.D. in Science and Math Education.

Research Interests

 STEM and Computing Research/Education

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Anwansedo, A. E. (2022). The Use of Learning Management Systems and Covid-19: Perceptions in the Last two Years. ACM.
  • Anwansedo, A. E. (2021). Impact of School Social Economic Status (SES) on Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science (CS) in the State of Louisiana.
  • Anwansedo, A. E. (2019). Effect of cloud based learning management system on the learning management system implementation process.
  • Anwansedo, A. E. (2018). How to survive a learning management system (LMS) implementation? A stakeholder analysis approach.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Aspiration in Computing National Educator Award, National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT). 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Aspirations in Computing Educator Award - Affiliate Winner, National Center for Women in Technology (NCWIT). 2021 - 2022

Selected Service Activities

Speaker
Panel Member, Panel Discussion with Successful Women in STEM/STEAM/2025 Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math Girl Conference
2025-2025
Reviewer / Referee
MDPI/Education Sciences
2024-2025
ISTE Community Leader
ISTE Community Leader, International Society for Technology in Education(ISTE)
2022-2025
Member
CSTA Award Committee
2022-2025
Science Mentor
Science Mentor, Frontiers for Young Minds, Mathematics and Economics Section
2023-2023