Ananya Matewos

Ananya Matewos joined Wilder Research in 2023 as a Research Manager. She began her professional career as a special education teacher in St. Paul Public Schools. Her research interests fall broadly within the areas of STEAM Education, environmental action, mitigation, and justice, and social innovation for socioscientific challenges. Ananya obtained her Ph.D. in urban education policy from the University of Southern California (USC) and her B.A. with a double major in psychology and dance from St. Olaf College. She additionally was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland College Park, in the area specialization of science learning. Prior to her role at Wilder, Ananya was an Assistant Professor of Education at St. Norbert College. Ananya continues to teach as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), where she teaches learning and assessment, and previously taught collaboration, qualitative research methods, and applied psychology.

Ananya is eager to support clients, organizations, foundations, and policy-makers working to improve outcomes in the areas of education, community/youth action, and social/environmental solutions to climate change for a more just, equitable, and imaginative future.