Project Director, National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI) and Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Dr. Gray is the Director of two OSEP-funded projects, the National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI) and the Center for Implementation Technology in Education (CITEd) at AIR. Dr. Gray has published and lectured widely on issues related to the integration of emerging technologies into the classroom and after-school programs. As the Vice President for Youth Services at the Morino Institute, she was responsible for the design and implementation of the Youth Development Collaborative (YDC). This effort focused on the complexities of integrating technology into schools and community-based organizations. Under Dr. Gray’s leadership, the findings from the YDC led to the publication of the YouthLearn Guide: A Creative Approach to Working With Youth and Technology and the YouthLearn program (www.youthlearn.org). Dr. Gray holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Education and Psychology from Stanford University, and an A.B. in Psychology from the University of California, Riverside. She is a member of the Technical Advisory Group for the U.S.-China e-Language Learning Program (Chengo) funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the Chinese Ministry of Education, National Boys and Girls Clubs’ Youth and Technology Advisory Committee, Teach for America (DC) Advisory Board and U.S.-China Center for Research on Education Advisory Group.