Program Advisory Board
Crystal Menzies
Equity Research Advisor
Dr. Crystal Menzies is a postdoctoral fellow at the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley. Prior, she was a postdoctoral research associate at the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh; her research focuses on instructional equity in mathematics and literacy classrooms. She is also the founder and chief innovation officer of EmancipatED, an organization that centers stories of joy, exploration, and resistance within the African Diaspora through the creation of educational resources and curricula. Her research interests include racial identity development, culturally relevant pedagogy, and community cultural wealth.