Assistant Professor, Longwood University
Alecia Blackwood is an author, consultant, coach, facilitator, and international speaker with over 25 years of experience in education. A former Fulbright-Hays Scholar to Namibia and Botswana, she is recognized as a leading expert in the United States on Ubuntu pedagogy, a humanistic approach to fostering student engagement in teaching and learning. In 2024, she received an ISTE Faculty Research Fellowship to explore the use of artificial intelligence in school environments, and in 2026, she was named an AI Catalyst Fellow by the EdSafe AI Alliance. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Education at Longwood University.
