VICE PRESIDENT, EDUCATION STRATEGY, BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM
AND DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR CHILDHOOD CREATIVITY
"Every Child an Engineer"

Elizabeth Rood serves as director of the
Center for Childhood Creativity, as well
as vice president of education strategy
for the Bay Area Discovery Museum.
With more than 15 years of experience in
formal education, Rood has worked as a
teacher, principal, and executive director
in small urban schools focused on
personalization, equity, and progressive
education.
Rood holds a B.A. from Brown University, teaching and administrative
credentials from Mills College, and a doctorate in educational leadership
from Mills College. Her doctoral research, drawing heavily from psychological
constructs such as learning mindset, self-efficacy, and stereotype threat,
focuses on the role of “care” in teachers’ relationships with Latino male students
entering high school substantially behind in academic skills.

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