Megan Bang

Megan Bang (Ojibwe and Italian descent) is a professor of learning sciences and director of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at Northwestern University. She is the 2024-25 One Book One Northwestern program co-chair.

Bang, who works closely with Indigenous communities, broadly studies the dynamics of culture, learning, and development. Her specific focus explores the complexities of navigating multiple-meaning systems in creating and implementing more effective and just learning environments in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics education. She also closely examines reasoning and decision-making about complex socio-ecological systems in ways that intersect with culture, power, and historicity.

Bang, a member of the National Academy of Education, serves on the Board of Science Education at the National Academy of Sciences, the Advisory Board for the National Academy of Education, and the National Science Foundation's Advisory Board for Environmental Research and Education.