Dr. Breanne Litts (she/her)

Associate Professor


Dr.  Breanne Litts (she/her)

Contact Information

Phone: (435) 200-1718
Email: breanne.litts@usu.edu
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Educational Background

Ph.D., Digital Media, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Madison, WI, 2015
Minor emphasis Educational Psychology, Learning Sciences

M.S., Multicultural Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Madison, WI, 2011

B.A., Psychology, University of Washington-Seattle: Seattle, WA, 2009
Minor Diversity

Biography

Dr. Breanne Litts is an explorer at heart. When she’s not working, you might find her out hiking, rock climbing, or backpacking. Whether a mountain peak, city, or countryside, she enjoys adventuring to new places.

In her research, Breanne investigates how people learn and how we can use technology to bring people together in new, productive ways, especially in cross-cultural contexts. Motivated by her value of working with people from multiple disciplines and backgrounds, she typically works in multi-sector, interdisciplinary research and design teams.

Breanne started the LED Lab to investigate how people learn through making, designing, and producing in diverse cultural and community contexts. Her students love the sense of community they find through the LED Lab and the support she provides them to pursue their own projects. Since coming to USU, Breanne has received several awards for her mentorship and teaching including USU Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year in 2021.

Breanne’s approach to research is community-, equity-, and design-oriented. Learn more about Breanne’s story as an academic here: https://circlcenter.org/meet-breanne-litts

Breanne is looking for a diverse group of students to join in her research. She values the way people from multiple disciplines and backgrounds work together. Her approach to research is partnership, equity, and design oriented.

Check out the Learn Explore Design Lab website to learn about current projects in the LED Lab.

Research Focus

Dr. Breanne Litts' scholarly interests combine identity, learning, technology, and culture. Breanne takes a community-centered approach to her research through cultivating local partnerships around shared research goals and values. She collaborates and co-designs with Indigenous communities, formal and out-of-school educators, and other community organizations. Together they investigates how people learn and collaborate through making, designing, and producing in diverse cultural and community contexts. Specifically, they explore questions such as how young people construct their identities through place and story, how to use technology to bring people together in cross-cultural contexts, and how people collaborate across disciplines, communities, and cultures. 

Breanne’s work has received support from national and international organizations such as the National Science Foundation and the Spencer Foundation. Her work appears in journals such as Teachers College Record, Harvard Educational Review, and British Journal of Educational Technology. 


Selected Publications

See Google Scholar for a comprehensive list of publications.