Deborah A. Fields

Deborah A. Fields is a research professor in the Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah State University. Their research explores identity, culture, technology, and learning across institutional and everyday settings, with a focus on creative expression through digital media, coding, and craft materials. Fields earned a PhD in Psychological Studies in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania.

Fields co-authored The Society That Learns: Constructionism and Lifelong Learning in Thailand with Paulo Blikstein. They are also co-author of Connected Play: Tween Life in a Virtual World (MIT Press, 2013) and led development of the e-textiles unit for the Exploring Computer Science curriculum.