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Dr. Stephanie Ann Sadownik (also published as Stephanie Samaras) is an educator and researcher with a diverse background in curriculum, teaching, and learning, particularly within the Ontario and Alberta educational contexts. Her research spans several critical areas, including:
- Educational Technology and Data Sovereignty: Dr. Sadownik’s recent work focuses on the socio-political implications of deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) in public schools, exploring concepts like the “Sovereign Vault” (a localized Edge AI infrastructure) to protect student data sovereignty and ensure compliance with MFIPPA and PHIPA.
- Inclusive Education and Neurodivergence: She investigates the intersection of privacy and “Social Sanctuary” for neurodivergent students, using the NSIR scale to quantify social comfort and safety in human-AI partnerships.
- Mathematics Education and Collaborative Learning: Her scholarship includes research on developing mathematical processes through dialogue in computer-supported collaborative learning environments and monitoring student thinking in digital classrooms.
- Ethics and Problematic Discourse: She has examined ethics policy perspectives in field studies of interactive technologies for marginalized users and explored problematic social media discourse among students.
Dr. Sadownik’s professional experience includes roles as an educator with the York Region District School Board (YRDSB) and the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB). She has held academic positions as a research fellow at Pennsylvania State University and a sessional instructor at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). In addition to her PhD, her qualifications include a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University and leadership certifications from the Ontario College of Teachers.