Akili Lee

Current

Director, Digital Youth Network at Center for Urban School Improvement, University of Chicago

Past

Associate Director of New Media and Technology at The Woodlawn Organization

Education

DePaul University
Northwestern University

Connections

183 connections

Industry

Education Management

Websites

My Company

Akili Lee’s Summary

Akili Lee is the Director of the Digital Youth Network (DYN), a research initiative of The University of Chicago's Center for Urban School Improvement. Supported through a generous grant from the MacArthur Foundation, DYN is focused on creating a framework combining after school programming, an ambitious in-school presence, and innovative online spaces to build youth new media literacy skills. The program is challenged with developing a curriculum and framework that can immediately scale.

Prior to joining Digital Youth, Akili served as the Associate Director for New Media and Technology for a sizeable Chicago not for profit. He worked to leverage IT and new media resources to support the organization's infrastructure as well as their marketing and communication goals. As the Director of the Digital Youth Program, Akili aims to support youth perspective and skill development that students similarly will be able to leverage for their own personal, academic, and professional advancement.

Akili received a B.A. in Computing and Information Systems from Northwestern University and is currently completing a M.S. in Business Information Technology at Depaul University.

Akili Lee’s Experience

Director, Digital Youth Network

Center for Urban School Improvement, University of Chicago

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Akili Lee’s Education

DePaul University

MS , Business Information Technology , 2005 — 2007
Northwestern University

BA , Computing and Information Systems , 1998 — 2002

Activities and Societies:

NSBE, WNUR, FMO, Northwestern Alumni Association, NUBAA