Lance Eaton

Dr. Lance Eaton believes education should be accessible to everyone, though figuring out how keeps him busy. Since 2011, Lance has worked as an instructional designer and faculty developer throughout New England, teaching across disciplines that shouldn't fit on one business card: history, English, technology, education, and social sciences. This eclectic background means he's constantly learning alongside colleagues and discovering he doesn't know as much as he thought. His PhD from UMass Boston explored why scholars turn to academic pirate networks for research literature, revealing much about what's broken in academic publishing. His current work wrestles with digital tools' possibilities and challenges in education. He's drawn to questions without easy answers: How do we ensure technology expands access rather than creating barriers? How do we navigate AI without losing what makes learning human? Lance believes the best insights come from collaboration because none of us have all the answers.