Director of Curriculum Design, Arts and Sciences Online Learning
Dr. Clayton Colmon is the Director of Curriculum Design for the Arts and Sciences Online Learning team at Penn. Clay believes lifelong learning is integral to any sustainable social system and appreciates the transformative potential of blended and online learning modalities. He is an advocate for fostering belonging in present and future knowledge-building communities and uses justice-oriented design practices in his work. Clay also adapts his curricular design approach to meet diverse pedagogical needs.
In addition to teaching at Penn, Clay has taught at the University of Delaware and at Claremont Graduate University. Clay’s work lives at the intersection of critical race, gender, queer, and utopian studies, as he examines technology’s impact on queer communities of color, creative knowledge-work, and strategies for social change. He has presented and published scholarship on queer afrofuturism, dystopic urban spaces, and community-driven practices in digital teaching and learning.
He received his Bachelor of Arts in English and political science, with honors, from Rutgers University. He holds a PhD in English from the University of Delaware.
