Summary
Candace Chou is a higher education leader and professor with eight years in current senior roles and over two decades shaping online and blended learning, instructional design, and educational technology. As Director of the Educational Leadership & Learning Ed.D. program and of a graduate certificate in Learning Technology Leadership and Innovation at the University of St. Thomas, she blends program leadership with hands-on curriculum development. Her academic roots include a Ph.D. in Communication and Information Sciences and long faculty service that bridge pedagogy, digital equity, and mobile learning. She brings practical experience managing language-technology centers, grant writing, and multimedia development from earlier roles at the University of Minnesota. Beyond education leadership, she engages with computer vision and web development on GitHub, signaling a rare mix of research-driven pedagogy and applied technical curiosity. Located in Minneapolis, she is known for translating complex instructional needs into scalable, technology-enabled learning solutions.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
English and American Literature, English and American Literature at Fu Jen Catholic University
Ph.D., Communication and Information Sciences, Ph.D., Communication and Information Sciences at University of Hawaii at Manoa