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John Yi
Director, Teaching and Learning, Academic Affairs
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John David Yi is the Director of Teaching and Learning at Montclair State University. A first-generation college graduate, he brings nearly two decades of experience in teaching, faculty development, and academic leadership. He earned his Ph.D. in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, where his research examined how community and belonging are co-constructed in First-Year Writing classrooms, with particular attention to blended and online learning environments.
Before joining Montclair, John served as a Lecturer in English at Queensborough Community College, CUNY. During his time there, he led several campus-wide initiatives, including the Accelerated Learning Program and the Common Read initiative. He also served as an inaugural 2023–2024 Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies (BRES) Faculty Fellow and a 2022–2023 Faculty Fellow at the Kupferberg Holocaust Center, supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), where he worked with colleagues across disciplines to support inclusive curriculum design and engage students with diverse perspectives and histories.
At Montclair, John partners with faculty across disciplines to support teaching, learning, and conversations about emerging technologies. These interests continue to inform his work as a member of the 2026 Google & GSV Higher Ed Leader Fellowship. Selected for the inaugural cohort, he joins higher education leaders from across the country in exploring AI and what meaningful learning might look like in higher education.
Across his work, John is committed to creating spaces where faculty can learn from one another, exchange ideas, and reflect together on how relationships, course design, and shared inquiry shape student learning and participation. He believes that teaching is relational, reflective, and community-shaped work, and values opportunities for faculty to learn with and from one another.
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