Bio

Dr. Angelina Dayton is the Director of Research at the Virtual World Society and an Aspen Institute Tech Policy Fellow. She is a virtual reality researcher, user experience designer, speaker, consultant and trainer. Her specialty is design and deployment of XR technologies into complex organizations for the purpose of large-scale deployment and mass adoption. Her expertise in human computer interaction is based on an anthropological assessment of how best to integrate emerging technology into highly structured, low-resourced environments. She has worked with over 30,000 first time virtual reality users piloting curated content based on state academic standards and within industry to create an XR-skilled workforce. Dr. Dayton's research focuses on creating an efficient and productive XR-skilled workforce through understanding the environments in which people thrive. Some of her current passion projects involve XR curriculum and training in rural communities within Cherokee Nation, Navajo Nation, Pawnee, Shawnee, Citizen Potawatomi Nation and within indigenous communities in Central America.