Yi Ding (Ding), Tenured Faculty & Director of Affordable Learning Solutions
Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the CSUN Affordable Learning $olutions (AL$) team to reduce the cost of textbooks and advance student financial literacy through workshops, orientations, and educational programming that promote informed financial decision-making
- Manage the creation and maintenance of digital learning objects and open educational resources on information literacy
- Serve on the Advisory Board of DuBois-Hamer Institute for Academic Achievement and as a subject specialist for Library Science, Women in Science and Engineering, Civic and Community Engagement, Diverse Community Development Leadership, and Kinesiology
Areas of Expertise
- Financial Literacy, Education Equity, Civic and Community Engagement
Awards
- 2023 CA AD40 Woman of the Year Nominee
- 2023 Certificate of Recognition by LAUSD Board of Education
- 2022 Certificate of Appreciation by Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
- 2021 New Leaders Council - Los Angeles Fellow (1/20 citywide)
- 2021 President’s Volunteer Service Award Gold Medalist (for outstanding community contribution)
- 2021 CSUN Jolene Koester Team Award (for outstanding contribution to the “Pivot to the Virtual Modality during the Pandemic” project)
- 2021 Yenching Global Symposium Delegate (1/150 worldwide)
- 2020 Class of Emerging Leaders by American Library Association
- 2019 CSUN Faculty Success Grant
- 2019 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Academic Library Impact Research Grant
- 2018 CSUN China Institute Faculty Development Grant
- 2018 Code4Lib Diversity Scholarship Award
- 2017 Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Forum Scholarship
- 2016 Electronic Resources & Library (ER&L)/Taylor & Francis Travel Award
- 2015 Tung-Li & Hui-His Yuan Family Award Fellowship
Education
- Doctor of Education | Focus: Financial Literacy and Public Policy (Expected 2027)
Johns Hopkins University - Master of Library & Information Science | Graduate Certificate of Digital Humanities
Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles - Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy
Wesleyan University - Undergraduate study, Chinese Language and Literature
Nanjing University