Education Director

The Education Director is one of the twelve members of the Board of Directors. Their mission is to increase the data visualization literacy of the world.

Duties according to Bylaws

1. Set strategy for increasing data visualization literacy of membership and beyond
2. Find ways to support already existing external data visualization education initiatives
3. Manage educational resources for members and data viz community
4. Identify opportunities to influence curricula to include data visualization in academic programs and schools
5. Lead compilation of resources and best practices for teaching data visualization at various levels
6. Surface data visualization research findings
7. Manage Education Committee

Tasks

• Lead compilation of resources and best practices for teaching data visualization at various levels
• Manage educational resources for members and data viz community
• Manage the education piece of the DVS accreditation program
• Identify opportunities to influence curricula to include data visualization in academic programs and schools
• Surface data visualization research findings

Guiding Questions

• What educational resources can DVS provide?
• What is the current state of data viz literacy? What resources could help increase that?
• How might we make data viz education more accessible?