Jesse Stommel is currently a faculty member in the Writing Program at the University of Denver, USA. He is also co-founder of Hybrid Pedagogy: the Journal of Critical Digital Pedagogy and Digital Pedagogy Lab. He has a PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the author of Undoing the Grade: Why We Grade, and How to Stop and co-author of An Urgency of Teachers: the Work of Critical Digital Pedagogy.

Jesse is a documentary filmmaker and teaches courses about pedagogy, film, digital studies, and composition. Jesse experiments relentlessly with learning interfaces, both digital and analog, and his research focuses on higher education pedagogy, critical digital pedagogy, and assessment. He’s got a rascal pup, Emily, a clever cat, Loki, and a badass daughter, Hazel. He’s online at jessestommel.com and on Twitter @Jessifer.