Dr. Michael Lipset

Dr. Lipset's research centers on the intersections of critical arts pedagogies, education change, pushout re-engagement, teacher preparation, and social justice, with expertise in critical digital and media literacy, culturally sustaining school change, and arts in education.

Dr. Lipset's work connects with educational technology through an emphasis on educational innovation and pedagogy, particularly in teacher education, encouraging educators to deeply question the when, where, how, and why of education technology. His instruction supports the purposeful incorporation of, as well as purposeful disconnection from, technology in learning environmnets. Dr. Lipset encourages the use of technology to advance social action and sustainability education, reflecting a commitment to integrating digital tools to facilitate transformative learning experiences.

Dr. Lipset currently works with 4 Learning, an international non-profit based in Los Angeles, CA, whose mission is to support schools, districts, and states across the US, as well as education systems around the world, in the development of culturally sustaining pedagogies through the recording arts. He is leading the development of the Arts, Media & Entertainment World within the Metaverse of Learning designed by STEMuli, a gamified learning sub-world that will personalize the renowned Business of Music & Media curriculum developed by the exemplary High School for Recording Arts.

Dr. Lipset has also partnered with Spotify to host and produce the RecordED Arts podcast, which narrates stories at the intersection of the recording arts and education, highlighting best practices in the equitable use of digital production and recording technologies for learning. As a Doctoral Intern, Dr. Lipset worked with the K12 Lab at the d.school in Stanford University to produce Sound Practice, a series of sound-based, asynchronous learning modules designed to support educators in deepening their equity work. To-date, Sound Practice has been streamed more than 10,800 times in over 50 countries around the world.

Dr. Lipset has also led professional development sessions at the intersection of digital production technologies, streaming platforms, and social media platforms for Twitch, Adidas, the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the High Tech High Graduate School of Education, and more. He is one of three authors of Hip Hop Genius 2.0: Remixing High School Education, published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2022 and covering 20 years of work to reengage out of school youth through the recording arts and other creative endeavors. His work has been published by Phi Delta Kappan, Forbes, Bloomsbury, Springer, Urban Education, and beyond.