Lennon Audrain
Research Assistant Professor
Arizona State University
Richard “Lennon” Audrain (enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and Shawnee Tribe) is a research assistant professor in Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation. He leads the Next Education Workforce Initiative's educator pathways, innovation and policy initiatives. Previously, he led the strategy on the Next Education Workforce initiative's Teacher & School Leader grant, an $8.2 million U.S. Department of Education grant awarded to ASU in partnership with Mesa Public Schools to redesign human capital management systems in education. Lennon taught Latin, Spanish, and English in both Arizona and Massachusetts. Lennon’s research interests explore human capital management systems. As the product of a high school grow-your-own program and the former national president of Educators Rising, Lennon's particular interest in human capital management systems is on teacher recruitment, preparation, and education for team-based staffing models. He holds a Master's degree in technology, innovation and education from Harvard University Graduate School of Education a PhD in educational policy and evaluation and Master's degrees from Arizona State University.