AI Governance & Global Education | Immersive Learning Architect | Fulbright Scholar | 15+ Years Academia-Gov-Industry Collab
Josephine Dorado is a pioneer in edtech and immersive learning deployment with a focus on AI strategy and literacy. Her work spans higher education, defense, healthcare, international governance, and nonprofit sectors. As a two-time Fulbright Scholar, she connects industry, academia, and government to implement responsible AI governance frameworks, enterprise-scale learning systems, and XR initiatives.
Highlights:
- Instructional Leadership: Designed and delivered enterprise-scale training programs on AI literacy, immersive technologies, and emerging tech adoption for educational, defense, industrial sector, and nonprofit clients. Led XR/AI training platform development for military, applying a competency-based approach that reduced instruction time and ensured mission readiness.
- Global Health & International EdTech: Managed cross-functional teams to develop the WHO Academy online learning platform and built immersive AR/WebXR experiences for the Mass Casualty Augmented Reality Experience (MCARE). Prioritized mobile-first, bandwidth-friendly, and inclusive approaches for resource-constrained environments, reaching health professionals worldwide.
- AI Policy & Stakeholder Governance: Facilitates consensus across municipal leadership and community stakeholders to develop AI governance frameworks in response to the rapid expansion of data center infrastructure in Wisconsin. Currently partnering with Milwaukee County leadership to design participatory models that ensure inclusive community voice and ethical oversight in AI policy development.
- Academic Innovation & Digital Pedagogy: Delivered 18+ years of instruction at The New School, pioneering immersive and blended learning a decade before mainstream adoption. Architected unique 3D virtual “atelier” spaces that fostered a sense of shared presence for online students, creating a precedent for collaborative remote learning environments.
- Global Education & Digital Diplomacy: Fulbright Scholar and longtime former president of the Fulbright’s NY chapter. Founded Kidz Connect, a pioneering virtual exchange program that connected youth internationally through creative collaboration and theatrical performance in virtual worlds. As a U.S. State Department TechCamp trainer, deployed to 12+ countries, including Ukraine, Algeria, Ethiopia, and Tunisia, developing programs like co(X)ist and Thriving in the Macondo that prioritize inclusion and training effectiveness under resource-constrained conditions.
- Embodied Innovation: Balances leadership in digital spaces with a 15+ year passion for teaching Pilates. This combination of a technology-infused career with a physical, embodied way of being informs a human-centric approach to AI and immersive design.
More:
My Artistic Statement
My Immersive Learning Portfolio
My post on networked performance and exploring the body in online space: This Body Is NETWORKED