Christina Jenkins is an educator and artist whose medium is school. Her work examines the school as a designed environment, asking how learning conditions can be built to support democratic pedagogy and animate civic life. These questions have shaped a career spanning K–12 education, higher education and the arts, including a decade teaching in New York City public schools and creative collaborations with traditional, radical, and informal learning institutions across the country.
At MICA, Jenkins has served as faculty and Interim Director of the MA Social Design program, leading a comprehensive redesign of its curriculum, external partnerships, and fellowship initiatives. She currently serves as Assistant Dean for Academic Operations, working across the School of Art, Media and Design and the School of Liberal Arts and Education. She holds an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design, a Master's in Teaching from Pace University, and a BA in History and Urban Studies from UCLA.