Dr. Megan Workmon Larsen is a creative educator, researcher, and technologist who leads Learning Experience Design at Arizona State University’s Enterprise Technology. Her work explores how digital literacy, artificial intelligence, and creativity can transform learning into inclusive, human-centered experiences. Megan oversees Learning Experience Design by identifying and defining areas for exploration, researching current practices in emerging and creative technology, and using data to translate findings into unprecedented learning experiences for the ASU community.
Current projects include designing experimental environments to activate learning and instruction via the campus Tech Hubs, Experimental Classroom (EXCL) Lab, and AI Creative Learning Lab, investigating XR and AI tools for creative and reflective practices, scaling inclusive technology services alongside workforce development for students, and contributing to skills ecosystem and credential competency frameworks. Her approach is deeply rooted in the iterative process of learning, embracing failure and resilience as critical drivers of innovation and growth.
Prior to this role, Megan served as the Director of Student Engagement and Creative Career Services for the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, the largest comprehensive arts and design college in the nation. As a researcher, she explores how learning moments foster belonging, how curiosity and inspiration activate motivation and connection, and how interdisciplinary collaboration creates sustainable change. Her work spans education, creativity, emerging technology, and information science, with research interests in risk, failure, creativity, engagement, higher education, positive psychology, human-centered design, arts-based methodologies, information mediation, and resilience.
Megan holds a Bachelor of Music from The Boston Conservatory, a Master of Education from the University of Southern California, half of a Master of Library and Information Science (before life took a different turn), and a Doctorate of Education and Innovation from Arizona State University. Whether crafting bold ideas that spark change or belting out a mean karaoke tune, she is passionate about connecting people, ideas, and technology in transformative ways.
