Marjorie Cristina Da Cruz, PhD

• Sep 2025 – present · Linz, Austria

  Design Learning Specialist

  Interdisciplinary Transformation University (IT:U)

  • Design courses in AI literacy, project-based learning, maker labs, and accessibility, with a focus on e-learning and the learner journey. PBL lecturer for master's and doctoral students.
  • Core team member, UNINOVIS Alliance Work Package 2 on microcredentials and learning support in data science, developing learning pathways and frameworks for European higher education.
  • Research on learning analytics, cultural experience in education, and sustainability in interdisciplinary contexts. Learning design coordination for maker spaces and labs.
  • Project management and knowledge management for the PBL team. Topic Group Organiser, ICME-16 Prague 2028, on Sustainability and Mathematics Education.

• Apr 2024 – Aug 2025 · Linz, Austria

  Researcher, STEM Department

  Linz School of Education, Johannes Kepler University Linz

  • Developed and submitted interdisciplinary proposals for Erasmus+, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), and Horizon Europe, on gender, education, and technology.
  • Core team member on EU-funded projects TransEET, STEAM Kitchen, STEPAM, STEAMCraft, and STEM+.
  • Conference Co-Chair and Principal Organiser, M-CTRAS 2025 at JKU (23–25 June 2025): proceedings, peer review, logistics, programme, and speakers.
  • Symposium participant, Research Designs in Subject Didactics: an International Delphi Study, University of Vienna Centre for Teacher Education.
  • Teaching assistant, Computational Statistics in the Artificial Intelligence bachelor's programme: probability distributions, estimation, regression, Bayesian methods, and simulation in R, Iramuteq, and Python.

• Apr 2023 – Mar 2024 · Linz, Austria

  Research Fellow, STEM Department

  Linz School of Education, Johannes Kepler University Linz

  • Co-taught Statistics with Professor Zsolt Lavicza, designing instructional materials for statistical literacy and coding proficiency. Co-supervised doctoral fellows and undergraduates.
  • Completed doctoral dissertation using critical discourse analysis and computational text mining to examine cultural representation in mathematics textbooks.

• Aug 2021 – May 2024 · Brazil, remote

  Analytics Product Manager and Customer Success Operations

  Letrus, education technology NGO

  • Designed data-driven solutions for literacy education using R, SQL, and Java; managed cloud infrastructure on AWS.
  • Coordinated customer success operations serving more than 500 educational institutions across Brazil.
  • Built predictive models and dashboards on platform usage and student performance; established operational KPIs. Worked with product development on prioritisation and lifecycle.

• Jan 2020 – Nov 2021 · Brazil

  Head Teacher, Mathematics

  Maple Bear Canadian School

  • Taught grades 6 to 12 and coordinated a department of four teachers. Designed curriculum aligning the Brazilian BNCC with the Canadian framework, and led teacher training in mathematics pedagogy.

• Sep 2018 – Sep 2020 · Brazil

  Lecturer and Master's Scholarship Holder

  Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes

  • Taught social sciences and public policy to students in medicine, law, and education.
  • Analysed fifteen years of Brazilian federal education data (FUNDEB, FNDE, IDEB, 2005–2019) using geospatial analysis in ArcGIS and regression in R, and developed recommendations for municipal education authorities.

• 2010 – 2018 · Brazil

  Maintenance Engineer

  Plasolution, polymer manufacturing

  • Production planning and process coordination in a large-scale industrial environment. Analytical troubleshooting of mechanical systems, and design of mechanical parts using 2D and 3D tools.

• 2021 – 2025

  PhD, Mathematics Education

  São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil
  Beyond the Pages: cultural and linguistic aspects of Canadian textbooks

• 2018 – 2020

  MA, Public Policy

  University of Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
  Analysis of Public Education Policies: evaluation of the education index in Brazil

• 2013 – 2017

  BSc, Mathematics and Didactics

  Paulista University, Brazil
  R as an intelligence tool for learning statistics

• 2009 – 2013

  Mechanical Engineering, coursework

  University of Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil. Coursework completed through to the final project; degree not awarded.

• 2007 – 2009

  Technical School, Logistics and Business

  SENAI, Brazil

• 2023

  CAPES PrInt Scholarship

  For a doctoral research internship in Austria

• 2016 – 2017

  Specialisation in Polymer Thermoprocessing

  Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar)

• 2013

  White Belt certification

  For support on a Green Belt cost-reduction project

References available on request.