Philippa Rappoport

Philippa Rappoport is the is the Manager of Community Engagement at the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, and in this capacity produces a range of community digital education and professional development projects, locally and nationally. She works to create digital assets for educators, schools, families, and new immigrant English Language learners, including Smithsonian Learning Lab teaching collections, YouTube videos with curators, educators, and tradition bearers, a handmade family stories book-making website, and online heritage tours. Philippa has a Ph.D. in Slavic Folklore and Linguistics, and teaches Russian Culture at George Washington University.