Jeff Dieffenbach
Associate Director, MIT Integrated Learning Initiative
600 Technology Square, Office: NE49-2182
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Phone: (508) 353-3175
Email: jdieff@mit.edu
Connect: LinkedIn
Education
M.S., Technology and Policy Program, MIT, 1989
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 1989
B.S., Electrical Engineering with Distinction, University of Delaware, 1987
Background
Jeff Dieffenbach is passionate about learning, from birth and early childhood to pK-12 to higher education to workforce development. He serves as the staff director of the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative, which funds, connects, and shares research on effective human learning across these demographics. This research explores how differences in learners, instruction, and landscape lead to different learning outcomes.
Previously, Jeff served in senior product management, marketing, and business development roles across a range of education companies. He served for ten years as an elected school board member in a suburban town west of Boston. Jeff earned master’s degrees in Technology and Policy and in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
