Helen L. Chen
Research Scientist in the Designing Education Lab, Stanford’s Department of Mechanical Engineering; Co-founder of the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab, Stanford Career Education
Helen L. Chen is a Research Scientist in the Designing Education Lab in Stanford’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and a co-founder of the Integrative Learning Portfolio Lab housed in Stanford Career Education. Her research interests include engineering and entrepreneurship education, reflective portfolio practices in higher education, and redesigning how learning is authentically captured and communicated through traditional records, resumes, LinkedIn, ePortfolios, and other platforms. Helen serves on the executive board for the Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL) and is a co-author of Documenting Learning with ePortfolios.
Areas of Expertise
- collaborating with students, career services, employers, alumni, faculty, and other ePortfolio stakeholders
- design thinking approaches and methods
- ePortfolios and reflective practices (“folio thinking”)
- professional digital presence