Dr. Jill Zarestky is an associate professor of Learning Design and Training and associate director of the School of Education at Colorado State University. Zarestky holds a Ph.D. in educational human resource development from Texas A&M University, with a specialization in adult education, and an M.S. in computational and applied mathematics from the University of Texas, Austin. Her research interests focus on adult STEM education, funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Zarestky was the 2019 recipient of the AAACE Commission of Professors of Adult Education Early Career Award and the 2020 recipient of the University Council for Workforce and Human Resource Education Assistant Professor Award.