Raymond Budelman

Raymond Budelman researches teaching and learning, artificial intelligence in education, assessment and grading reform, and higher education. At the University of California, San Diego, he contributed to a project examining the scaling of adaptive teaching and learning practices across STEM education within and beyond the University of California system. He received both the Jerri-Ann and Gary E. Jacobs Endowed Fellowship and the Katzin Prize in recognition of his academic achievement and leadership.

Before pursuing doctoral study, he worked for nearly two decades in human rights, public policy, and higher education, including positions with Amnesty International USA and Physicians for Human Rights. While enrolled at Washington University School of Law, he served on Marvin Stewart's federal appellate defense team, becoming one of only about two dozen U.S. law students, among approximately 154,000 law students enrolled nationally at the time, to gain experience in federal habeas corpus litigation. He holds degrees from UC Berkeley School of Law, Columbia University, Washington University School of Law, and Hofstra University.

His work has examined AI-assisted learning, instructional transparency, assessment and grading practices, and higher education policy, and he has presented his research at national academic conferences. Drawing on a career that spans law, public policy, human rights, education, and advocacy, his expertise is as wide-ranging as his interests are eclectic. A first-generation college graduate, he examines how teaching, learning, and educational institutions can be redesigned to better serve professional, adult, and lifelong learners.