Jill Zarestky is an associate professor in the Colorado State University School of Education. Her research focuses on how adults can continue learning even after they have finished their formal educations.
Keeping up with science and technology is an ongoing challenge for adults. Zarestky studies how people can learn about these topics throughout their lives. Her research focuses on the pieces and ways adults continue to learn and engage with exciting innovations, such as artificial intelligence, or adapt to global challenges like climate change.
Zarestky earned her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. Her research has been published in Adult Education Quarterly, Adult Learning, Environment, Development and Sustainability and more.