Thomas "TJ" McKenna is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Boston University's Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, Director of the Center for STEM Professional Learning at Scale, and Associate Director of Educator Engagement and Impact, for the AI and Education Initiative. He is the author of Making Sense of Sensemaking: Designing Authentic K-12 STEM Learning Experiences (Teachers College Press & NSTA, 2024) and founder of NGSS Phenomena, which has reached over 5 million educators worldwide.