Our Research Team
Susan Yoon
A learning scientist who specializes in using complex systems approaches for teaching and learning with both students and teachers. Her research focuses on science education and learning environments that reveal patterns of information that may not be seen or understood through traditional means.
Jooeun Shim
An app designer, learning scientist, and mobile learning expert who specializes in supporting teachers as they integrate novel technologies and teaching methods into their classroom instruction. Her research focuses on culturally relevant teaching for STEM integration in K-12 classrooms.
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Zhitong (Lin) Yang
An expert in measurements and assessments of learning who specializes in high school and college-level assessment. His research focuses on K-12 science performance assessment, noncognitive measures for workforce readiness, and higher education outcome measurement.
Tugce Aldemir
A learning scientist who specializes in co-designing and co-evaluating technological tools to support collective agency development. Her research focuses on how learners collaboratively develop epistemic and socio-emotional agency and how various technological tools could support this process.
Noora Noushad
A learning scientist who specializes in promoting the integration of robust and meaningful scientific and epistemic practices into high school classrooms. Her research focuses on effective and high-quality practices for teacher professional development relating to relevant real-world epistemic practices.
Thomas Richman
A content creator, instructional designer, and former math teacher who specializes in online teaching and learning. His research focuses on collaboration, interest development, and motivation in online educational environments. Educational videos that he has created and co-created have received more than 10 million views on YouTube.
Kate Miller
An expert in data literacy who specializes in integrating data literacy in K-12 and interdisciplinary contexts. Her research focuses on pedagogical content knowledge for data literacy and practical applications for data literacy in schools.