Ellie Chew
I am currently a first-year PhD student in the SESAME program. I wonder how people understand physics through play in museum installations and entertainment media outside of the classroom, and what continued play can look like in higher…
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Emma Teresa (Ter) Booth
My curiosities relate to the integration of STEAM learning into trauma-informed education practices. Drawing on enactivist theory, I am interested in designing and studying mathematics learning environments where learners can improve somatic awareness through exploring relationships, monitoring internal…
Micah Mok
Hey! My name is Micah Mok. I plan to graduate in Spring of 2026 with a double major in Cognitive Science and Computer Science. I enjoy music, being outside, and thinking. I am currently working on the MOVES-Number…
Manooshree Patel
With my research, I aim to work towards increasing student access to a quality and humane STEM education at the secondary and higher education levels. I want to better understand how we might create culturally relevant pedagogies for…
Eli Pleaner
I am interested in contemplative learning at scale in the digital age, and how to support students in multimodal, embodied participation in learning contexts through novel educational approaches using tangibles and new media.
Sam Hilkey
I’m a doctoral student in the SESAME cluster. My research interests include math identities, fractions, and logic puzzles, and I’m excited to see how the three interact! Background: After studying math in undergrad at UC Santa Cruz, I…
John Kim
My interest is centered around language acquisition within embodied interactions to produce novel narrative discourse. My current project observes language acquisition, especially core vocabulary development of individuals who employ Augmentative and Alternative Communication. I am also interested in…
Jacqueline Anton
My research interests include embodied interventions meant to support all students in their learning and conceptual understanding of foundational mathematics. am also interested in effective inclusion practices and tools in mathematics classrooms and disability studies...
Ratih Ayu Apsari
I am interested in culturally situated embodied cognition in relation to the teaching and learning of mathematics. For further information, please click on my name.
Devon Madeksiak
Hello I am Devon Madeksiak! I am a third year studying Data Science and Environmental Economics. I am interested in helping students understand how and why we learn concepts in school. Instead of memorizing how to solve problems!
César Botetano
César Botetano is a primary level teacher in Peru. He studied Psychology at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Ilona Iłowiecka-Tańska
Ilona Iłowiecka-Tańska is a researcher and educator at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw, Poland
Erin Foley
I study how multimodal engagements with data through improved access to the core aspects of working with data can facilitate data literacy and data visualization literacy.
Brittney Cooper
My research is focused on language development and, in particular, how children develop relational concepts through social interaction and embodied activity. My current projects are related to language development among children who communicate using Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
Jerry The Goat!
About Me: Born a Capricorn (but of course), I was raised on organic alfalfa in a fine Western European free-range pasture. I joined the Embodied Design Research Laboratory around 2008. Little did I know that I would be…
Darryl Diptee
My research investigates how minority students might better negotiate their academic identities within oppressive social systems, as informed by embodied cognition.
Julien Putz
I study how people perceive and reason with mathematical diagrams, drawing on embodied and enactive approaches to cognition.
Cindy Chen
Hi! My name is Cindy, and I’m a rising Junior at Berkeley studying Computer Science, Applied Math, and Economics. I’m interested in building an accessible online educational platform for secondary school students and communities that are in need.…
SreeVidya Ganga
Hey! My name is SreeVidya Ganga, and I’m a freshman double majoring in computer science and economics.
Zoe Silverman
I am a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences and Human Development cluster with an interest in object-based teaching and learning in museums.