{"id":65,"date":"2024-03-27T19:46:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T19:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.prd.vanderbilt.edu\/live\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:40:34","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/live\/about\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"

LIVE Director & Staff<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0LIVE Board<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0 LIVE Core Faculty<\/a> \u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 Affiliated Faculty<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Scientists & Postdocs<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0PhD Students<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0Project Coordinators<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0Alumni<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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LIVE Director & Staff<\/h2>
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Alyssa Friend Wise<\/a><\/strong>
LIVE Director, Professor of Technology & Education
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Sarah K Burriss<\/a><\/strong>
LIVE Research Scientist, NSF EngageAI Insitute
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Albert Na<\/a><\/strong>
LIVE Research Engineer
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Gordon Stein<\/a><\/strong>
LIVE Postdoctoral Fellow
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Amy Williamson, EdD.<\/a><\/strong>
LIVE Core Initiatives Manager, LIVE
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LIVE Board<\/h2>
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Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Human-Centered Learning Technologies
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Gautam Biswas<\/a><\/strong>
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Engineering
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Scott Crossley <\/a><\/strong>
Professor, Special Education
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Corbette Doyle<\/a><\/strong>
Senior Lecturer, Organizational Leadership
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Noel Enyedy<\/a><\/strong>
Professor, Science Education
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Vishesh Kumar<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Teaching and Learning
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Akos Ledeczi<\/a><\/strong>
Professor, Computer Science
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Dan Levin<\/a><\/strong>
Professor, Psychology and Human Development
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Ole Molvig<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor, History
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LIVE Core Faculty<\/h2>
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Amy Booth<\/a><\/strong>
Professor, Psychology and Human Development
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Kelley Durkin<\/a><\/strong>
Research Assistant Professor, Teaching and Learning
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Amanda Goodwin<\/a><\/strong>
Associate Professor, Language, Literacy and Culture
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Yu Huang<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
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Xi Kang<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Owen Graduate School of Management
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Meiyi Ma<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
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Bethany Rittle-Johnson<\/a><\/strong>
Professor, Psychology & Human Development
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Blaine Smith<\/a><\/strong>
Associate Professor of the Practice, Teaching and Learning
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David Tovar, MD, PhD.<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Research Professor, Psychology
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Chris Vanags, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Director, Peabody Research Office
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Mark Wallace<\/a><\/strong>
Professor, Psychology
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Cristina Zepeda<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Psychology and Human Development
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Affiliated Faculty<\/h2>
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Shilo Anders<\/a><\/strong>
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
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Rui Bai<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Computer Science
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Peter Chesney, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Arts & Sciences \/ History of Art & Architecture
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Sun-Joo Cho<\/a><\/strong>
Professor, Psychology and Human Development
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Laurie Cutting<\/a><\/strong>
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor, Department of Special Education
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Dale Farran<\/a><\/strong>
Emerita Professor, Teaching and Learning
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Joanne Golann, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Education, Peabody College
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Melissa S. Gresalfi, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Professor, Teaching & Learning \/ Peabody
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Melanie Hundley<\/a><\/strong>
Professor of the Practice, English Education
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Kevin Leach<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
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Eric Park, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor of Marketing, Owen Graduate School of Business
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Emily Pendergrass<\/a><\/strong>
Associate Professor of the Practice, Literacy, Reading Education
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Emily Phillips Galloway<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Professor, MLE and Literacy Education
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Nilanjan Sarkar<\/a><\/strong>
David K. Wilson Professor, Engineering
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Robert Tairas<\/a><\/strong>
Associate Professor, Computer Science
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Georgene Troseth<\/a><\/strong>
Professor Emerita, Psychology & Human Development
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Yael Vishnizki Levi<\/a><\/strong>
Visual Artist, Researcher, Filmmaker, Educator
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Zachary Warren<\/a><\/strong>
Professor, Pediatrics
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Amy Weitlauf<\/a><\/strong>
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
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Research Scientists & Postdoctoral Fellows<\/h2>
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Gabriella Anton<\/a><\/strong>
Postdoctoral Fellow, Teaching and Learning
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Joon Suh Choi <\/a><\/strong>
Research Scientist, Special Education
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Grayson Cordell<\/a><\/strong>
Research Engineer, Institute for Software Integrated Systems
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Will Hedgecock<\/a><\/strong>
Research Scientist, Institute for Software Integrated Systems
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Naveeduddin (Naveed) Mohammed<\/a><\/strong>
Research Engineer, Institute for Software Integrated Systems
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Abigail Petulante<\/a><\/strong>
Postdoctoral Fellow, Data Science Institute
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Jorge Salas<\/a><\/strong>
Research Analyst, Teaching and Learning
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Margaret Shavlik<\/a><\/strong>
Research Program Coordinator, Psychology and Human Development
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Namrata Srivastava<\/a><\/strong>
Research Scientist, Computer Science
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Umesh Timalsina<\/a><\/strong>
Research Engineer, Institute for Software Integrated Systems
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Ashwin Tudur Sadashiva<\/a><\/strong>
Research Scientist, ISIS
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Marcus Watson<\/a><\/strong>
Software Developer, Psychology
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PhD Students<\/h2>
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Rebecca Adler<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Psychological Sciences
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Celestine Akpanoko<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Naima Samreen Ali<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Efrat Ayalon<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Teaching and Learning
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Atefeh Behboudi<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Teaching and Learning
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Jessica Boyle<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Special Education
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Zirong Chen<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Clayton Cohn<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Lana \u0106osi\u0107<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Candidate, Teaching and Learning
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Zihan Fang<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Joyce Fonteles<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Abbey Gonzales<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Teaching and Learning
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Michael Havazelet<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Teaching and Learning
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Langdon Holmes<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Psychological Sciences
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Shruti Jain<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Devin Jean<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Tessaly Jen<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Teaching and Learning
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Zach Karas<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Alicia C. Lane<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Teaching and Learning
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Madison Lee<\/a><\/strong>
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, School of Nursing
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Fanjie Li<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Teaching and Learning
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Wesley Morris<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Psychological Sciences
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Abigale Plunk<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Will Quackenbush<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Neuroscience
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Surya Rayala<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Sarah Shaw<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student , Psychology and Human Development
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Siqi Shen<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Teaching and Learning
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Hari Srinivasan<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Neuroscience
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Mahrukh Tauseef<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Hanchen (David) Wang<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Yifan Zhang<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Computer Science
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Hannah Ziegler<\/a><\/strong>
PhD Student, Teaching and Learning
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Project Coordinators<\/h2>
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Sarah McFadden<\/a><\/strong>
Research Program Coordinator, Teaching and Learning
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Meagan Postema<\/a><\/strong>
Sr. Project Manager, Dept of Psychology \/ Watson Lab
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Luke Rainey<\/a><\/strong>
Research Coordinator, DREME Math Observer
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