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PEOPLE

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Joseph E Michaelis
Director and Principle Investigator

Joe is the Director of the Learning + Interest + Technology Lab.   Joe's research focuses on social interactions between children and robots in learning contexts. Interest development is at the forefront of this work, and each project is designed to utilize the social interactions with robots to support robot-assisted learning and interest in STEM domains. 

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Rabia Ibtasar
Graduate Research Assistant

Rabia is a PhD student at the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research focuses on improving the experience of women in computer science learning environments and fostering a sense of belonging for young learners in this field.

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Paul Hatch
Graduate Research Assistant

Paul is a PhD student at the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the UIC. Prior to joining LSRI, he practiced industrial design at a global consultancy. His interests are in technology to aid learning, interest development, and visualization methods for conceptualization and collaboration.    

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Samuel Arnold
Graduate Research Assistant

Sam is a PhD student at the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Sam's research focuses on designing educational technologies for improving student engagement and motivation while learning.

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Md Anisur Rahman
Graduate Research Assistant

Anis is a PhD student in Computer Science at UIC. Anis's research focuses on User Interface designs for educational technologies. He has experience in HCI and as a full-stack software engineer including JavaScript, CSS, accessibility and UX design and contributes to open source and privacy initiatives. He enjoys cricket, chess and ping pong.

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Veronica Grosso
Graduate Research Assistant

Veronica is a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

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Hope Jo
Research Assistant

Hope Jo is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science + Design at the University of Illinois Chicago. She enjoys teaching students programming, graphic design, and is interested in researching more about computer science outreach.

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Isaac Felix
Research Assistant
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Isaac Felix is an undergraduate majoring in computer science at UIC.

Alumni

Sylvia Joseph
Research Assistant
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Ese Omene
Research Assistant
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Halli Lecanlale
Research Assistant
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Aishat Durojaiye
Research Assistant
Fernando Mantilla
Research Assistant
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Aliza Lisan
Graduate Research Assistant
Zara Bangash
Research Assistant
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Ravel Valdez
Research Assistant
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Haeun Kim
Research Assistant
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Emily Carroso
Research Assistant
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Meghan Guo
Research Assistant
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Daniyal Siddiqui
Research Assistant
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Sarah Athar
Research Assistant
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Hilda Mendoza-Avila
Research Assistant
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Kelsey Schultz
Research Assistant
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Angie Salguero
Research Assistant
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Grace Pnacek
Research Assistant
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Cecilia Heineke
Research Assistant
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Kessie Olekanma
Research Assistant
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Rose Maxime
Research Assistant
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Seema Khan
Research Assistant
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Samhita Chandu
Research Assistant
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Amanda Wolski
Research Assistant
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Seyfal Sultanov
Research Assistant
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