Amy Ogan
Thomas and Lydia Moran Associate Professor of Learning Science, Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Courtesy Appointment, CMU-Africa
Amy Ogan is an educational technologist focusing on ways to make learning experiences more engaging, effective, and enjoyable. Her training spans many disciplines, with undergraduate degrees in computer science and Spanish, and a Ph.D. in human-computer interaction supported by a fellowship from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). She has been named a Rising Star in EECS by MIT, a World Economic Forum Young Scientist, received the McCandless Chair and the Thomas and Lydia Moran Professorship in Learning Science, and been awarded the Jacobs Early Career Fellowship to study the use of educational technologies in emerging economies. She has been a visiting researcher at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and has conducted field research on the deployment of educational technology across many international sites. Her research is supported by the National Science Foundation, Google, the McDonnell Foundation, and the Jacobs Foundation.