Kasia Muldner

I am a Post Doctoral Researcher at Arizona State University, working with Dr. Michelene Chi in the Learning and Cognition Lab. I completed my Ph.D. in the Department of Computer Science at UBC under the supervision of Dr. Cristina Conati in the Laboratory for Computational Intelligence. My research interests include (in no prescribed order) Adaptive Learning Technologies, Learning and Cognition, Affective Computing, User Modeling and Human Computer Interaction. I am currently working on a project that investigates learning from observing (or vicarious learning), a promising paradigm that has generated learning gains similar to the gold standard of one-on-one instruction. In this work, we are exploring not only how being tutored compares to observing tutoring, but also the impact of various types of vicarious (1) materials, including monologue and dialogue, and (2) contexts, e.g., solo and collaborative.

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Muhsin Menekse

Muhsin Menekse is pursuing a doctoral degree (PhD) in Science Education program at Arizona State University concurrently with a MA degree in Measurement, Statistics and Methodological Studies. He had research experiences in the areas of conceptual change of naïve ideas about science, argumentation in computer supported learning environments and video game design to support students’ understanding of Newtonian mechanics. Muhsin is currently working under the supervision of Dr. Michelene Chi to develop and implement a classroom-based methodology with instructional materials, activities, and assessments by using a cognitive framework of differentiated overt learning activities for designing effective classroom instruction in materials science and nanotechnology.

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Rachel Lam

Rachel Lam is a doctoral student in Learning in Educational Psychology. Her interests include early learning, language and early literacy development, collaboration, learning as measured/assessed by overt learning activities, and best practices regarding instructional methods in education. She has an MA in Educational Psychology from Arizona State University and has worked for over 10 years in the community sector in various education-related fields in the Valley.

Omid Vasefi

Omid is an undergraduate psychology student, and will be graduating this semester. After graduating his goal is to attend graduate school in cognitive psychology. Currently Omid is an RA for the Glenberg lab and the Chi Lab. He also plans to continue working with Dr. Chi once he graduates.

Katherine McMichael

I am a senior at Arizona State University. The focus of my degree is in cognition and learning. Appling my education in Chi’s lab has been a fun, enriching, and a lifelong lesson. I hope to apply my experience and knowledge of cognition to career training or career counseling for adults with disabilities. Outside of school I enjoy photography, swimming and drawing. My long term goal is to publish a children’s picture book with tactile illustrations for the blind.