People

Leadership Team

Strand 1 - Representative Datasets

Strand 2 - Learner Modeling

Strand 3 - STEM Learning Environments

Broadening Participation

Cross-Strand Collaboration

Evaluation

Operations

Leadership

Oversight and guidance for the entire institute.

H. Chad Lane

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology & Computer Science, UIUC

Principal Investigator
Director, INVITE AI Institute

Rodney Hopson

Senior Associate Dean and Professor, School of Education, American University

Evaluation Director

Kristy Boyer

Professor, Computer and Information Science Engineering, UF

Co-Principal Investigator
Managing Director

Jamie Payton

Dean, Ying Wu College of Computing, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Co-Principal Investigator
Director of Broadening Participation in Computing and Outreach

Diego Zapata-Rivera

Cognitive and Technology Sciences Center, ETS

Co-Principal Investigator
Research Co-Director

ChengXiang Zhai

Donald Biggar Willett Professor, Computer Science, UIUC

Co-Principal Investigator
Co-Research Director

Representative Datasets

Collect, analyize and share representative datasets for AI

Daniel Lowd

Associate Professor, Computer and Information Science, University of Oregon

Strand 1 Research Co-Lead

Suma Bhat

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC

Strand 1 Research Co-Lead

Aditi Mallavarapu

Assistant Professor, Computer Science, NC State University

INVITE repository

Luc Paquette

Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, UIUC

Strand 2 Research Co-Lead

Beata Beigman Klebanov

Principal Research Scientist, ETS

Senior Personnel, NLP, Relay Reader

Bhavya

PhD Candidate, Computer Science, UIUC

NLP and text mining

Vishruth Raj

Graduate Student, Computer Science, UIUC

Daniel Olds

PhD student, University of Oregon

Sam Hum

PhD Student, UIUC

Michael Flor

Senior Research Scientist, ETS

Senior Personnel, Computational Linguistics

Amanda Griffith

PhD student, University of Florida

Yingbo Ma

PhD student, University of Florida

Kristy Boyer

Professor, Computer and Information Science Engineering, UF

Co-Principal Investigator
Managing Director

ChengXiang Zhai

Donald Biggar Willett Professor, Computer Science, UIUC

Co-Principal Investigator
Co-Research Director

Amogh Mannekote

PhD student, University of Florida

Robin Jephthah Rajarathinam

PhD Student, UIUC

Anika Kabir

PhD student, University of Oregon

Adam Davies

PhD Student, UIUC

Heather Broome

PhD Student, UIUC

Learner Modeling

Domain-general learner modeling for adaptive support

Blair Lehman

Research Scientist, ETS

Strand 2 Research Co-Lead

Luc Paquette

Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, UIUC

Strand 2 Research Co-Lead

Beata Beigman Klebanov

Principal Research Scientist, ETS

Senior Personnel, NLP, Relay Reader

Alexis Lopez

Senior Research Scientist, ETS

Senior Personnel, assessment, language learning

Jesse Sparks

Senior Research Scientist, ETS

Senior Personnel, learning sciences

Caitlin Tenison

Research Scientist, ETS

Senior Personnel, cognitive architectures

Michael Flor

Senior Research Scientist, ETS

Senior Personnel, Computational Linguistics

Jessica Gladstone

Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, UIUC

Senior Personnel, developmental psychology

Emmanuel Dorley

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Information Sciences Institute, USC

Senior Personnel, pedagogical agents

Diego Zapata-Rivera

Cognitive and Technology Sciences Center, ETS

Co-Principal Investigator
Research Co-Director

Juan Pinto

Graduate Student, Curriculum and Instruction, UIUC

Jina Kang

Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, UIUC

Senior Personnel, Educational Data Mining

STEM Learning Environments

Developing inclusive, socially-aware STEM learning environments

H. Chad Lane

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology & Computer Science, UIUC

Principal Investigator
Director, INVITE AI Institute

Noah Schroeder

Research Scientist, University of Florida

Strand 3 Research Co-Lead
INVITE Project Manager

Maya Israel

Associate Professor, Education Technology and Computer Science, UF

Strand 3 Research Co-Lead

Sam Hum

PhD Student, UIUC

Robb Lindgren

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, Curriculum & Instruction, UIUC

Senior Personnel, Learning Sciences, Design-based Research

Jessica Gladstone

Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, UIUC

Senior Personnel, developmental psychology

Emmanuel Dorley

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Information Sciences Institute, USC

Senior Personnel, pedagogical agents

Deborah Rivas-Drake

Professor, Psychology, University of Michigan

Senior Personnel, social and emotional learning

Robin Jephthah Rajarathinam

PhD Student, UIUC

Chris Palaguachi

Research Assistant, Educational Psychology, UIUC

Graduate Student

Shan Zhang

PhD student, University of Florida

Send Message

Joanne Barrett

K-12 CS Teacher Consultant, University of Florida

Senior Personnel

Toni Earle-Randell

PhD student, University of Florida

FLEXpert

Jina Kang

Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, UIUC

Senior Personnel, Educational Data Mining

Jeff Ginger

Research Scientist, Educational Psychology, UIUC

Technology and Community Engagement

Chris Davis Jaldi

Graduate student, Computer Science, Wright State University

Jennie Lee

PhD Student, Educational Psychology, UIUC

Broadening Participation in Computer Science

Promoting diversity and inclusion as well as education and workforce development

Charity Freeman

Curriculum and PD Specialist

K-12 CS Education Advisor
Community Engagement

Maya Israel

Associate Professor, Education Technology and Computer Science, UF

Strand 3 Research Co-Lead

Rodney Hopson

Senior Associate Dean and Professor, School of Education, American University

Evaluation Director

Alexis Lopez

Senior Research Scientist, ETS

Senior Personnel, assessment, language learning

Colleen Lewis

Associate Professor, Computer Science, UIUC

Co-lead, broadening participation in computing

Kristy Boyer

Professor, Computer and Information Science Engineering, UF

Co-Principal Investigator
Managing Director

Jamie Payton

Dean, Ying Wu College of Computing, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Co-Principal Investigator
Director of Broadening Participation in Computing and Outreach

Diego Zapata-Rivera

Cognitive and Technology Sciences Center, ETS

Co-Principal Investigator
Research Co-Director

Vidushi Ojha

Graduate Student, Computer Science, UIUC

Leilani Bell

PhD student, School Psychology, Temple University

BPC and EWF

Jeff Ginger

Research Scientist, Educational Psychology, UIUC

Technology and Community Engagement

Cross-Strand Collaboration

Cultivating connections between strands

Charity Freeman

Curriculum and PD Specialist

K-12 CS Education Advisor
Community Engagement

Noah Schroeder

Research Scientist, University of Florida

Strand 3 Research Co-Lead
INVITE Project Manager

Suma Bhat

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC

Strand 1 Research Co-Lead

Aditi Mallavarapu

Assistant Professor, Computer Science, NC State University

INVITE repository

Jesse Sparks

Senior Research Scientist, ETS

Senior Personnel, learning sciences

Robb Lindgren

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, Curriculum & Instruction, UIUC

Senior Personnel, Learning Sciences, Design-based Research

Diego Zapata-Rivera

Cognitive and Technology Sciences Center, ETS

Co-Principal Investigator
Research Co-Director

ChengXiang Zhai

Donald Biggar Willett Professor, Computer Science, UIUC

Co-Principal Investigator
Co-Research Director

Evaluation

Establishing accountability and measuring the strength of our collaborations

H. Chad Lane

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology & Computer Science, UIUC

Principal Investigator
Director, INVITE AI Institute

Mostafa Hanafy

PhD Student, UIUC

Research Assistant

Rodney Hopson

Senior Associate Dean and Professor, School of Education, American University

Evaluation Director

Daniel Lowd

Associate Professor, Computer and Information Science, University of Oregon

Strand 1 Research Co-Lead

Caitlin Tenison

Research Scientist, ETS

Senior Personnel, cognitive architectures

Emmanuel Dorley

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Information Sciences Institute, USC

Senior Personnel, pedagogical agents

Kristy Boyer

Professor, Computer and Information Science Engineering, UF

Co-Principal Investigator
Managing Director

Diego Zapata-Rivera

Cognitive and Technology Sciences Center, ETS

Co-Principal Investigator
Research Co-Director

ChengXiang Zhai

Donald Biggar Willett Professor, Computer Science, UIUC

Co-Principal Investigator
Co-Research Director

Ramya Kumaran

PhD Student, UIUC

Research Assistant

Joanne Barrett

K-12 CS Teacher Consultant, University of Florida

Senior Personnel

Operations

Personnel supporting all components of the institute

Jule Martinez

Research Coordinator, Computer & Information Science & Engineering, UF

Graphic Designer

Tim Brown

Research Coordinator, Computer & Information Science & Engineering, UF

Charity Freeman

Curriculum and PD Specialist

K-12 CS Education Advisor
Community Engagement

Noah Schroeder

Research Scientist, University of Florida

Strand 3 Research Co-Lead
INVITE Project Manager

Jeff Ginger

Research Scientist, Educational Psychology, UIUC

Technology and Community Engagement

Leadership

Representative Datasets

Learner Modeling

STEM Learning Environments

Broadening Participation in Computer Science

Cross-Strand Collaboration

Evaluation

Operations

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