CV at a glance

Education

2021

Ph.D., Learning, Design, and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University
Dissertation: Shared meaning making around charged topics: Developing and operationalizing a theory for multicultural collaborative competence

2015

M.S., Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Middle East Technical University

2011

B.S., Computer Education and Instructional Technology, Middle East Technical University

2010

Certificate, Information Design, FH JOANNEUM, University of Applied Sciences

Appointments

2023–present

Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Department of Teaching, Learning & Culture

2022–2023

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education

2021–2022

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education

2017–2021

Research Associate, The Pennsylvania State University, Collective Cognition and Design Group

Selected honors & service

· Reviewer of the Year Award, Journal of the Learning Sciences (2025)

· McJulien Scholar Best Paper Award, AECT (2022)

· Best Qualitative Article Award (2nd place), AECT Division of Distance Learning (2018)

· Guest Editor, European Journal of STEM Education, special issue on AI and STEM (2025–2026)

· Co-Chair, Membership Committee, International Society of the Learning Sciences (2024–present)

· Grant reviewer for NSF (IUSE, ITEST, CSforAll) and CIHR; reviewer for BJET, ETR&D, ijCSCL, Computers in Human Behavior, and others