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X. Christine Wang<\/a><\/strong>
Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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X. Christine Wang is a Professor of Early Education and Learning Sciences at University at Buffalo (UB). Affiliated with UB\u2019s Institute for Learning Sciences<\/a>, she also serves as Associate Dean for Research<\/a> at the Graduate School of Education and Director of Fisher-Price Endowed Early Childhood Research Center<\/a>. Dr. Wang’s research focuses on young children’s learning and collaboration in technology-rich environments, early literacy and scientific inquiry, and ECE in international contexts. Her work has been supported by NSF, Spencer Foundation, and IRA Alva Knight Grant. Currently, she is co-chairing the 2024 ISLS Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Current Members<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Grace<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Grace (Yaxin) Xing<\/a><\/strong>
Lab Lead
CISL PhD Student<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Alice<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Alice Cady<\/a><\/strong>
ECRC Lead Teacher
EdD Student<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Michael<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Michael Sheridan<\/a><\/strong>
ECRC Lead Teacher
CISL PhD Student<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Joy<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Joy (Zhuoyun) Cai<\/a><\/strong>
Graduate Assistant
CISL PhD Student<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Yuya<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yuya Yamamoto<\/a><\/strong>
Fulbright Scholar
LEM PhD Student<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Varun<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Varun Chetan Bhatt<\/strong>
<\/a>Graduate Assistant
CISL PhD Student<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Shekoufeh<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Shekoufeh Sadeghi<\/strong>
<\/a>Graduate Assistant
CS PhD Student<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Xintian Tu<\/strong>
<\/a>Postdoc at UB Institute for Learning Sciences<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Junye Guo<\/strong>
<\/a>Graduate Assistant LEM PhD student<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grace Xu<\/strong>
Graduate Assistant
CISL PhD Student<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Amina Owusu<\/strong>
<\/a>Research Assistant Psychology undergrad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Faculty Collaborators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Artificial Intelligence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\"Karthik<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Karthik Dantu
<\/strong><\/a>Associate Professor
Computer Science<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Ifeoma<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ifeoma Nwogu
<\/strong><\/a>Associate Professor
Computer Science<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jinjun Xiong<\/a>
<\/strong>Professor
Director of Institute for AI & Data Science<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Early Childhood Education<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Keely Benson
<\/strong><\/a>ECRC Associate Director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stanley Diih
<\/strong><\/a>ECE Specialist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Computing Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Chris Hoadley<\/a>
<\/strong>Professor
Director of Institute for Learning Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chris Proctor<\/a>
<\/strong>Assistant Professor
Learning Sciences<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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