LTEC-2 Team


Our team is composed of researchers, staff, and research assistants from several institutions who have joined together for this project

Our Team   Past Team members   Partner Institutions

Our Team


Maya Israel

LTEC Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Associate Professor
School of Teaching and Learning
College of Education
University of Florida
misrael@coe.ufl.edu
@misrael09
Maya's Profile

Diana Franklin

LTEC Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
UChicago STEM Education
The University of Chicago
dmfranklin@uchicago.edu
Diana's Profile

Andy Isaacs

LTEC Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Director, UChicago STEM Education
Director, Everyday Mathematics Revisions
The University of Chicago
aisaacs@uchicago.edu
@maththoth
Andy's Profile

James W. Pellegrino

Liberal Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor
Distinguished Professor of Education
University of Illinois at Chicago
pellegjw@uic.edu

Katie Rich

Graduate Student in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology
Michigan State University
richkat3@msu.edu
@KatietheCurious
Katie's Profile

Carla Strickland

Digital Development Manager
UChicago STEM Education
The University of Chicago
castrickland@uchicago.edu
@CisForCarla
Carla's Profile

Todd Lash

Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Special Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
toddlash@illinois.edu
@Todd_Lash
Todd's Profile

Brian Gane

Visiting Research Assistant Professor
Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago
bgane@uic.edu

Megan Deiger, PhD

Assistant Research Professor
Loyola University Chicago
Center for Science and Math Education
mdeiger@luc.edu

Christina Gardner-McCune

Assistant Professor
University of Florida
gmccune@ufl.edu
@Dr_GMcCune
Dr. McCune's LinkedIn Profile
Dr. McCune's website

Donna Eatinger

School Development Specialist
UChicago STEM Education
The University of Chicago
dmeatinger@uchicago.edu

Nayantara Abraham

Research Coordinator
Center for Science and Math Education
Loyola University Chicago
nabraham1@luc.edu

Noor Elagha

Graduate Student in Cognitive Psychology
University of Illinois at Chicago
nelagh2@uic.edu

Ruohan Liu

Doctoral Student in Educational Technology
University of Florida
liuruohan1990@ufl.edu
@RuohanLiu1

Feiya Luo

Assistant Professor in Instructional Technology
Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
The University of Alabama
feiya.luo@ua.edu
@FeiyaLuo

Wei Yan

Doctoral Student in Educational Technology
University of Florida
wei1993yan@ufl.edu

Tongxi Liu

Doctoral student
University of Florida
tongxiliu@ufl.edu
Tongxi Liu's website

Alexis Cobo

Doctoral student
University of Florida
awolfson@ufl.edu
@Agatorbites

Michael McKelvey

Coordinator of Engagement Technology & New Media
Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE)
College of Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
mmckelve@illinois.edu

Past Team Members


  • Andrew Binkowski
  • Yasemin Cicek
  • John Hampton
  • Yin-Chan Janet Liao
  • Cheryl Moran
  • Lenny Pitt
  • Jelena Pokimica
  • George Reese
  • Judy Rocke
  • Brad Thompson
  • Quentin Wherfel

Partner Institutions

University of Florida College of Education University of Chicago STEM Education Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Illinois at Chicago Loyola University Chicago