RAPT Lab: Representations, Activity, Play, and Technology Lab
The RAPT Lab Team
Current Lab Members
Joshua Danish (He/Him) Lab Director, Professor, Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology
Indiana University Bloomington
Website: https://www.joshuadanish.com
Research interests: embodied learning, science education, representations, eelementary education, activity, play, technology in learning / CSCL
Aman Desai (He/Him) Graduate Researcher
Indiana University Bloomington
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandesai251/
Research interests: science education, collaboration, inquiry-based learning
Megan Humburg (She/Her) Postdoctoral Researcher
Indiana University Bloomington
Website: https://meganhumburg.wixsite.com/learningscientist
Research interests: social and emotional engagaement, embodied learning, playful inquiry
Zach Ryan (He/Him) Graduate Researcher
Indiana University Bloomington
Website: https://www.zach-ryan.com/
Research interests: play & learning, participatory design, nature-based education, perspective-taking, embodied cognition
Selena Steinberg (She/Her) Graduate Researcher
Indiana University Bloomington
Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=B0O79xgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Research interests: STEAM, embodied learning, play, identity
Christina Stiso (She/They) Graduate Researcher
Indiana University Bloomington
Website: http://christinastiso.com
Research interests: play, justice, technology
Morgan Vickery (She/Her) Graduate Researcher
Indiana University Bloomington
Website: http://morganavickery.com
Research interests: embodied learning, multimodality, disability, trauma, body image, bodily autonomy, participatory design, accessibility / inclusive design
Mengxi Zhou (She/Her) Graduate Researcher
Indiana University Bloomington
Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=cX5zOsMAAAAJ
Research interests: embodied learning, collaboration, activity
Lab Alumni
Alejandro Andrade Previously a Graduate Researcher
Nayah Boucaud Previously a Graduate Researcher
Indiana University Bloomington
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nayah-boucaud
Research interests: technology education, computational thinking, cognitive sciences, third-order cybernetics
Bria Davis Previously a Graduate Researcher
Chris Georgen Previously a Graduate Researcher
Sebahat Gok (She/Her) Graduate Researcher
Indiana University Bloomington
Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=p0I0oH0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Research interests: representations, instructional design, grounded cognition
Johanna Keene Previously a Graduate Researcher
Charlie Mahoney Previously a Graduate Researcher
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliemahoney1/
Research interests: built environment, natural environment, ethics
Nitasha Mathayas (She/Her) Postdoctoral Researcher
Indiana University Bloomington
Jake McWilliams Previously a Graduate Researcher
Celeste Nicholas Previously a Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Data Analyst at IU Richard M Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University Purdue University – Indianapolis
David Phelps Previously a Graduate Researcher
Asmalina Saleh Previously a Graduate Researcher
Xintian Tu (She/Her) Graduate Researcher
Indiana University Bloomington
Website: https://tuxintian.com/
Research interests: play, embodied learning, extended reality environments