Yasmin B. Kafai | |
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Alma mater | Harvard University Technische Universität Berlin |
Known for | Constructionism Scratch Electronic Textiles |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Learning Sciences Computer Science Constructionist Learning Game studies |
Institutions | University of Pennsylvania University of California Los Angeles Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Academic advisors | Seymour Papert Idit Harel |
Yasmin B. Kafai is a German American academic who is Professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, with a secondary appointment in Computer and Information Sciences at University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science. She is a past president of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), and an executive editor of the Journal of the Learning Sciences.[1]