Feiya Luo received her Ph.D. in educational technology from the University of Florida. Her research expertise lies in elementary computer science (CS) education and the integration of computational thinking (CT) through the use of innovative educational technologies. She is currently the principal investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded grant project to explore
upper elementary students’ learning experiences in physiological computing using biosensing devices (e.g., Ganglion Board). She is also leading a research–practice partnership with Tuscaloosa City Schools to help elementary teachers integrate CT into core subject areas, such as science and mathematics, following the culturally responsive-sustaining CS Education framework. She is working with two Ph.D. students to examine teachers’ experiences in the design and implementation of CT-integrated instruction. She has published in top-tier journals and conferences, including Computers & Education, Transactions on Computing Education, Computer Science Education, and ACM’s Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE). She has submitted NSF ITEST and DRK12 grant proposals that aim at broadening the participation of historically underrepresented students in the state of Alabama. Besides teaching and advising Ph.D. students in Instructional Technology, she also teaches for
the Nurse Education Ed.D. program, a hybrid degree offered jointly by the UA College of Nursing and the College of Education.
