Emily Gonzalez

Emily is a graduate of HGSE where she received her Ed.M. in Mind, Brain, and Education. Previously, while completing her teacher training, Emily discovered her passion for cognitive neuroscience and its implications for teaching and learning, leading her to the MBE field. As a licensed teacher in the state of Massachusetts, Emily’s experience also includes teaching and designing curriculum at the elementary school level. Currently Emily works as the project manager for the EcoXPT project at Project Zero, where she investigates the impact of an ecosystem science Multi User Virtual Environment (MUVE) and curriculum on middle school students’ learning and cognition. Emily is also interested in studying the varying granularity of student agency at the classroom level.