Assistant Professor, Department of Information Sciences & Technologies

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (616)-331-2511
Office: MAK D-2-218

Education
Ph.D., Computer Science & Cognitive Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 2022

Dr. Ali Raza’s research bridges Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Learning Analytics, Visualization, Artificial Intelligence in Education, STEM Education, and the Learning Sciences. He co-designs, develops, and studies educational technologies and learning environments across both formal and informal learning settings in Research Practice Partnerships. His work adopts a Design-Based Research approach, with a focus on creating meaningful and inclusive learning experiences for all learners. Dr. Raza leads the EdTech Partnerships Lab, where he mentors both undergraduate and graduate students on research projects in transdisciplinary scholarship in these areas. He is an active reviewer for several prominent journals and conferences, including the Journal of Learning Analytics, ACM Transactions on Computing Education, International Society of Learning Sciences, and the Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) community. He is also a member of ACM, AERA, and ISLS, and serves on the Human-Centered Computing Graduate Committee. The Spencer Foundation, Gates Foundation, and William T. Grant Foundation have previously funded his scholarly work.

Dr. Raza regularly teaches courses in Usability Design and Evaluation and Software Engineering. Outside of academia, he enjoys hiking outdoors with his two daughters.

• Raza, A., Sumner, T., Penuel, W.R. (2024). The Science SEET system: A study examining how different visualization forms support teachers to notice and reflect on inequalities in student classroom experiences. Journal of Learning Analytics (JLA). Impact Factor 3.9 https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2024.8199
• Penuel, W.R., Raza, A., Y.D. Salinas., Williamson, E., Smith, J., Salinas, R., Gill, Q. (2024). Making Formative Use of Student Experience Data to Promote Equity in a Cycle of Collaborative Teacher Inquiry. Science Scope Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/08872376.2024.2314675
• Suresh, A., Penuel, W. R., Jacobs, J. K., Raza, A., Martin, J. H., & Sumner, T. (in press). Using AI tools to provide teachers with fully automated, personalized feedback on their classroom discourse patterns In X. Zhai & J. S. Krajcik (Eds.), Applying AI in STEM assessment. Oxford University Press.
• Raza, A., Penuel, W. R., Allen, A.R., Sumner, T., & Jacobs, J. (2021). Making it culturally relevant: A visual learning analytics system supporting teachers to reflect on classroom equity. In E. de Vries, Y. Hod, & J. Ahn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 442-449). International Society of the Learning Sciences. Acceptance rate: 30% https://repository.isls.org/bitstream/1/7501/1/442-449.pdf

Dr. Raza is looking to work with motivated students; please do not hesitate to touch base with him. For example, you may be interested in working on how we can support equitable participation in CS or STEM classrooms. He is happy to learn more about your interests.