#  Dr. Ying Xu 

Assistant Professor of Education

 

 

 



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 email <yingxu@g.harvard.edu> 

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 Ying Xu is an assistant professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research focuses on designing AI technologies that promote language and literacy development, STEM learning, and wellbeing for children and families.

 Xu’s current projects investigate the design and effectiveness of conversational AI technologies to serve as language partners and learning companions for children, and how AI affects children’s social interactions and developmental processes. Additionally, she explores human-AI collaborative approaches to empower education stakeholders to engage in the development of AI technologies for their specific needs and contexts.

 Xu collaborates closely with children, families, educators, and community organizations to create media that is informed by and reflective of their values, practices, and linguistic and cultural assets. She partners with major organizations such as PBS KIDS, GBH Education, and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Her research is funded by the National Science Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

 For inquiries about LEARN Labs at Bonawitz CoCoDev Lab, please reach out to Dr.Trisha Thomas ([trisha\_thomas@gse.harvard.edu](mailto:trisha_thomas@gse.harvard.edu)).



 

 

 





 

 

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