Emily Amspoker
Graduate Research Assistant
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEmily Amspoker is a PhD student in Human-Centered Computing at Georgia Tech and a research-focused software engineer with seven years of experience designing educational, accessible experiences for informal learning. Her work spans human-centered research labs at Georgia Tech and Carnegie Mellon, where she built programming environments and AI literacy projects for neurodiverse and K–12 learners. Emily has hands-on product and engineering experience from internships at Khan Academy and TERC, including designing a VR-integrated digital experience for neurodiverse students. She combines classroom teaching (TA for a core CS foundations course) with applied research, bridging pedagogy, accessibility, and interactive technology. Based in Pittsburgh, her trajectory suggests a rare blend of rigorous HCI research and practical engineering aimed at widening participation in computing.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Human-Centered Computing, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Human-Centered Computing at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (24)
khan-academy10
renderer10
github8
editor8
git8
to-do6
patch6
lists4
css4
subversion4
batch4
python3
conventions3
recipe3
javascript3
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
susiejojo/tooney_tunes
Oct 2020 - Apr 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 35 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
eamspoker/myportfolio
Aug 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:22 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year
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