Past Member
Marina Bers
Former Research Assistant, Epistemology and Learning
PhD 2001
Professor at Boston College
Dr. Bers is the Augustus Long Professor of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College with a secondary appointment in the Department of Computer Science and affiliated faculty at the Schiller Institute for Science and Society. She was previously a professor at Tufts University with appointments in both Child Development and Computer Science.
How did your experience at the Lab influence your next step?
I was able to craft an academic position that allowed me to continue doing what I did at the lab. Based on what I learned I created a very successful research group, DevTech.
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