Feiya Luo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Instructional Technology
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Technology Studies
College of Education
Contact: fluo2 at ua dot edu
Dr. Feiya Luo received her Ph.D. in educational technology from the University of Florida. Her research expertise is in elementary computer science (CS) education and computational thinking (CT) integration through the use of innovative educational technologies. Dr. Luo is currently the principal investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded grant project to explore upper elementary students' learning experiences in physiological computing using biosensing devices (e.g., Ganglion Board).
Dr. Luo is also leading a research-practice partnership with Tuscaloosa City Schools to help elementary teachers integrate CT into core subject areas, such as science and mathematics, following the culturally responsive-sustaining CS Education framework. She is working with two Ph.D. students to examine teachers’ experiences in the design and implementation of CT-integrated instruction.
Dr. Luo has published in top-tier journals and conferences such as Computers & Education, Transactions on Computing Education, Computer Science Education, and ACM’s Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE). Dr. Luo has also submitted NSF ITEST and DRK12 grant proposals that aim at broadening the participation of historically underrepresented students in the state of Alabama.
Besides teaching and advising Ph.D. students in Instructional Technology, Dr. Luo also teaches for the Nurse Education Ed.D. program, a hybrid degree offered jointly by the UA College of Nursing and the College of Education.
Dr. Luo is also leading a research-practice partnership with Tuscaloosa City Schools to help elementary teachers integrate CT into core subject areas, such as science and mathematics, following the culturally responsive-sustaining CS Education framework. She is working with two Ph.D. students to examine teachers’ experiences in the design and implementation of CT-integrated instruction.
Dr. Luo has published in top-tier journals and conferences such as Computers & Education, Transactions on Computing Education, Computer Science Education, and ACM’s Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE). Dr. Luo has also submitted NSF ITEST and DRK12 grant proposals that aim at broadening the participation of historically underrepresented students in the state of Alabama.
Besides teaching and advising Ph.D. students in Instructional Technology, Dr. Luo also teaches for the Nurse Education Ed.D. program, a hybrid degree offered jointly by the UA College of Nursing and the College of Education.
