Dr. Natalie Person is the Chair of the Psychology Department and the Director of the Learning, Language, and Technologies Lab. She has an interdisciplinary research program that bridges the fields of Psychology and Learning Sciences. Dr. Person is particularly interested in developing innovative programs and technologies that will improve science education in K-12 and college level classrooms. Her research interests include tutoring, conversational discourse, complex learning, question asking and answering, models of effective teaching, artificial intelligence, and affective computing. Dr. Person has received grant awards from the National Science Foundation, The Office of Naval Research, The Institute for Educational Sciences, The Institute for Defense Analyses, and the U.S. Congress.