Failure in Making Research Team

Amber Simpson
Binghamton University
Principal Investigator

Alice Anderson

Principal Investigator

Adam Maltese
Indiana University
Principal Investigator

Dara Caruana
Binghamton University
Graduate Researcher

Monika Mayer
Monika Mayer Consulting
External Evaluator

Andrew Osterhout
Binghamton University
Graduate Researcher

Kelli Paul
Indiana University
Research Scientist

Lauren Penney
Indiana University
Post-Doctoral Researcher

Jacey Ruisi
Binghamton University
Undergraduate Researcher

Jubie Tan
Binghamton University
Undergraduate Researcher

Qiu Zhong
Indiana University
Graduate Researcher

Failure in Making Advisory Board

Dr. Robin Grenier is an Associate Professor of Adult Learning in the Department of Educational Leadership and the Academic Director of the Graduate Certificate in College Instruction at the University of Connecticut. One of Dr. Grenier’s expertise is adult learning beyond the classroom and her research is grounded in informal and experiential learning, as well as the role of museums as places of learning.

Dr. Peter Wardrip is an Assistant Professor of STEAM Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Wardrip has been one of the first researchers to define and study learning in makerspaces; he also collaborates with educators to identify and improve complex educational issues.

Manny Juarez is the Director of Maker Spaces at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois. Within his role as director, Manny provides staff training and program development activities, as well as support his staff in navigating through youths’ experiences with failure during making programs and activities throughout the museum.

Dr. David DeLiema is an Associate Professor in the Educational Psychology Department of the University of Minnesota. He studies how students and teachers collaboratively navigate moments of failure when learning computer science, mathematics and science.