Kate’s fascination with data dates to her teen years with data collection trips and subsequent analysis with her mother, a field biologist. Kate’s academic background is in Anthropology, with her undergraduate years at Bryn Mawr College.
In the 17 years she has been in the field, she has served as an Audience Researcher at the U.S. Holocaust Museum, spent over 10 years as Senior Researcher at the Institute for Learning Innovation, and most recently served as Director of Learning Research and Evaluation at the National Center for Interactive Learning. With experience in exhibition evaluation, citizen science and amateur projects, and professional development programming, she has deep expertise in the field of informal learning.
Kate is frequently called to advise on the use of technology in museums and other learning environments. She has directed projects both in the US and abroad, including mobile phones and smartphone apps, multimedia installations, websites, gaming, augmented and mixed reality, novel data visualization systems, and online learning. Currently, she is Co-PI of the NSF-funded open source project Open Exhibits. (OpenExhibits.org)
