Vanessa Svihla

Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist who studies how people learn when they design. She has studied biomedical engineers designing surgical devices, teachers designing project-based units, children designing solutions to homelessness, scientists designing ways to investigate the spread of white nose syndrome in bats, and even fashion designers coming up with solutions to unconventional design challenges.

Dr. Svihla received a PhD from The University of Texas at Austin and completed additional training at the University of Washington and UC Berkeley. She is a Professor at the University of New Mexico. She has a terrible habit of pointing out bad design.