Amy Eguchi

Dr. Amy Eguchi is a Teaching Professor (LSOE) in the Department of Education Studies.

She holds an M.A. in Child Development from Pacific Oaks College, an Ed.M. in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Cambridge. She has extensive experience as a teacher and leader in technology-enhanced education that supports students’ STEM+C learning, with particular focus on educational robotics, computer science education, and artificial intelligence in K–12 settings.

Her professional work focuses on expanding STEM+C learning opportunities for all students, including those from underrepresented backgrounds and female students. Her research and projects emphasize enhancing student learning through a transdisciplinary approach using technologies such as educational robotics and digital fabrication tools.

Since 2000, she has been involved with RoboCupJunior, an international organization promoting robotics, computer science, and artificial intelligence among young learners. She has served as a technical committee member, organizing committee member, co-chair, and general chair at international, national, and local levels. She also served for six years as Vice President of the RoboCup Federation representing RoboCupJunior and continues to serve as a member of the RoboCup Federation Board of Trustees.

As an educator, she has extensive experience using educational robotics as a learning tool with both students and teachers in K–12 settings. She also facilitated an advanced robotics club and a Python coding club at The School at Columbia University. Her RoboCupJunior Dance team won both the RoboCupJunior Dance World Champion and SuperTeam Champion titles at RoboCup 2008 in Suzhou, China.

She also serves as Chairperson of the World Robot Summit – World Robot Challenge Junior Category, which provides opportunities for students worldwide to imagine and design ways robots can coexist in everyday life at home and school. The program supports young roboticists interested in programming and engineering robots to become active users and creators of future robotic technologies.

She participates in the AI for K–12 initiative, jointly sponsored by AAAI and CSTA, as an advisory group member working collaboratively with K–12 classroom computer science teachers, including those involved in developing the 2017 CSTA standards.