Alissa N. Antle

Alissa N. Antle is a Professor in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University and an international leader in the field of child technology research. Her work focuses on leveraging interactive technologies to support children's cognitive and emotional development. She specializes in areas such as tangible computing, embodied interaction, and child-computer interaction, aiming to design innovative educational technology solutions to foster social-emotional learning, education for sustainability, and cognitive development. Professor Antle's research has achieved international recognition, and in 2015 she was inducted as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada. She is currently an FCAT Distinguished Researcher and leads the Tangible, Embodied, Child Interaction (TECI) research team.

• 2006-Present·Simon Fraser University·Professor
  • Serving in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, focusing on the design and research of interactive technologies to innovate in children's education and social-emotional development.
• 2011-2015·Simon Fraser University·Associate Professor
  • Led early child-computer interaction research projects.
• 2005-2011·Other Academic Roles·Researcher
  • Conducted several academic projects related to human-computer interaction and tangible computing.

• 2000·University of British Columbia·PhD
  • Specialized in Geography with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction and interactive mapping.
• 1990·University of Waterloo·Bachelor of Engineering
  • Specialized in Systems Design Engineering.
• 1990·University of Waterloo·Bachelor of Arts
  • Humanities specialization.