Sai Gattupalli, Ph.D.
Principal Research Scientist
Society & AI Research Group
Expertise
The technologies we build for learning carry the values of their creators—and those values determine whose knowledge counts, whose voices are heard, and whose futures are possible.
Sai Gattupalli, Ph.D. is an educational technology researcher and learning scientist whose work focuses on how artificial intelligence reshapes learning, knowledge, and access. As Principal Research Scientist and Director of the Society & AI Research Group, he studies how AI can support educational equity, human flourishing, and more accountable public uses of technology across schools, communities, and institutions.
His research spans AI in education, intelligent tutoring systems, AI literacy, culturally responsive computing, and society-centered approaches to technology design. Across this work, he examines how communities, educators, and learners can participate not only as users of AI systems, but as contributors to how such systems are designed, interpreted, and governed.
He has contributed to NSF-funded initiatives including the Platform for Ethical and Responsible Computing Education (PEaRCE), the Wearable Learning Computing Education Platform, and the MathSpring intelligent tutoring system. His scholarship has appeared in venues including IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Artificial Intelligence in Education, Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, and Interaction Design and Architecture(s). He also develops open educational resources and leads public-facing science communication that explores the cultural and social dimensions of AI and computing education.
Education
Ph.D. in Math, Science, and Learning Technologies (MSLT), University of Massachusetts Amherst
