Dr. Amy Eguchi

Dr. Amy Eguchi is an Associate Teaching Professor of Computer Science Education at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She possesses a wealth of experience as an educator, researcher, and leader in technologically enhanced education to promote students’ STREAM (R=robotics)+CS learning, with a particular focus on educational robotics, CS education, and AI in K12. Her professional background and experience focus on providing better STREAM+CS learning opportunities for all students, including underprivileged and female students. Her DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) work involves K-12 students, their teachers and parents, and their community, as well as undergraduate students to broaden participation in the field of CS and AI. She has also served on the advisory board for AI for K-12 initiative. She is a member of the AI for CA initiative promoting AI literacy in California. Her work in educational robotics through competitions and projects became the foundation of her work in AI for education, with which she has collaborations with UCSD faculty members across the departments as well as Google, UNESCO, MathWorks, SONY, United Robotics Group, and more.