First name

Danielle

Last name

McNamara

School, Department, Division or Center

Department of Psychology

Academic unit

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Video link

Recognition video

Type of professor

Regents Professor

Year

2025

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Danielle McNamara

Bio summary

Professor Danielle McNamara is the founding executive director of ASU’s Learning Engineering Institute and a professor of psychology. An internationally recognized scholar, her interdisciplinary work spans cognitive psychology, reading comprehension, educational technology and augmented intelligence. A member of the National Academy of Education, she has secured more than $50M in funding and her research has been cited more than 49,000 times.