Lila Finch explores how natural beauty in scientific processes can be used to trigger innate curiosities in students, leading them to become lifelong explorers. As an artist, crafter, scientist and educator, she is interested in studying studentÌýuse of artistic multimedia and visualization tools to collect, analyze and present scientific ideas as well as to facilitate learning and enhance creativity. Lila taught high school chemistry and art at KIPP San Jose Collegiate, initially through Teach for America, for four years before continuing her education at the California Institute of Technology, where she earned a master's degreeÌýin chemistry in 2016. Lila received a bachelor's degree in chemistry and art from Lewis & Clark College in 2009. Her advisor is Ben Shapiro, a babyÖ±²¥app member of computer science rostered atÌýthe ATLAS Institute.
For more information about Lila, visitÌýherÌý.ÌýAlumni pages are not always updated after graduation.​
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Publications
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Lila Finch, R. Benjamin Shapiro and Franziska Carstens. 2018.ÌýÌýTeachers' Values in Co-Design of an Art-Science-Computation Unit. In International Conference of the Learning SciencesÌý(London, UK –ÌýAugust, 2018).
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Annie Kelly, Lila Finch, Monica Bolles andÌýR. Benjamin Shapiro.Ìý2018.Ìý, International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, DOI: Ìý(In press, May, 2018).
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