About Me
Hi! My name is Jonathan Liu, and I am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, where I am fortunate enough to be advised by Professor Diana Franklin.
My work is in Computer Science Education. My dissertation work focuses on metacognition and problem-solving in undergraduate algorithms courses. More generally, I am interested in studying how we should restructure our pedagogy and classrooms to ensure that students are learning to learn, to be creative, to verify, to communicate, and to understand, in a world where it increasingly seems like AI will be able to do everything else for them.
I am a Class of 2026 Siebel Scholar, and am generously supported in part by a Liew Family Graduate Fellowship. I am also a UChicago Committee on Education Graduate Fellow.
In my free time, I solve crosswords, amass (and explore) restaurant recommendations, and play games of all kinds (especially trick-taking games).
Please feel free to reach out at jonliu (at) uchicago (dot) edu!
