“Kat has been a trusted thought partner and collaborator on research studies exploring the outcomes of student social-emotional development and school environments. She works with you to deeply understand the rationale behind the research question and the needs of the client/funder.  She designs and executes on studies using theory-driven techniques to effectively address the question at hand. She excels at conveying complex technical methods and nuanced results in user-friendly language to ensure the findings are interpretable and can drive programmatic change and field-building insights. I am thrilled to continue to collaborate with Kat on future research endeavors!”

— Katie Buckley, Managing Director of Research and Learning, Transforming Education

"I worked with Kat on research related to PBS KIDS’ game-based learning analytics work. Kat delivered in spades. Working as a part of a larger team at UCLA CRESST, Kat brought deep methodological expertise, experience with game design, development and production processes, and deep subject matter expertise. She contributed substantially to discussions around game design and assessment design, and lead study design, data analysis and reporting activities for some of the studies we conducted. Her work also included authoring peer-reviewed and published articles related to the project work. Simply put, Kat is a fantastic resource."

— Jeremy Roberts, Senior Director, Learning Technology, PBS KIDS Digital

“If you’re like most edtechs out there, you’re actively thinking about funding and product/market fit. Kat is someone who’s got both the IQ and EQ to help you accelerate both.

Well-versed in cognitive science and its application to the real world, Kat is an adept thought partner and hands-on researcher. She’s able to effectively mesh diverse perspectives and translate them into actionable next steps: for RightOn, she designed a cogent research plan that was well-aligned with our product development efforts, prioritizing different constructs and identifying appropriate measures for each.

Among her many strengths is the ability to not only clarify the different pieces of an RFP puzzle, but also help pull them all together — highly recommended!”

— Sinclair Wu, Co-Founder, RightOn Education

“Katerina has an exceptional blend of theoretical and empirical expertise. In addition to her vast knowledge and understanding of the motivation literature, her methodological skills are superior in extracting information from both existing data sources and creating new statistical models and procedures for new data collection. Accordingly, you can be confident she will bring added value to your work and highly recommend that decision.”

— Stuart A. Karabenick, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan