Talia is a Senior Research Scientist at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, where she facilitates responsive, use-oriented research and evaluation efforts. Talia has experience working in a variety of educational contexts including early childhood education, K-12 schooling, preservice and in service teacher professional development, and youth programming. Her research interests lie at the intersection of informal and formal learning practices, and in the constructs of critical thinking, social justice education, and social-emotional learning. Talia earned her PhD in Social Research Methodology and master’s degree in Social Science & Comparative Education from UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.