Mina Johnson-Glenberg

Dr. Johnson-Glenberg is a Research Professor at Arizona State University in the Psychology department. She is also an entrepreneur and President of the award-winning learning technology company called Embodied Game, LLC. she leads a team that creates, researches, and disseminates innovative virtual and mixed reality (XR) educational content for 4th graders through life-long learners. Several of the NSF-funded STEM games can be downloaded for free at www.embodied-games.com.

She has a varied background as a screenwriter, experimental psychologist, and game designer. Her lab has been at the forefront of creating “embodied” and kinesthetically-active games using sensors and motion capture technologies for over a decade and a half. Dr. Johnson-Glenberg presents nationally and internationally. Some recent publications include design guidelines for learning VR at Frontiers in Robotics and AI and, a rubric that teachers can use to score the quality of a VR lesson.