Ayesha Madni
Senior Researcher
Phone: 310-825-8675 Fax: 310-825-0996 Email:
Biography/Research
Ayesha Madni is a CRESST senior researcher. Her research interests include educational games, student motivation, social and emotional learning, and human learning and memory. Her current work involves students’ self-efficacy and social and emotional learning within educational games. She also has a strong interest in enhancing performance of students with special needs. Prior to her work at CRESST, Dr. Madni taught at the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California and worked as a senior researcher for Intelligent Systems Technology Inc. She has also worked as a learning specialist providing targeted interventions to facilitate student learning and motivation across a variety of student populations. She received her doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Southern California.
