Augustus Long Professor of Education,
Lynch School of Education and Human Development
Secondary appointment, Department of Computer Science
Affiliated faculty, Schiller Institute for Science and Society
Director, DevTech Research Group
Boston College
Consulting
Prof. Bers teaches seminars and professional development institutes on learning technologies for early childhood educators and does consulting for toy companies, media studios, schools and educational organizations that want to take advantage of the power of new technologies for young children. She currently serves as content director for the upcoming Wombats! animated show produced by WGBH Boston to air through PBS in 2023.
In 2013, with funding from the National Science Foundation SBIR program, Prof. Bers co-founded a start-up, KinderLab Robotics, to commercialize KIBO robotics and make it widely available.
