Dr. Owen is an expert in game-based learning analytics. At Age of Learning, she specializes in optimizing adaptive learning systems through applied machine learning. Previously, she worked as a researcher and data scientist with GlassLab Games at Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA) and LRNG by Collective Shift, after earning a PhD in Digital Media (Learning Analytics focus) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr. Owen’s doctoral work was based at the Games+Learning+Society (GLS) center, which launched collaborations with EA, Zynga, and PopCap Games using game-based Educational Data Mining. Dr. Owen spent a decade as a K–12 educator and was a founding teacher at the Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise charter school. She holds a BA from Claremont McKenna College.
