Liz helps adolescents and young adults use emerging technologies to collaborate more effectively and discover more about themselves. She focuses on how social computing tools can open new ways to tackle complex problems by bringing diverse voices into the conversation, and how artificial intelligence can support young people in developing metacognitive skills through personal storytelling. Her research explores how new forms of interaction change the way young adults learn and work—and how these changes are reshaping the role of higher education. Her work bridges management, computer science, and design, and has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and industry partners. Liz draws on formal training in design, innovation, and management science from Dartmouth College and Stanford University, where she helped launch the Business and Design Initiative at Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. Her research has been featured by NPR, ABC, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Forbes, The Guardian, Harvard Business Review, and Wired. At Northwestern University, Liz is a Professor, Founding Co-Director of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design, and Founder of Design for America—an award-winning network preparing the next generation of community-focused innovators. She also produces Technical Difficulties, a podcast featuring female leaders in design and technology to inspire young listeners. Her scholarship and teaching have earned honors including the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Design Excellence Award, ACM SIGCHI Societal Impact Award, ACM SIGCHI Academy Award, Beckman Trust Award, IEEE Teaching Excellence Award, and Northwestern’s highest teaching honor, the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence Award.