Pragati Maheshwary

Biography

Pragati Maheshwary is a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences area within the Department of Educational Psychology, Advised by Dr. Shamya Karumbaiah. Pragati aims to bridge the gap in educational experiences for students by combining her background in psychology, human-computer interaction, and user experience research. She wants to contribute to a future where learning is accessible to everyone, regardless of their abilities or backgrounds. Pragati is interested in designing accessible and adaptive educational tools for collaborative problem solving (CPS), and supporting multilingual learners and teachers in K-12 or higher-ed classrooms. Pragati is driven by the belief that equitable learning solutions must be both locally grounded and globally aspirational.

Education

Masters in Educational Technology and Applied Learning Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University (2025).
Bachelors of Science in Computer Science (Honors), UW-Madison (2024).
Bachelors of Science in Psychology (Honors), UW-Madison (2024).

Research Interests

Learning Analytics, Human-Computer Interaction, Educational Technology, Translanguaging, Collaborative Problem Solving

Publications

Maheshwary, P., Haiman, A., Brown, E., & Sangekar, A., Wang, C. (2025, October). “Case 429: A Murder Mystery Game for Teaching Bias in Generative AI”. In Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY), Pittsburgh, PA.

Chen, R., Jiang, J., Maheshwary, P., et al. (2025, April). “VisiMark: Characterizing and Augmenting Landmarks for People with Low Vision in Augmented Reality to Support Indoor Navigation”. SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan. Maheshwary, P., Lui, Q., Mao, R. (2024, December). “Investigating the Role of Metaphors in AI-Human Conversation and Engagement”. In Proceedings of IEEE’s International Conference on Data Mining Workshops, Abu-Dhabi, UAE.

Maheshwary, P., Lui, Q., Mao, R. (2024, December). “Investigating the Role of Metaphors in AI-Human Conversation and Engagement”. In Proceedings of IEEE’s International Conference on Data Mining Workshops, Abu-Dhabi, UAE.

Presentations

Maheshwary, P., Anthony, L., Alibali, M. (2024, June). “Does Childhood Experience With the Abacus Influence Mathematics Performance in Adulthood?”. 7th Annual Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society  Conference, Washington, DC, USA.

Maheshwary, P., Kaku, M., Pan, S. (2024, April). “The Dynamics of Pretesting Effect on Long-Term retention: Evidence From a Retention-Interval Study” [Poster Session]. 96th Annual Meeting of Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, USA.

Select Awards and Honors

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗗𝗥𝗖) 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄, UW-Madison (2025)

𝗔𝗧𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄, Kansas University (2025)

Glushko Outstanding Cognitive Undergraduate Cognitive Scientist, UW-Madison (2024)

Generation Google Scholar, Alphabet Inc (2022)

Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/pmaheshwary

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragati-maheshwary-957026204/