Dr. Amna Liaqat is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at The Cooper Union. Her research lies at the intersection of human-computer interaction, learning technologies, and social computing. She designs and studies technologies that support creativity, learning, and social good, with a particular interest in understanding how technology can enrich the ways people create and connect with one another.

Her work is interdisciplinary, bringing together perspectives and methods from computing, design, the social sciences, and other fields to address complex human and societal challenges. She is particularly interested in research grounded in the needs and experiences of real people and communities, and in collaborating across disciplines to imagine and build new forms of technology.

Prior to joining Cooper Union, Dr. Liaqat was a Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University and a postdoctoral researcher at George Mason University. She received her Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto and her B.Sc. in Business and Computer Science from Simon Fraser University.

"I’m excited to join The Cooper Union and become part of a community where engineering, art, architecture, and the humanities exist in such close conversation with one another. At Cooper, I’m looking forward to building an interdisciplinary research program and working closely with students to explore new possibilities for technology. I hope to create opportunities for students to pursue ambitious, creative ideas, collaborate with people and communities beyond their own disciplines, and think deeply about how the technologies we design can meaningfully contribute to people’s lives."