Dr. Heather Leary is an Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology & Technology at Brigham Young University. Her research focuses on tackling problems of practice in K12 and higher education using innovative approaches such as design-based research, problem-based learning, and research-practice partnerships. I teach undergraduate pre-service teachers about technology integration and graduate students about the foundations of instructional design as well as research and evaluation methods. I am a researcher, educator, mentor, designer, evaluator, artist, and life-long learner.