Dr. Megan Cuzzolino

Megan Cuzzolino
Megan Cuzzolino
Next Level Lab Role: Project Director

Megan Cuzzolino (she/her) is a researcher and educator with expertise in cognition and development, instructional design, and public engagement with science. As the Project Director of the Next Level Lab, she oversees the daily operations of the lab and also directs several strands of research, including a multi-year project on the emotion of awe and its relationship to learning and motivation at work. Earlier in her career, Megan was an elementary and middle school science teacher, a Science Education Analyst at the National Science Foundation, and a member of the Causal Cognition in a Complex World lab. She holds an Ed.D. and an Ed.M. in Human Development from HGSE and an A.B. in Psychology from Harvard College.