Jessica Andrews Todd is a managing senior research scientist leading the Innovations in Interactive Digital Assessments in STEM program at the ETS Research Institute. She received her Ph.D. in learning sciences from Northwestern University. Her research leverages cognitive and learning sciences theories and findings to design digital learning and assessment environments suitable for supporting and capturing interpersonal and related skills. Her work also examines the processes underlying learning in collaborative contexts across different age groups and domains, focusing particularly on how people acquire both accurate and inaccurate information as a function of their collaborative experiences.
Her work focused on supporting learning and collaboration in digital STEM environments has been funded by the National Science Foundation (DUE 1535224, DUE 1400545, DRL 2101393), the Institute of Education Sciences (R305A170432, R305B160008), and the Gordon Commission/MacArthur Foundation.
Her work appears in influential outlets such as Computers and Education, Psychological Science in the Public Interest, Computers in Human Behavior, and the International Journal of STEM Education.
Last updated: 1/27/2026