Yasmin Kafai

Yasmin B. Kafai
Alma mater	Harvard University Technische Universität Berlin
Known for	Constructionism Scratch Electronic textiles
Scientific career
Fields	Learning sciences Computer science Constructionist learning Game studies
Institutions	University of Pennsylvania University of California Los Angeles Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Academic advisors	Seymour Papert Idit Harel

Yasmin B. Kafai is a German American academic who is a Professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, with a secondary appointment in Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science. She is a past president of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), and an executive editor of the Journal of the Learning Sciences.^[1]