Natalia Echeverry is an instructional designer at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Excellence in Digital Education (Pitt EDGE), where she collaborates with faculty on creating online and hybrid courses for graduate programs.
Drawing on her expertise in human-computer interaction and agile project management, she specializes in creating data-driven, user-centered learning experiences. She also participates in research collaborations about emerging educational technologies within the university.
Before joining Pitt, Echeverry served as an instructional designer and program officer with multilateral organizations, developing training programs for humanitarian and economic development initiatives across diverse international contexts.
- MS in Human-Computer Interaction, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Certificate in Data Science Methods for Digital Learning Platforms, Penn GSE
- Learn Lab Summer School, CMU Simon Initiative
Education & Training
- University Center for Teaching and Learning Staff Excellence Award 2024
Echeverry's research focuses on designing and evaluating digital interfaces for computer-based learning and decision-making. She is particularly interested in how the interface design of the AI-based system affects users’ trust in the system’s outputs.
