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Assistant Professor of Computer Science · The Cooper Union
I design technologies for learning, creating, and connecting.
I am a human-computer interaction researcher studying how technologies can support meaningful social connection, learning, and creative practice—and how we can strengthen the methods we use to study those experiences.
Human–Computer Interaction
Social Computing
Learning Technologies
Research Methods
Research vision
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How can we develop research methods that better reflect the complexity of human-centered technology research?
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What changes when we design with communities whose practices do not fit dominant assumptions?
Selected publications
Recent & representative work.
A small selection from my work in HCI, social computing, educational technology, and collaborative systems.
2025
Understanding Young People’s Creative Goals with Augmented Reality
Amna Liaqat, F. Liu, B. Berengard, J. Cao, & A. Monroy-Hernández · CSCW
2024
Mapping the Landscape of Independent Food Delivery Platforms in the United States
Y. Liu, Amna Liaqat, X. Zhang, et al. · CSCW
2023
Exploring Collaborative Culture Sharing Dynamics in South-Asian Immigrant Families through Digital Crafting and Storytelling
Amna Liaqat, C. Demmans Epp, M. Cai, & C. Munteanu · CSCW
2022
“With a hint she will remember”: Collaborative Storytelling and Culture Sharing between Immigrant Grandparents and Grandchildren Via Magic Thing Designs
Amna Liaqat, B. Axtell, & C. Munteanu · CSCW
2020
Leveraging Peer Support for Mature Immigrants Learning to Write in Informal Contexts
Amna Liaqat & C. Munteanu · CSCW · Diversity & Inclusion Award
Teaching & mentorship
Learning by making, questioning, and connecting ideas.
My teaching draws on more than a decade of work across computer science, user experience design, learning technologies, and interdisciplinary research. I aim to help students see computing not only as a technical discipline, but as a way to intervene thoughtfully in the world.
About
Before joining The Cooper Union, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University and completed my PhD and MSc in Computer Science at the University of Toronto.