Shana (HuiHsuan) Liu is a doctoral student in educational data science. Her research interests include social and emotional learning (SEL) and its relationships with school engagement, academic achievement and student well-being, particularly in K–12 education. She is especially interested in integrating educational psychology and educational data science to generate meaningful, data-informed insights that support student development and learning outcomes.

Before pursuing her doctoral studies, Shana worked as a K–12 English teacher for five years, bringing enthusiasm and creativity to her teaching and striving to open new worlds of learning and possibilities for her students.

She is currently a graduate research assistant of the Center for Early Literacy and Responsible AI (CELaRAI), where she contributes to research at the intersection of early literacy and responsible AI. She has also served as an interventionist for the Kindergarten Number Project and continues to collaborate on projects with the PaLM (Pathways to Learning Math) Lab.