April P.

April P. has extensive experience in research and evaluation, beginning as a Program Assistant at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation in 2005. Subsequently, April worked at Families and Schools Together, Inc. as an Independent Contractor and Evaluation Coordinator, overseeing global program evaluations and ensuring data quality. April pursued doctoral studies in Cognitive Science at Stony Brook University, focusing on speech perception and production, and held roles as a Faculty Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Predoctoral Researcher at the Basque Center for Cognition, Brain, and Language. In the tech industry, April served as a Voice User Interface Designer and UI Design Intern at Nuance Communications before current work as a Conversation Designer/Model Designer at Google, where responsibilities include managing datasets for large language models and creating conversation design guidelines. Academic qualifications include a BA in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire and a PhD in Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics from Stony Brook University.