Dr. Maya Khanna (she/her) is Professor of Psychology at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2006.

Dr. Khanna has several areas of research including reading and spelling skill acquisition, memory, and attention. After college, she became a high school science teacher in San Jose, California with Teach For America. Dr. Khanna is especially interested in helping colleagues design studies of their own pedagogical practice. She has done this while serving as a Creighton University Center for Faculty Excellence Associate.

Additional language spoken: Italian (beginner)

Recommended research publication: Khanna, M. M. (2015). Ungraded pop quizzes: Test-enhanced learning without all the anxiety. Teaching of Psychology, 42, 174–178.