Kay Ramey is an Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences and Educational Psychology. Her research examines how young people organize their own learning and how to design spaces and activities that allow them equitable access to do so. Much of her research has focused on STE(A)M learning, interest, and identity development in informal learning environments, such as makerspaces and out in nature. She leads the WI₄LD Research Group, which studies Informal, Interest-driven, Interdisciplinary, and Inclusive Learning and Design in the Wild (i.e., outside of the lab, in real world learning environments). She has expertise on distributed perspectives on thinking and learning, design-based research methods, and qualitative research methods, such as interviews, video-ethnography, and interaction analysis.