Dr. Barbara Oakley, an Oakland University engineering professor, is best known for her popular course Learning How to Learn and last year launched Making Math Click: Understand Math Without Fear on Coursera.
In 2025, she published The Memory Paradox: Why Our Brains Need Knowledge in an Age of AI, offering guidance on blending human and AI intelligence while emphasizing the importance of feeding our own brains. She also spoke at global events, including the EdHeroes Global Forum and conferences in Japan, Armenia, and Singapore, sharing her expertise on learning and neuroscience.
Oakley was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the field’s most prestigious honors.
