Merry Ashji
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Dr. Merry Ashji is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction, multilingual education, and child development. Her most influential work, "Interactive Storytelling with Social Robots to Support Multilingual Children" (2024, 5 citations), introduces a groundbreaking approach to inclusive education by deploying social robots as Arabic-language storytellers for children aged 4-12. This study demonstrates that culturally and linguistically responsive robots can significantly enhance classroom inclusion, engagement, and learning outcomes for multilingual learners. Dr. Ashji’s research challenges traditional monolingual educational models, providing empirical evidence that native-language robot interaction fosters both cognitive and emotional development. Her work has immediate implications for designing equitable educational technologies in diverse, multicultural classrooms. Though early in her career, Dr. Ashji’s contributions are already shaping the future of socially assistive robotics and culturally sustaining pedagogy. Her innovative fusion of storytelling, robotics, and language support positions her as a rising leader in creating empathetic, adaptive technologies that empower underrepresented student populations.
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