Amy J. Ko is an American computer scientist, and a professor in the University of Washington Information School, where she also serves as associate dean for academics.
[2][3][4][5] Ko studied both computer science and psychology as an undergraduate honors student at Oregon State University, under the mentorship of computer scientist Margaret Burnett and psychologist Bob Uttl.
After graduating in 2002, she went to Carnegie Mellon University for doctoral study in computer–human interaction, and received her Ph.D. in 2008.
Her dissertation, Asking and Answering Questions about the Causes of Software Behaviors, was supervised by Brad A.
[1] She joined the Information School of the University of Washington in 2008, with a courtesy appointment in the university's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.