About Me

Dr. Mara Huber is an educational leader and cognitive psychologist reimagining how we teach, design, and scale human-centered learning. She currently serves as the Senior Director of Instructional Innovation and Transformation at the University at Buffalo and is the architect of the PEARL framework—a reflective model for experiential learning now informing educator training, assessment, and curriculum development across global contexts. Her work sits at the intersection of experiential learning, sustainable development, and instructional AI, with a focus on bridging education and opportunity.Dr. Huber also serves as Advisor to Edward’s Hamlet Regeneration Centre in Uganda, where she heads the Hamlet’s experiential learning and study abroad initiatives. In this role, she supports the integration of regenerative agriculture with project-based learning, global engagement, and capacity building.