Varun Bhatt

Varun Bhatt is a 2nd year PhD student in the CISL program at UB. He has experience building and managing software products, and is interested in building computational tools to support research methods and as educational support. His current focus is on understanding the overlap between human and AI agency, and how Computer Science education must evolve to maintain human agency. He is interested in using Design-Based Research methods to develop and design AI tools that can meet these research goals.

Publications

Proctor, C. & Bhatt, V. (2026). Declarative narrative: New interfaces for AI-supported writing. Proceedings of the 2026 International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting.

Proctor, C., Paljor, Y., & Bhatt, V. (2025 , June). Permeable media: A design strategy for Constructionist software. Constructionism Conference Proceedings, 8, 239–248. doi:10.21240/constr/2025/51.X