Ari Hock is a postdoc at the Institute for Learning Sciences in the University at Buffalo's Graduate School of Education. 

He studies learning "in the wild" – in public spaces, neighborhoods, and cities. He is interested in how communities coalesce and align their work through collaboration, conflict, and storytelling to address large, societal challenges.

Ari earned his PhD in the Learning Sciences & Human Development program, in the College of Education at the University of Washington. Previously, Ari worked on the digital marketing team at KaBOOM, the national nonprofit that co-designs playspaces to increase equitable access for kids and families.

When he's not designing learning environments, Ari enjoys biking, skateboarding, and Chinese martial arts.