Flannery Currin is a computer science PhD student advised by Juan Pablo Hourcade. She conducts research on technologies to enhance children's executive functions under the StoryCarnival project.

Juan Pablo Hourcade is an Associate Professor at The University of Iowa's Department of Computer Science and Director of Graduate Studies for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Informatics. His main area of research is Human-Computer Interaction, with a focus on the design, implementation and evaluation of technologies that support creativity, collaboration, well-being, healthy development, and information access for a variety of users, including children and older adults.