Claudia Sutter

Claudia C. Sutter, PhD, is an educational psychologist dedicated to understanding and supporting student motivation, engagement, and learning across diverse educational contexts. As Director of Research at CourseKata, she leads efforts to track and improve student experiences, develop and advance a robust research infrastructure, and collaborate with external researchers to advance data-driven insights. She is also a Research Fellow at Motivate Lab, a collaboration that deepens her understanding of how broader contexts shape student experiences and inform efforts to drive lasting, systemic change in education. Her work bridges research and practice to design learning experiences grounded in motivational theory and responsive to real-world classroom challenges.

Before joining CourseKata, Claudia earned her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D. in Educational Science from the University of Bern in Switzerland and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the College of Community, Innovation, and Education at the University of Central Florida.