Kristin Torrence serves as the head of learning engineering at Talespin, where she focuses on applying learning sciences, instructional design, and data science practices to design, instrument, and validate XR learning solutions. Her background is in cognitive science, game-based learning, and instructional design and she is particularly interested in the intersection of learning science, XR, and learning analytics. She co-founded XR in LXD, a meetup, and community of practice for IDs/LXDs interested in designing XR, and she is an active member of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN), XR Women, and the IEEE Industry Consortium on Learning Engineering (ICICLE).