Through the support of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned her Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Central Florida, where she also earned an M.S. and B.S. in computer science and a B.S. in mathematics. Her research focuses on building systems to empower human-computer collaboration, particularly in games and other creative domains. For her work in digital games, Amy has been invited to both the Banff Seminar on Computational Modeling in Games and the Dagstuhl Seminar on Artificial and Computational Intelligence in Games: AI-Driven Game Design.