diff --git a/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ContractLearnersPage/ContractLearnersPage.test.tsx b/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ContractLearnersPage/ContractLearnersPage.test.tsx
index 8e8e561c96..c56740a3e9 100644
--- a/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ContractLearnersPage/ContractLearnersPage.test.tsx
+++ b/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ContractLearnersPage/ContractLearnersPage.test.tsx
@@ -212,6 +212,67 @@ describe("ContractLearnersPage", () => {
     expect(within(row).getByText("Certificate")).toBeInTheDocument()
   })
 
+  test("a learner row shows the email alongside the name", async () => {
+    const { org, contract, orgSlug } = setup()
+    const contractId = String(contract.id)
+    setMockResponse.get(
+      mitxUrls.organization.managerOrganizationsList(),
+      paginate([org]),
+    )
+    mockTotal(contractId, 1)
+    mockList(contractId, [
+      analyticsFactories.learnerProgress({
+        full_name: "Anton Petrov",
+        email: "anton@example.com",
+        courserun_title: "Module 5",
+      }),
+    ])
+
+    renderWithProviders(
+      <ContractLearnersPage orgSlug={orgSlug} contractSlug={contract.slug} />,
+    )
+
+    const name = await screen.findByText("Anton Petrov")
+    const row = rowOf(name)
+    expect(within(row).getByText("anton@example.com")).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(row).getByText("AP")).toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  test.each([
+    { fullName: null, label: "null" },
+    { fullName: "", label: "empty" },
+    { fullName: "   ", label: "whitespace-only" },
+  ])(
+    "a learner with a $label name shows only the email and an icon avatar",
+    async ({ fullName }) => {
+      const { org, contract, orgSlug } = setup()
+      const contractId = String(contract.id)
+      setMockResponse.get(
+        mitxUrls.organization.managerOrganizationsList(),
+        paginate([org]),
+      )
+      mockTotal(contractId, 1)
+      mockList(contractId, [
+        analyticsFactories.learnerProgress({
+          full_name: fullName,
+          email: "x7k2m@example.com",
+          courserun_title: "Module 5",
+        }),
+      ])
+
+      renderWithProviders(
+        <ContractLearnersPage orgSlug={orgSlug} contractSlug={contract.slug} />,
+      )
+
+      const email = await screen.findByText("x7k2m@example.com")
+      const row = rowOf(email)
+      expect(within(row).getByText("Module 5")).toBeInTheDocument()
+      expect(within(row).queryByText("?")).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+      expect(within(row).queryByText("Unknown learner")).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+      expect(row.querySelector("[aria-hidden='true'] svg")).not.toBeNull()
+    },
+  )
+
   test("a learner who withheld consent shows No consent given", async () => {
     const { org, contract, orgSlug } = setup()
     const contractId = String(contract.id)
diff --git a/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ContractLearnersPage/LearnerRow.tsx b/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ContractLearnersPage/LearnerRow.tsx
index 8d9faaa0a1..729cb1bc0e 100644
--- a/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ContractLearnersPage/LearnerRow.tsx
+++ b/frontends/main/src/app-pages/ContractLearnersPage/LearnerRow.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use client"
 
 import React from "react"
+import { RiUserLine } from "@remixicon/react"
 import { styled, Typography } from "ol-components"
 import { initials } from "ol-utilities"
 import type { LearnerProgress } from "api/analytics-hooks/organizations"
@@ -68,8 +69,9 @@ import { COLUMN_FLEX } from "./columns"
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /**
- * Initials, not a photo: the analytics API returns no avatar image, and a name
- * is the only identity it carries.
+ * Initials, not a photo: the analytics API returns no avatar image. Without a
+ * name, a generic person icon — email-derived initials are wrong for addresses
+ * like `jdoe@` or `x7k2m@`.
  */
 const Avatar = styled.div(({ theme }) => ({
   display: "flex",
@@ -97,6 +99,13 @@ const LearnerName = styled(Typography)(({ theme }) => ({
   textOverflow: "ellipsis",
 })) as typeof Typography
 
+const LearnerEmail = styled(Typography)(({ theme }) => ({
+  ...theme.typography.body3,
+  color: theme.custom.colors.darkGray2,
+  overflow: "hidden",
+  textOverflow: "ellipsis",
+})) as typeof Typography
+
 const CourseTitle = styled(Typography)(({ theme }) => ({
   ...theme.typography.body3,
   color: theme.custom.colors.silverGrayDark,
@@ -184,7 +193,7 @@ const LearnerRow: React.FC<LearnerRowProps> = ({ row }) => {
   const status = getDisplayStatus(row)
   const statusLabel = DISPLAY_STATUS_LABEL[status]
   const isWithheld = status === "not-shared"
-  const name = row.full_name ?? row.email ?? "Unknown learner"
+  const name = row.full_name?.trim() || null
 
   return (
     <TableRow role="row">
@@ -195,7 +204,7 @@ const LearnerRow: React.FC<LearnerRowProps> = ({ row }) => {
           checked={selected}
           onChange={() => onToggleSelect(rowId)}
           inputProps={{
-            "aria-label": `Select ${name}, ${row.courserun_title}`,
+            "aria-label": `Select ${name ?? row.email ?? "learner"}, ${row.courserun_title}`,
           }}
         />
       </SelectCell>
@@ -203,10 +212,13 @@ const LearnerRow: React.FC<LearnerRowProps> = ({ row }) => {
 
       <LearnerCell role="cell" $flex={COLUMN_FLEX.learner} $primary>
         <Avatar aria-hidden="true">
-          {row.full_name ? initials(row.full_name) : "?"}
+          {name ? initials(name) : <RiUserLine size={16} />}
         </Avatar>
         <span>
-          <LearnerName component="div">{name}</LearnerName>
+          {name && <LearnerName component="div">{name}</LearnerName>}
+          {row.email && (
+            <LearnerEmail component="div">{row.email}</LearnerEmail>
+          )}
           <CourseTitle component="div">{row.courserun_title}</CourseTitle>
         </span>
       </LearnerCell>