PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2004

• Dissertation: Keeping Meaning in Proportion: The Multiplication Table as a Case of Pedagogical Bridging Tools 2004

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2000

• Dissertation: Constructing Teaching Practices Around Novel Technology: A Case Study of Three Instructors 2000

PhD, Learning Sciences (Learning Sciences) , Northwestern University, 2009

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2000

• Dissertation: Science by Design: How Teachers Support Scientific Inquiry Through Design Projects 2000

PhD, Learning Sciences (Learning Sciences) , Northwestern University, 2008

• Dissertation: VBOT: Motivating Computational and Complex Systems Fluencies with Constructionist Virtual/Physical Robotics 2008

BA, English, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1997

MA, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2002

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2009

• Dissertation: At the Desk and on the Nightstand: Reading as a Mediating Artifact in Teachers Professional and Personal Lives 2009

M. Eng., University of Sao Paulo, 2000

Engineer, University of Sao Paulo, 1998

Masters, MIT Media Lab, 2002

Visiting Scholar, MIT Media Lab, 2003

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2009

• Dissertation: An Atom is known by the Company it keeps: Content, Representation and Pedagogy within the Epistemic Revolution of the Complexity Sciences 2009

BA, History (High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa), Brown University, 1993

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2002

• Dissertation: Teaching by Design: Understanding the Intersection Between Teacher Practice and the Design of Curricular Innovations 2002

B.S. Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, 2001

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2009

• Dissertation: Environmental Sustainability as a Generative Concern: An Exploratory Study of the Narrative Identities of Leaders in the Environmental Sustainabilty Movement 2009

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 1999

• Dissertation: The Role of Assessment Infrastructures in Crafting Project-based Science Classrooms 1999

B.A., St. Olaf College, 1992

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2001

• Dissertation: Teachers' Locally-Mediated Sensemaking of an Instructional Design for "Real World" Learning: The Nature and Implication of Variation in Implementation 2001

Magistra Artium, Free University of Berlin, Department of Anthropology, 2001

Visiting Scholar, University of Chicago, Department of Anthropology, 1998

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2007

• Dissertation: Self-Regulation in Context. An Ecocultural Perspective on Self-Regulation during Problem-Solving 2007

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 1995

• Dissertation: High-End High School Communication: Tool Use Practices of Students in a Networked Environment 1995

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2005

• Dissertation: Reasoning in Molecular Genetics: From a Cognitive Model to Instructional Design 2005
• Dissertation: Reasoning in molecular genetics: From a cognitive model to instructional design. 2005

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 1997

• Dissertation: Scientific Visualization as an Expressive Medium for Project Science Inquiry 1997

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2001

• Dissertation: Representing Phronesis: Supporting Instructional Leadership Practice in Schools 2001

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2000

• Dissertation: The Passion Curriculum Design Approach: A Framework for the Design of Interest-Centered Curricula 2000

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2004

• Dissertation: Investigating the Structure of Discourse for Reform-Based Mathematics Classrooms 2004

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2000

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2008

• Dissertation: Isolation and Integration: Education and Worldview Formation in Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Schools 2008

PhD, Learning Sciences (Learning Sciences) , Northwestern University, 2008

• Dissertation: Understanding the Composite Practice that Forms when Classrooms Take up the Practice of Scientific Argumentation 2008

BS, Electrical Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994

MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2003

• Dissertation: Promoting Social Skill Development in a Community of Practice 2003

Ed.M., Technology in Education , Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1996

B.Sc. Education, with a concentration in Educational Media & Technology, Boston University, 1993

Teacher's Diploma, Pedagogical Academy of Cyprus, 1991

PhD, Learning Sciences (Learning Sciences) , Northwestern University, 2004

• Dissertation: Understanding Reflection-in-Action: An Investigation into Middle-School Students' Reflective Inquiry Practices in Science and the Role That Software Scaffolding Can Play 2004

BS, Cognitive Science with specialization in Human Computer Interaction, University of California, San Diego, 2001

BA, Mathematics/Applied Science, University of California, San Diego, 2001

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2008

• Dissertation: Getting the Picture: A Mixed-Methods Inquiry into How Visual Representations are Interpreted by Students, Incorporated Within Textbooks, and Integrated into Middle-school Science Classrooms 2008

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2003

• Dissertation: Using Articulation and Inscription as Catalysts for Reflection: Design Principles for Reflective Inquiry 2003

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2001

• Dissertation: Perceptions of Feedback Systems: Learning an Expert Model through Comparison and Design 2001

PhD, Learning Sciences (Human Development and Social Policy) , Northwestern University, 2006

• Dissertation: From Cases to Courses: A Methodology for Live Goal-based Scenario Design, and Design Principles for Creating Effective Live Goal-Based Scenarios 2006

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2005

• Dissertation: A Cognitive Framework to Inform the Design of Professional Development Supporting Teachers' Classroom Assessment of Inquiry-Based Science 2005

M.Sc. Biomedical Communications, University of Toronto, 2004

B.Sc. Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, 2002

OCGC, Computer Animation, The Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, 2004

A.R.C.T. Piano Performance, Royal Conservatory of Music, 2002

PhD, Learning Sciences (Learning Sciences) , Northwestern University, 2010

• Dissertation: Narratives in Mind and Media: A Cognitive Semiotic Account of Novices Interpreting Visual Science Media 2010 Master's Project: The Plastic Brain: Understanding Cortical Reorganization during Motor Skills Acquisition using Computer Animation
2004

MBA, Wheeling Jesuit University, 2000

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 1995

• Dissertation: Designing Curricula Based on Science Communities of Practice 1995

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2002

• Dissertation: A Descriptive Analysis of Japanese Grade 1 Students Learning to Add by Making Tens: 9 + 4= 10 & 3 2002

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 1997

• Dissertation: Engaging Science Practitioners, Engaging Science Practice: Design Experiments in K-12 Telementoring 1997

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 1998

• Dissertation: Leveraging Background Knowledge: Using Popular Music to Build Beginning Readers' Reading Skills 1998

BS, Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State University, 1988

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2006

• Dissertation: Do Students Buy In? A Study of Goal and Role Adoption by Students in Project-Based Curricula 2006

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 1997

• Dissertation: Guiding Science Expeditions: The Design of a Learning Environment for Project-Based Science 1997

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2000

• Dissertation: Making Sense of Complex Data: A Conceptual Framework for Studying Students' Development of Reflective Inquiry Dispositions 2000

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2003

• Dissertation: Examining High School Students' Patterns of Visible Participation in a Political Community of Learners 2002

BA, Psychology, Clark University, 1986

MA, Education: Human Development, Northeastern University, 1993

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2004

• Dissertation: Using Assessment Conversations to Promote Teacher and Student Learning 2004

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2004

• Dissertation: Telling, Adapting and Performing Personal Stories: Understanding Personality Development and Literacy Learning for Stigmatized Youth 2004

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 1998

• Dissertation: Inquire to Explain: Structuring Inquiry Around Explanation Construction in a Technology-Supported Biology Curriculum 1998

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2005

• Dissertation: Content and Curriculum Coherence in Middle School Science 2005

M.S., Physics, Northwestern University, 2003

PhD, Learning Sciences (Learning Sciences) , Northwestern University, 2009

• Dissertation: Designing Across Ages: Multi-Agent Based Models and Learning Electricity 2009

BS, Education, Villanova University, 1990

MS, Communication, Cornell University, 1995

PhD, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, 2000

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2000

• Dissertation: Design Research for the Living Curriculum 2000

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 1998

• Dissertation: Making Movies: Explaining Behavior Using Video as Data 1998

MA, English Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1994

BA, English, Spelman College, 1993

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2009

• Dissertation: Figuring Out the Figurative: Understanding and Teaching Symbolism in Literary Texts 2009

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2004

• Dissertation: A Localized Model of Spatial Cognition in Chemistry 2004

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 1999

• Dissertation: Unraveling the Development of Scientific Literacy: Domain-Specific Inquiry Support in a System of Cognitive and Social Interactions 1999

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2008

• Dissertation: Inquiry Science as a Discourse: New Challenges for Teachers, Students, and the Design of Curriculum Materials. 2008

BA, Teaching of English, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1992

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2004

• Dissertation: Learning to Notice: The Development of Professional Vision for Reform Pedagogy 2004

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2003

• Dissertation: From Science Fair to Project-Based Science: A Study of the Implementation of an Innovation through an Existing Activity System 2003

PhD, Learning Sciences , Northwestern University, 2006

• Dissertation: Cognitive Strategies to Enhance Client Satisfaction: An Analysis of How Expert Consultants Learn and Address Client Needs 2006