Brazdil, Linda
Research Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
- PhD, Physical Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 1985
- MS, Physical Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 1983
- BS, Notre Dame College of Ohio, 1978
Research Interests
Effects of planning and grading practices on student learning in science, urban science education, systemic initiatives' effects on student learning in science, effects that conducting STEM research has on high school teachers and students.
Collins, Allan
Professor Emeritus, Learning Sciences
- PhD, Cognitive Psychology, University of Michigan, 1970
- MA, Communication Sciences, University of Michigan, 1961
Research Interests
Technology and education, teaching and learning, scientific inquiry.
Colyvas, Jeannette
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences
- PhD, Stanford University, 2007
- MA, Sociology, MA, East Asian Studies, Stanford University
Research Interests
Organizations and entrepreneurship; institutions and networks; comparing public, private, and non-profit forms of organizing; university-industry interfaces; public and private science.
Cytrynbaum, Solomon
Professor Emeritus, Education
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Director for Education, The Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Psychology Graduate Program
- PhD, Psychology, University of Michigan, 1971
- MA, Child Development and Family Relations, Cornell University, 1962
- BA, Arts and Sciences, McGill University, 1959
Research Interests
Group dynamics, organizational assessment and change, family systems, gender and authority in group and organizational life, organizational consultation, evaluation of school reform and school academic/technology systems, research methods, application of group and systems theory and research to school change.
Easterday, Matthew
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences
- PhD, Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie-Mellon University, 2010
- MS, Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie-Mellon University, 2004
- BA, Psychology and Mathematics, Reed College, 1999
Research Interests
Technology for the new civics – producing scientifically supported educational technology to create informed and engaged citizens who can solve the serious policy problems facing society such as poverty, global warming and militarism. Training such citizens requires us to understand how competent citizens analyze policy, communicate issues, and organize to make change. It also requires us to design more effective educational technology that can teach the knowledge, skills and dispositions citizens need.
Forbus, Kenneth
Professor, Education
Professor, Computer Science
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984
Research Interests
Artificial intelligence, specifically qualitative reasoning, spatial reasoning, analogical reasoning and learning, and inference engine design; in cognitive science, understanding how analogy and similarity work; in education, using AI techniques to create educational software and activities; in human-computer interaction, the use of sketching as an interface modality; the role of AI in computer game design.
Gardner, Wendi
Associate Professor, Social Psychology
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
- PhD, Ohio State University, 1996
Research Interests
The centrality of social inclusion to the self.
Gentner, Dedre
Professor, Learning Sciences
Professor, Psychology
- PhD, University of California, San Diego, 1974
Research Interests
Learning, reasoning, and conceptual change in adults and children, especially processes of similarity; metaphor, and analogy; mental models; acquisition of meaning.
Gerber, Elizabeth
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- PhD, Stanford University, 2007
- MS, Stanford University, 2003
- BA, Dartmouth College, 1998
Research Interests
Design and innovation work practices.
Haroutunian-Gordon, Sophie
Director, Master of Science in Education
Professor, Education and Social Policy
- PhD, Philosophy of Education, University of Chicago, 1976
- MA, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1966
- BA, Music, Religion/Philosophy, Cornell College, 1965
Research Interests
Philosophy of education, teacher education, interpretive discussion, philosophy of psychology.
Hespos, Susan
Associate Professor, Psychology
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
- PhD, Developmental Psychology, Emory University, 1996
- MA, Cognitive Psychology, Emory University, 1993
- BA, Psychology, Reed College, 1990
Research Interests
Object representation, number and spatial relationships.
Horn, Michael
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
- PhD, Computer Science, Tufts University, 2009
- MS, Computer Science, Tufts University, 2006
- ScB, Computer Science, Brown University, 1997
Research Interests
Design of educational technology, learning in museums, computer programming, tangible interaction.
Jona, Kemi
Research Professor, Learning Sciences and Computer Science
Director, Office of STEM Education Partnerships (OSEP)
- PhD, Computer Science, Northwestern University, 1995
- BS (Honors), Computer Science and Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988
Research Interests
Online learning, virtual schools, technologies to support online learning and collaboration, online laboratory science course design, corporate e-learning strategy and design.
Lam, Eva
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences, Asian American Studies
- PhD, Education in Language, Literacy, and Culture, University of California, Berkeley, 2003
Research Interests
Multilingualism and cultural diversity in education, second language and literacy development, digital literacy and learning, language and identity, language socialization.
Lee, Carol
Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Education and Social Policy
Professor, Learning Sciences
Professor, African American Studies
- PhD, Education (Curriculum and Instruction), University of Chicago, 1991
- MA, English, University of Chicago, 1969
- BA, The Teaching of Secondary School English, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1966
Research Interests
Cultural contexts affecting learning broadly and literacy specifically; teacher preparation and development; classroom discourse; urban education.
Light, Gregory
Associate Professor, Education
Director, Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
- PhD, Education, University of London, UK, 1995
- BA Specialist Degree, Philosophy, University of Toronto, 1975
- BA, Philosophy and English, University of Toronto, 1974
Research Interests
McGee, Steven
Research Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
- MBA, Wheeling Jesuit University, 2000
- PhD, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, 1995
- BS, Human Dev & Social Pol, Northwestern University, 1988
Research Interests
Science education, urban education reform, assessment, educational technology, curriculum design.
Medin, Douglas
Professor, Education
Professor, Psychology
Co-Director, Program in Cognitive Studies of the Environment
Director, Program in Culture, Language and Cognition
- PhD, University of South Dakota, 1968
Research Interests
Learning, reasoning, and conceptual change in adults and children, mental models; acquisition of meaning, culture and education.
Ortony, Andrew
Professor, Learning Sciences
Professor, Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Coordinator, Master's Program in Learning Sciences
- PhD, Computer Science, University of London, 1972
- MA, Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, 1966
Research Interests
Emotion and cognition; knowledge representation and figurative language comprehension; human-computer interaction and interface design.
Peterson, Penelope
Eleanor R. Baldwin Professor, Education
Dean, School of Education and Social Policy
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Professor, Learning Sciences
- MA, Psychological Studies in Education, Stanford University, 1976
- PhD, Psychological Studies in Education, Stanford University, 1976
- BS, Psychology and Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1971
Research Interests
Learning and teaching in schools and classrooms, particularly in literacy and mathematics; student and teacher learning in reform contexts; relations among educational research, policy and practice.
Pugh, Carla
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
Associate Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine
- PhD, Stanford University School of Education, 2001
- MD, Howard University College of Medicine, 1992
- BA, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests
Surgery and surgical education; the use of technology for medical and surgical education.
Rapp, David
*ON LEAVE 9/ 2011 - 8/ 2012 *
*ON LEAVE 9/ 2011 - 8/ 2012 *
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
Coordinator, Learning Sciences PhD Program
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
- PhD, Experimental Psychology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2000
- MA, General Psychology, New York University, 1996
- BA, Psychology, State University of New York, Albany, 1994
Research Interests
Reading comprehension; narrative and expository experiences; updating prior knowledge; mental and situation models; translation of cognitive science research to educational settings; multimedia learning; visualizations as learning tools.
Reiser, Brian
Professor, Learning Sciences
- PhD, Cognitive Science, Yale University, 1983
- MA, Psychology, New York University, 1979
- BA, Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 1977
Research Interests
The design of learning environments and curriculum materials for science that support authentic practices including explanation, argumentation, and designing investigations. His research examines the cognitive and social interaction aspects of scientific inquiry, principles for scaffolding practices in software and curriculum materials, teaching pratices, and curriculum design frameworks.
Riesbeck, Christopher
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
Associate Professor, Computer Science
- PhD, Stanford University, 1974
Research Interests
Natural-language understanding, case-based reasoning, authorable learning-by-doing environments, critiquing tools for education.
Russ, Rosemary
Research Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences
- PhD in Physics, University of Maryland, 2006
- BS in Physics, North Carolina State University, 2002
- BS in Statistics, North Carolina State University, 2002
- BS in Applied Mathematics, North Carolina State University, 2002
Research Interests
Student thinking and learning in science, scientific reasoning and explanation, models of cognition and epistemology, discourse analysis.
Sherin, Bruce
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
- PhD, Science and Mathematics Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1996
- MA, Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1989
- BA, Physics, Princeton University, 1985
Research Interests
Conceptual change in science; computational linguistics applied to natural language data; programming environments for learning; external representations in science and mathematics.
Sherin, Miriam
Professor, Learning Sciences
Director of Undergraduate Education, School of Education and Social Policy
- PhD, Science and Mathematics Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1996
- MA, Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, 1987
- BA, Mathematics, University of Chicago, 1985
Research Interests
Mathematics teaching and learning; teacher cognition and teacher education.
Spillane, James
Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change
Chair and Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Professor, Learning Sciences
Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research
- PhD, Curriculum, Teaching and Education Policy, Michigan State University, 1993
- BA, Education and Geography, St. Patrick's College, National University of Ireland, 1984
Research Interests
Policy implementation; educational policy; organizational change; school leadership; relations between policy and teachers' and administrators' practice.
Stevens, Reed
Professor, Learning Sciences
- PhD, Cognitive Studies in Education , University of California at Berkeley, 1999
Research Interests
Learning and activity in a wide range of places and situations; design of learning tools — curriculum, activities, and technologies.
Taylor, Edd
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences
- PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 2005
Research Interests
Culture and mathematical thinking, informal learning/out-of-school practices, elementary and middle school mathematics instruction, early childhood education, teacher development, mathematical representation.
Uttal, David
Professor, Education
Professor, Psychology
- PhD, University of Michigan, 1989
Research Interests
Mental representation, cognitive development, spatial cognition, early symbolization.
Waxman, Sandra
Professor, Learning Sciences
Professor, Psychology
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1985
- MA, Johns Hopkins University, 1981
- BS, University of Pennsylvania, 1976
Research Interests
Language and conceptual development, early cognitive development, language and thought.
Wilensky, Uri
Professor, Learning Sciences
Professor, Computer Science
Director, Center for Connected Learning & Computer-Based Modeling
- PhD, Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993
- MA, Mathematics and Philosophy, Brandeis University, 1977
- BA, Mathematics and Philosophy, Brandeis University, 1977
Research Interests
Mathematics and science education in the context of computation, connected learning, constructionism, computer-based modeling, agent-based modeling and complex systems and education.
Wolf, Michael
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences
Faculty, Feinberg School of Medicine
- MPH, Northwestern University
- PhD, University of Illinois
- BA, Valparaiso University