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| Birnbaum, Lawrence
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| Associate Professor , Computer Science |
| Director , Intellectual Property Management |
| Natural language understanding, opportunistic planning, machine learning. |
PhD , Yale University , 1986
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| Cassell, Justine
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| Professor, Education |
| Professor, Communications Studies |
DEUG , Université de Besançon , 1981
BA , Dartmouth College , 1982
MLitt , University of Edinburgh , 1986
PhD , University of Chicago , 1991
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| Collins, Allan
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| Professor Emeritus, Learning Sciences |
| Technology and education, teaching and learning, scientific inquiry |
MA, Communication Sciences , University of Michigan , 1961
PhD, Cognitive Psychology , University of Michigan , 1970
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| Colyvas, Jeannette
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| Organizations and entrepreneurship, comparing public, private, and non-profit forms of organizing, and the study of networks |
Ph.D. , Stanford University , 2007
M.A., Sociology, M.A., East Asian Studies , Stanford University
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| Cytrynbaum, Solomon
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| Professor, Education |
| Professor , Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
| Associate Director for Education, The Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies , Psychology Graduate Program |
| Evaluation of school reform; gender and authority in groups and organizations; organizational consultation; application of group and systems theory and research to school change. |
BA, Arts and Sciences , McGill University, Montreal, Canada , 1959
MA, Child Development and Family Relations , Cornell University, Ithaca, New York , 1962
PhD, Psychology , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan , 1971
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| Forbus, Kenneth
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| Professor , Computer Science |
| Professor , Education |
| In artificial intelligence, specifically qualitative reasoning, spatial reasoning, analogical reasoning and learning, and inference engine design.
In cognitive science, understanding how analogy and similarity work, including the roles they play in cognitive and perceptual processes.
In education, using AI techniques to create new types of educational software and activities.
In human-computer interaction, the use of sketching as an interface modality to knowledge-rich systems.
In computer game design, the roles AI, and especially articulate software, can play in creating better game engines and synthetic characters.
For more information, including descriptions of ongoing projects, please see our group's web page. |
PhD , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 1984
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| Gentner, Dedre
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| Professor , Psychology |
| Professor , Education |
| Learning, reasoning, and conceptual change in adults and children, especially processes of similarity; metaphor, and analogy; mental models; acquisition of meaning. |
PhD , University of California, Berkeley , 1974
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| Gomez, Louis
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| Aon Professor of Learning Sciences |
| Professor , Computer Science |
| Coordinator, Learning Sciences PhD Program |
| Curriculum design and systemic school reform; school and classroom organization support through technology; application of computing and networking technology to teaching and learning; applied cognitive science; human-computer interaction. |
BA, Psychology , State University of New York at Stony Brook , 1974
PhD, Cognitive Psychology , University of California at Berkeley , 1979
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| Grosshandler, Dean
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| Associate Director , Office of STEM and Education Partnerships (OSEP) |
| Research Assistant Professor |
| Education outreach and faculty partnerships with schools and other educational institutions, particularly in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); after-school and out-of-school learning and programs; design-based STEM learning environments research and evaluation |
B.A. , University of Chicago , 1985
M.S.T. , University of Chicago , 1992
Ph.D. , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 2004
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| Hammond, Kristian
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| Director , Intelligent Information Laboratory, Department of Computer Science |
| Associate Professor, Learning Sciences |
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy , Yale University , 1979
Master of Science in Computer Science , Yale University , 1982
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science , Yale University , 1986
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| Haroutunian-Gordon, Sophie
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| Professor , Education and Social Policy |
| Director , Master of Science in Education |
| Philosophy of education, teacher education, interpretive discussion, philosophy of psychology. |
BA, Music, Religion/Philosophy , Cornell College , 1965
MA, Curriculum and Instruction , University of Wisconsin-Madison , 1966
PhD, Philosophy of Education , University of Chicago , 1976
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| Herman, Phillip
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| Research Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences |
| Research Director , Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools |
| Science education reform, teacher and student efficacy, motivation, learner-centered teaching and learning. |
BS, Russian Language and Literature , Georgetown University , 1985
MAT, Applied Linguistics , Georgetown University , 1987
PhD, Educational Psychology , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , 2000
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| Jona, Kemi
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| Learning Strategist , School of Continuing Studies |
| Research Associate Professor , Computer Science |
| Online learning, virtual schools, technologies to support online learning and collaboration, online laboratory science course design, corporate e-learning strategy and design |
BS (Honors), Computer Science and Psychology , University of Wisconsin-Madison , 1988
PhD, Computer Science , Northwestern University , 1995
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| Konstantopoulos, Spyros
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| Assistant Professor |
| Multilevel Models; Statistical Power; Teacher and School Effects; Class Size Effects; Meta-Analysis; Group Differences in Achievement. |
BA, Primary Education and Educational Psychology , University of Athens Greece , 1992
MS, Educational Psychology and Research Methodology , Purdue University , 1995
MS, Statistics , University of Chicago , 1999
PhD., Research Methodology , University of Chicago , 2003
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| Kwon, Samuel
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| Research Assistant Professor |
| Design of learning environments, urban school reform, science curriculum development, technology to support teaching and learning, educational software design |
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
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| Lam, Eva
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| Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences, Asian American Studies |
| Multilingualism and cultural diversity in education, second language and literacy development, digital literacy and learning, language and identity, language socialization |
PhD, Education in Language, Literacy, and Culture , University of California, Berkeley , 2003
MA, Education in Language and Literacy , University of California, Berkeley , 1993
BA, Biological Science , San Jose State University , 1991
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| Lee, Carol
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| Professor, Learning Sciences |
| Professor , African American Studies |
| Co-Cordinator , SESP Spencer Research Training Program |
| Cultural contexts affecting learning broadly and literacy specifically; teacher preparation and development; classroom discourse; urban education. |
BA, The Teaching of Secondary School English , University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana , 1966
MA, English , University of Chicago , 1969
PhD, Education (Curriculum and Instruction) , University of Chicago , 1991
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| McGee, Steven
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| Research Associate Professor, Learning Sciences |
M.B.A. , Wheeling Jesuit University , 2000
PhD, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, 1995
BS, Human Dev & Social Pol, Northwestern University, 1988
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| McKenna, Ann
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| Research Associate Professor , Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Director of Education Improvement |
| Research Associate Professor (co-terminus), Learning Sciences |
| Learning through design and complex problem solving; design and implementation of innovative learning environments; adaptive expertise; engineering faculty pedagogy and conceptions of teaching and learning;assessment of engineering design competency. |
BS, Mechanical Engineering , Drexel University, Philadelphia , 1988
MS, Mechanical Engineering , Drexel University, Philadelphia , 1991
PhD, Science and Mathematics Education , University of California, Berkeley , 2001
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| Medin, Douglas
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| Professor , Psychology |
| Professor , Education |
| Director , Program in Culture, Language and Cognition |
| Co-Director , Program in Cognitive Studies of the Environment |
| Learning, reasoning, and conceptual change in adults and children, mental models; acquisition of meaning, culture and education. |
PhD , University of South Dakota , 1968
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Ortony, Andrew
*ON LEAVE
1/ 2008 - 12/ 2008 *
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| 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 |
| Emotion and cognition; Knowledge representation and figurative language comprehension; Human-computer interaction and interface design. |
MA, Philosophy , University of Edinburgh , 1966
PhD, Computer Science , University of London , 1972
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| Peterson, Penelope
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| Dean , School of Education and Social Policy |
| Eleanor R. Baldwin Professor , Education |
| 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. |
BS, Psychology and Philosophy , Iowa State University , 1971
MA, Psychological Studies in Education , Stanford University , 1976
PhD, Psychological Studies in Education , Stanford University , 1976
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| Rapp, David
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| Assistant Professor , Learning Sciences |
| Assistant Professor , Department of Psychology |
| 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 |
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
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| Reininger, Michelle
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| Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy |
| Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences |
| Faculty Fellow , Institute for Policy Research |
PhD, Social Sciences, Policy and Educational Practice , Stanford University , 2006
MA, Economics , Stanford University , 2004
MA, Leadership, Foundations and Policy , University of Virginia , 2001
BA, Biochemistry , University of Colorado , 1996
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| Reiser, Brian
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| Professor, Learning Sciences |
| 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. |
BA, Psychology , University of Pennsylvania , 1977
MA, Psychology , New York University , 1979
PhD, Cognitive Science , Yale University , 1983
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| Riesbeck, Christopher
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| Associate Professor , Computer Science |
| Associate Professor , Education |
| Natural-language understanding, case-based reasoning, authorable learning-by-doing environments, critiquing tools for education. |
PhD , Stanford University , 1983
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Sherin, Bruce
*ON LEAVE
9/ 2007 - 8/ 2008 *
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| Associate Professor, Learning Sciences |
| Conceptual change in science; programming environments for learning; external representations in science and mathematics. |
BA, Physics , Princeton University , 1985
MA, Physics , University of California, Berkeley , 1989
PhD, Science and Mathematics Education , University of California, Berkeley , 1996
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Sherin, Miriam
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| Associate Professor, Learning Sciences |
| Mathematics teaching and learning; teacher cognition and teacher education. |
BA, Mathematics , University of Chicago , 1985
MA, Mathematics , University of California, San Diego , 1987
PhD, Science and Mathematics Education , University of California, Berkeley , 1996
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| Spillane, James
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| Professor, Human Development and Social Policy |
| Faculty Fellow , Institute for Policy Research |
| Professor, Learning Sciences |
| Principal Investigator, Distributed Leadership Study |
| Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change |
| Policy implementation; educational policy; organizational change; school leadership; relations between policy and teachers' and administrators' practice. |
BA, Education and Geography , St. Patrick's College, National University of Ireland , 1984
PhD, Curriculum, Teaching and Education Policy , Michigan State University , 1993
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| Taylor, Edd
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| Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences |
| Culture and mathematical thinking, informal learning/out-of-school practices, elementary and middle school mathematics instruction, early childhood education, teacher development, mathematical representation |
Ph.D. , University of California-Berkeley , 2005
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| Uttal, David
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| Associate Professor , Psychology |
| Associate Professor , Education |
| Mental representation, cognitive development, spatial cognition, early symbolization. |
PhD , University of Michigan , 1989
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| Waxman, Sandra
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| Professor , Psychology |
| Professor , Education |
| Language and conceptual development, early cognitive development, language and thought. |
PhD , University of Pennsylvania , 1985
MA , Johns Hopkins University , 1981
BS , University of Pennsylvania , 1976
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| Wilensky, Uri
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| Associate Professor, Learning Sciences |
| Associate Professor , Computer Science |
| Director , Center for Connected Learning & Computer-Based Modeling |
| Mathematics and science education in the context of computation, connected learning, constructionism, computer-based modeling, agent-based modeling and complex systems and education. |
BA, Mathematics and Philosophy , Brandeis University , 1977
MA, Mathematics and Philosophy , Brandeis University , 1977
PhD, Media Arts and Sciences , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 1993
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