Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences
Organizations and entrepreneurship; institutions and networks; comparing public, private, and non-profit forms of organizing; university-industry interfaces; public and private science.
Ph.D. , Stanford University , 2007
M.A., Sociology, M.A., East Asian Studies , Stanford University
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.
Group dynamics, organizational assessment and change, family systems, gender and authority in group and organizational life, organizational consultation to schools, evaluation of school reform and school academic/technology systems, research methods, family business succession consultation
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
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
Learning, reasoning, and conceptual change in adults and children, especially processes of similarity; metaphor, and analogy; mental models; acquisition of meaning.
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
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
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
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
Student learning in higher and profession education
, faculty development, faculty conceptions and approaches to teaching, faculty conceptions of learning in research and teaching, variation theory
BA, Philosophy and English , University of Toronto , 1974
BA Specialist Degree, Philosophy , University of Toronto , 1975
PhD, Education , University of London, UK , 1995
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
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
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
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
Instructor, LRNSCI 435 "New Approaches in Science Teaching"
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
Student thinking and learning in science, scientific reasoning and explanation, models of cognition and epistemology, discourse analysis
PhD in Physics , University of Maryland , 2006
BS in Physics , North Carolina State University , 2002
BS in Applied Mathematics , North Carolina State University , 2002
BS in Statistics , North Carolina State University , 2002
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
Director of Undergraduate Education, School of Education and Social Policy
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
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
Instructor, MSED 402 "Social Contexts of Education"
Culture and mathematical thinking, informal learning/out-of-school practices, elementary and middle school mathematics instruction, early childhood education, teacher development, mathematical representation
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
