School of Education & Social Policy
Core Faculty

P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale
Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow , Institute for Policy Research
Public policy and child and adolescent development; family functioning; health disparities; consequences of poverty and welfare reform on children and families.
PhD, Developmental Psychology , The University of Michigan , 1981
BA, Social Relations , Harvard University, Radcliffe College , 1974
Thomas Cook
Cook, Thomas
Joan and Sarepta Harrison Chair in Ethics and Justice
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Professor , Psychology
Professor , Sociology
Social science methodology, evaluation, educational policy.
PhD , Stanford , 1967
BA , Oxford , 1963
Larry Hedges
Hedges, Larry
Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow , Institute for Policy Research
Development and application of statistical methods for the social, medical, and biological sciences; evaluation research.
PhD, Mathematical Methods in Educational Research , Stanford University , 1980
MA, Statistics , Stanford University
BA, Mathematics , University of California at San Diego
David Rapp
Rapp, David
Associate Professor , Learning Sciences
Coordinator, Learning Sciences PhD Program
Associate 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
James Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum, James
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Professor , Sociology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Fellow , Institute for Policy Research
Poverty and housing; welfare reform; high school to work transition.
PhD, Sociology , Harvard University , 1973
MA, Sociology , Harvard University , 1968
BA, Culture and Behavior , Yale University , 1966
Bruce Sherin
Sherin, Bruce
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
Conceptual change in science; computational linguistics applied to natural language data; programming environments for learning; external representations in science and mathematics.
PhD, Science and Mathematics Education , University of California, Berkeley , 1996
MA, Physics , University of California, Berkeley , 1989
BA, Physics , Princeton University , 1985
Bruce Spencer
Spencer, Bruce
Professor, Statistics
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow , Institute for Policy Research
Statistics and public policy with a special focus on the design and evaluation of large-scale statistical data programs.
PhD , Yale University , 1979
James Spillane
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
Policy implementation; educational policy; organizational change; school leadership; relations between policy and teachers' and administrators' practice.
PhD, Curriculum, Teaching and Education Policy , Michigan State University , 1993
BA, Education and Geography , St. Patrick's College, National University of Ireland , 1984
Sergio Urzua
Urzua, Sergio
Assistant Professor, Economics
Labor economic, microeconometrics, the role of cognitive and noncognitive abilities, and uncertainty as determinants of schooling decisions, labor market outcomes and social behavior.
PhD in Economics , The University of Chicago , 2005
Master of Arts in Economics , The University of Chicago , 2003
Master of Arts in Economics , Universidad de Chile , 2001
B.A. in Economics , Universidad de Chile , 2000
David Uttal
Uttal, David
Professor , Education
Professor , Psychology
Mental representation, cognitive development, spatial cognition, early symbolization.
PhD , University of Michigan , 1989
Sandra Waxman
Waxman, Sandra
Professor, Learning Sciences
Professor, Psychology
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