School of Education & Social Policy
 
Core Faculty


P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale
Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy PhD Program
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.
BA, Social Relations , Harvard University, Radcliffe College , 1974
PhD, Developmental Psychology , The University of Michigan , 1981
Thomas Cook
Cook, Thomas
Joan and Sarepta Harrison Chair in Ethics and Justice
Professor , Psychology
Professor , Sociology
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Fellow , American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Social science methodology, evaluation, educational policy
Ph.D. , Stanford , 1967
B.A. , 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.
B.A., Mathematics , University of California at San Diego
M.A., Statistics , Stanford University
Ph.D., Mathematical Methods in Educational Research , Stanford University , 1980
David Rapp
Rapp, David
Coordinator, Learning Sciences PhD Program
Associate Professor , Learning Sciences
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.
BA, Culture and Behavior , Yale University , 1966
MA, Sociology , Harvard University , 1968
PhD, Sociology , Harvard University , 1973
Bruce Sherin
Sherin, Bruce
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
Bruce Spencer
Spencer, Bruce
Professor , Statistics
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
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow , Institute for Policy Research
Professor, Learning Sciences
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
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
Associate Professor , Psychology
Associate Professor , Education
Mental representation, cognitive development, spatial cognition, early symbolization.
PhD , University of Michigan , 1989
Sandra Waxman
Waxman, Sandra
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