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Penelope L. Peterson
Dean, School of Education and Social Policy Eleanor R. Baldwin Professor, Education Professor, Human Development and Social Policy Professor, Learning Sciences Annenberg Hall Room 252 2120 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-0001 Phone: (847) 467-1190 |
Biography
Prior to her appointment as Dean in September 1997, Peterson served as University Distinguished Professor of Education at Michigan State University and Sears-Bascom Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Under Peterson’s leadership, SESP has moved up from a rank of 20 by U.S. News and World Reports to being ranked consistently among the top ten schools of education nationally. Peterson's books include Restructuring in the Classroom: Teaching, Learning, and School Organization (with Richard Elmore and Sarah McCarthey) and Learning from Our Lives: Women, Research, and Autobiography in Education (with Anna Neumann). Peterson is past president of the American Educational Research Association. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the American Educational Research Association. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. Currently, she is co-editing (with Eva Baker and Barry McGaw) the International Encyclopedia of Education, Third Edition, which will be twelve volumes when published. In addition to her role as Dean, Peterson co-teaches with Andrew Ortony the beginning course in the Learning Sciences graduate program, and she directs the undergraduate Honors Program in the School of Education and Social Policy.
Research/Scholarship
Education
Selected Publications
Year Degree Institution 1976 MA, Psychological Studies in Education Stanford University 1976 PhD, Psychological Studies in Education Stanford University 1971 BS, Psychology and Philosophy Iowa State University
Neumann, A., Pallas, A. M., & Peterson, P. L. (2008). Introduction to the special issue on the campus experience of the Spencer Foundation's Research Training Grant Program. Teachers College Record: 110(4), 1357-1359.Research Interests
Neumann, A., Pallas, A. M., & Peterson, P. L. (2008). Exploring the investment: four universities' experiences with the Spencer Foundation's Research Training Grant Program; A retrospective. Teachers College Record: 110(4) 1477 - 1503.
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.
Teaching/Advising
Courses
LRN_SCI 403 Learn in Context SESP 398 Honors Thesis (3 units) Research experience in which students develop, design, implement, and evaluate a research project under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Prerequisites: senior status; a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 by the end of winter quarter of the junior year; recommendation for the honors program by SESP 391 instructor(s); and consent of program director.