SESP MAGAZINE FALL 2021

THE MAGAZINE OF LEARNING, LEADERSHIP, AND POLICY

SESP Faculty, Megan Bang, Brian Reiser, Jon Guryan

SESP Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Education

In 2021-2022, Northwestern University professors Megan Bang, Jonathan Guryan, and Brian Reiser were elected to the prestigious National Academy of Education for their stellar contributions to education scholarship and research. It is the first time in school history that three faculty members were elected in the same year. The School of Education and Social Policy now has 15 NAEd members.


  Megan Bang

Megan Bang (2021), Professor of Learning Sciences and of Psychology  


  Jon Guryan

Jonathan Guryan (2021), Lawyer Taylor Professor of Education and Social Policy  


  Brian Reiser

Brian J. Reiser (2021), Professor of Learning Sciences  


Cynthia Coburn

Cynthia E. Coburn (2020), Professor of Education and Social Policy  


Kirabo Jackson

Kirabo Jackson (2020), Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy  


Diane Schanzenbach

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach (2019), Margaret Walker Alexander Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and Director of the Institute for Policy Research  


David Figlio

David Figlio (2017), School Dean and Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy  


Morton Schapiro

Morton O. Schapiro (2017), Professor of Economics and President of Northwestern  


James Spillane

James P. Spillane (2014), Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change  


Lindsay Chase Lansdale

P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale (2013), Frances Willard Professor Emerita of Human Development and Social Policy  


Douglas Medin

Douglas L. Medin (2012), Professor Emeritus of Psychology and of Education and Social Policy  


Penelope Peterson

Penelope Peterson (2011), Former School Dean and Professor Emerita of Education and Social Policy  


Carol Lee

Carol D. Lee (2007), Professor Emerita of Education and Social Policy and of African American Studies; NAEd President (2021–25)  


Larry Hedges

Larry V. Hedges (1996), Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics and of Education and Social Policy  


Uri Wilensky

Uri Wilensky (2022),Lorraine Morton Professor of Learning Sciences and Computer Science 


Miriam Sherin

Miriam Sherin (2022),Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education andtheAlice Gabrielle Twight Professor of Learning Sciences. 


Allan Collins

Allan Collins (1992), Professor Emeritus of Education and Social Policy