Richard Duschl

Southern Methodist University

Director, Texas Instruments; Distinguished Professor

Richard A. Duschl from 2018-2024 was Executive Director of the Caruth Institute for Engineering Education in the Lyle School of Engineering. He has a secondary appointment in the Dept. of Teaching & Learning and the Technology Enhanced Immersive Learning (TEIL) Center in the Simmons School of Education, Southern Methodist University. Leadership roles include serving as Editor, Science Education (1990-2001); President, NARST (2009-2011); and Director, Division for Research on Learning, NSF (2012-2015). He chaired the NRC research synthesis committee report Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8 (2007). He has held chaired professorships as Waterbury Chair Professor of Secondary Education, Penn State University (2008-2018); Chair of Science Education, King's College London – University of London (2000-2005). Richard was recipient of the 2021 NARST Fellow Award, 2014 NARST Distinguished Career in Research Award and twice received the JRST Award for best publications in 1989 and 2003. In 2008, he was named an AERA Fellow. In 2007, he was honored as 'Distinguished Alumnus of the Year - College of Education' by the University of Maryland Alumni Association, where he completed his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees.