Barbara Schneider

Michigan State University

John A. Hannah Chair and Distinguished Professor

Biography Barbara Schneider is the John A. Hannah Chair and University Distinguished at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on how the social contexts of schools and families influence the academic and social well-being of adolescents into adulthood. Schneider also designs tools and research methods for measuring real-time everyday experiences that advance learning. A Fellow of AAAS, NAE, AERA, and the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Schneider has also published over 150 articles and reports and written 20 books.