Jinfa Cai

University of Delaware

Kathleen and David Hollowell Professor

Jinfa Cai is the Kathleen and David Hollowell Professor at the University of Delaware, an elected member of National Academy of Education (NAEd), and a Fellow of American Educational Research Association (AERA). He serves as the Vice President of International Commission on Mathematics Instruction (ICMI). He served as the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education (2017-2020). Jinfa has served or is serving on editorial boards for over 10 research journals, such as American Educational Research Journal, Educational Studies in Mathematics, Journal of Mathematical Behavior, and Asian Journal for Mathematics Education. He also served as Program Director at the USA National Science Foundation. He is the Editor of the Compendium for Research in Mathematics Education (1000 pages) by NCTM. Currently, he is a co-Editor-in-Chief for the Research in Mathematics Education book series by Springer. He is interested in how students learn mathematics and pose and solve problems as well as how teachers can create learning environments for students to make sense of mathematics. Currently, he is working on a 4-year longitudinal project on mathematical problem posing. In 2017, Jinfa received the University of Delaware's College of Arts and Sciences' Outstanding Scholarship Award. He has also severed on various capacities in K-12 education, such as the Board Member of the Charter School of Wilmington. He received the Webber Award in honoring his significant contribution to the State of Delaware's mathematics education. Jinfa loves reading, travel, and scholarly collaboration.