Members

The National Academy of Education is an honorific society consisting of U.S. members and international associates who are elected on the basis of outstanding scholarship related to education. Founded in 1965, the mission of NAEd is to advance high-quality education research and its use in policy formulation and practice. A listing of all our members is below. For further information and a bio, please click on their name or image.

The National Academy of Education accepts membership nominations annually.  Only current members are eligible to submit nominations.  Current members may contact Jack Busbee, Sr. Director, for more information on the nomination process.

bruce_alberts
University of California, San Francisco

BRUCE ALBERTS

University of Maryland

PATRICIA ALEXANDER

Walter_Allen
University of California, Los Angeles

WALTER ALLEN

james_anderson
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

JAMES ANDERSON

Stanford University

ALFREDO J. ARTILES

University of California, Los Angeles

RON AVI ASTOR

richard_atkinson
University of California

RICHARD ATKINSON

thomas_bailey
Teachers College, Columbia University

THOMAS BAILEY

eva_baker
University of California, Los Angeles

EVA BAKER

arnetha_ball
Stanford University

ARNETHA F. BALL

University of Michigan

DEBORAH LOEWENBERG BALL

Spencer Foundation/Northwestern University

MEGAN BANG

james_banks
University of Washington, Seattle

JAMES BANKS

w_steven_barnett
National Institute for Early Education Research

W. STEVEN BARNETT

hyman_bass
University of Michigan

HYMAN BASS

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University of Michigan

MICHAEL BASTEDO

Educational Testing Service

RANDY E. BENNETT

Estela Mara Bensimon
University of Southern California

ESTELA MARA BENSIMON

mark-berends
University of Notre Dame

MARK BERENDS

david_berliner
Arizona State University

DAVID BERLINER

University of Arizona

ROBERT BERRY

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Boston College

MARINA BERS

hilda_borko
Stanford University

HILDA BORKO

howard-boykin-jr
Howard University

A. WADE BOYKIN, JR.

Norman Bradburn
NORC at the University of Chicago

NORMAN BRADBURN

Charles Brainerd
Cornell University

CHARLES BRAINERD

Henry Braun
Boston College

HENRY BRAUN

Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
Northwestern University

BRYAN MCKINLEY JONES BRAYBOY

jeanne_brooks-gunn
Teachers College and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

JEANNE BROOKS-GUNN

prudence_carter
Brown University

PRUDENCE CARTER

stephen_ceci
Cornell University

STEPHEN CECI

p_lindsay_chase-lansdale
Northwestern University

P. LINDSAY CHASE-LANSDALE

michelene_chi
Arizona State University

MICHELENE T.H. CHI

paul-cobb
Vanderbilt University

PAUL COBB

cynthia-Coburn
Northwestern University

CYNTHIA E. COBURN

marilyn_cochran-smith
Boston College

MARILYN COCHRAN-SMITH

michael_cole
University of California, San Diego

MICHAEL COLE

james_comer
Yale University

JAMES COMER

Graduate Center, City University of New York

COLETTE DAIUTE

william_damon
Stanford University

WILLIAM DAMON

linda_darling-hammond
Stanford University

LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND

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University of California, San Diego

AMANDA DATNOW

Image of John Diamond
Brown University

JOHN DIAMOND

andrea_disessa
University of California, Berkeley

ANDREA DISESSA

ruben-Donato
University of Colorado, Boulder

RUBÉN DONATO

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Strategic Education Research Partnership Institute

SUZANNE DONOVAN

greg_duncan
University of California, Irvine

GREG DUNCAN

University of California, Santa Barbara

RICHARD DURAN

Southern Methodist University/Pennylvania State University Emeritus

RICHARD DUSCHL

Harvard University

SUSAN DYNARSKI

margaret_eisenhart
University of Colorado, Boulder

MARGARET EISENHART

fred-erickson
University of California, Los Angeles

FREDERICK ERICKSON

Dorothy-Espelage
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

DOROTHY L. ESPELAGE

michael-feuer-board
The George Washington University

MICHAEL FEUER

David Figlio
University of Rochester

DAVID FIGLIO

robert_floden
Michigan State University

ROBERT FLODEN

Michigan State University

KENNETH FRANK

Megan Franke
University of California, Los Angeles

MEGAN FRANKE

sarah_freedman
University of California, Berkeley

SARAH FREEDMAN

susan-fuhrman
Teachers College, Columbia University

SUSAN FUHRMAN

Vivian Gadsden
University of Pennsylvania

VIVIAN GADSDEN

adam_gamoran
William T. Grant Foundation

ADAM GAMORAN

patricia_gandara
University of California, Los Angeles

PATRICIA GANDARA

Garcia_Ofelia
The Graduate Center, City University of New York

OFELIA GARCÍA

james_gee
Arizona State University

JAMES GEE

carol_gilligan
New York University

CAROL GILLIGAN

susan-goldman
University of Illinois at Chicago

SUSAN GOLDMAN

University of Delaware

ROBERTA MICHNICK GOLINKOFF

louis_gomez
University of California, Los Angeles

LOUIS GOMEZ

thomas-good
University of Arizona

THOMAS GOOD

edmund_gordon
Yale University; Teachers College, Columbia University

EDMUND GORDON

sandra_graham
University of California, Los Angeles

SANDRA GRAHAM

pam_grossman
University of Pennsylvania

PAMELA GROSSMAN

Megan Gunnar
University of Minnesota

MEGAN GUNNAR

Northwestern University

JONATHAN GURYAN

John_Guthrie
University of Maryland, College Park

JOHN GUTHRIE

kris-gutierrez
University of California, Berkeley

KRIS GUTIÉRREZ

University of Pennsylvania

AMY GUTMANN

edward_haertel
Stanford University

EDWARD HAERTEL

kenji_hakuta
Stanford University

KENJI HAKUTA

eric_hanushek
Stanford University

ERIC HANUSHEK

Boston College

ANDREW HARGREAVES

University of Southern California

SHAUN HARPER

robert-hauser
American Philosophical Society

ROBERT HAUSER

shirley_brice_heath
Stanford University

SHIRLEY BRICE HEATH

larry_hedges
Northwestern University

LARRY HEDGES

jeffrey_henig
Teachers College, Columbia University

JEFFREY HENIG

joan_herman
CRESST/UCLA

JOAN HERMAN

Diana-Hess
University of Wisconsin-Madison

DIANA HESS

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Harvard University

HEATHER HILL

Temple University/Brookings Institution

KATHRYN HIRSH-PASEK

Harvard University

ANDREW HO

Margaret-Honey
New York Hall of Science

MARGARET A. HONEY

University of California, Los Angeles

TYRONE HOWARD

glynda_hull
University of California, Berkeley

GLYNDA HULL

Sylvia-Hurtado
University of California, Los Angeles

SYLVIA HURTADO

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University of Southern California

MARY HELEN IMMORDINO-YANG

jacqueline-irvine
Emory University

JACQUELINE IRVINE

C. Kirabo Jackson
Northwestern University

C. KIRABO JACKSON

jack_jennings
Center on Education Policy

JACK JENNINGS

Rucker-Johnson
University of California, Berkeley

RUCKER JOHNSON

susan_johnson
Harvard University

SUSAN JOHNSON

University of Delaware

NANCY JORDAN

sharon_kagan
Teachers College, Columbia University

SHARON KAGAN

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University of California, Riverside

JOSEPH KAHNE

University of Wisconsin – Madison

DAVID KAPLAN

Pennsylvania State University

GREGORY KELLY

james-kelly
Kelly Advisors, LLC

JAMES KELLY

david_kirp
University of California at Berkeley

DAVID KIRP

Educational Testing Service

IRWIN KIRSCH

Joseph-Krajcik
Michigan State University

JOSEPH S. KRAJCIK

Michal Kurlaender
University of California, Davis

MICHAL KURLAENDER

helen_ladd
Duke University

HELEN LADD

Ladson-Billings_Gloria
University of Wisconsin, Madison

GLORIA LADSON-BILLINGS

sara_lawrence_lightfoot
Harvard University

SARA LAWRENCE-LIGHTFOOT

carol_lee
Northwestern University

CAROL LEE

New York University

OKHEE LEE

richard_lehrer
Vanderbilt University

RICHARD LEHRER

hope_leichter
Columbia University

HOPE LEICHTER

University of California, Berkeley

ZEUS LEONARDO

Nonie-Lesaux
Harvard University

NONIE K. LESAUX

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American Educational Research Association

FELICE LEVINE

Marcia-Linn
University of California, Berkeley

MARCIA LINN

Judith-Warren-Little
University of California, Berkeley

JUDITH WARREN LITTLE

susanna_loeb
Brown University

SUSANNA LOEB

k_tsianina_lomawaima
Arizona State University

K. TSIANINA LOMAWAIMA

Bridget Terry Long
Harvard University

BRIDGET TERRY LONG

henrietta-mann
Cheyenne Arapaho Tribal College

HENRIETTA MANN

National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment

SCOTT MARION

kathleen_mccartney
Smith College

KATHLEEN MCCARTNEY

Teresa McCarty
University of California, Los Angeles

TERESA L. MCCARTY

lorraine_mcdonnell
University of California, Santa Barbara

LORRAINE MCDONNELL

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

KENT MCGUIRE

DANIELLE MCNAMARA
Arizona State University

DANIELLE MCNAMARA

michael_mcpherson
The Spencer Foundation

MICHAEL MCPHERSON

douglas_medin
Northwestern University

DOUGLAS MEDIN

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University of Washington

ANDREW MELTZOFF

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte

ROSLYN MICKELSON

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University of California, Santa Barbara

JEFFREY MILEM

Vanderbilt University

H. RICHARD MILNER IV

elizabeth-moje
University of Michigan

ELIZABETH MOJE

University of Notre Dame

ERNEST MORRELL

Pamela Moss
University of Michigan

PAMELA MOSS

Chandra Muller
The University of Texas, Austin

CHANDRA MULLER

richard-murnane
Harvard University

RICHARD MURNANE

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Pennsylvania State University

KAREN MURPHY

Na'ilah Nasir
The Spencer Foundation

NA’ILAH SUAD NASIR

Teachers College, Columbia University

ANNA NEUMANN

Sonia Nieto
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

SONIA NIETO

pedro_noguera
University of Southern California

PEDRO NOGUERA

jeannie-oakes
University of California, Los Angeles

JEANNIE OAKES

American Institutes for Research

JENNIFER O’DAY

Melvin Oliver
Pitzer College

MELVIN L. OLIVER

annemarie_palincsar
University of Michigan

ANNEMARIE SULLIVAN PALINCSAR

Teachers College, Columbia University

AARON PALLAS

University of Pittsburgh

LEIGH PATEL

The Ohio State University

LORI PATTON DAVIS

roy_pea
Stanford University

ROY PEA

David Pearson
University of California, Berkeley

DAVID PEARSON

james_pellegrino
University of Illinois at Chicago

JAMES PELLEGRINO

William Penuel
University of Colorado Boulder

WILLIAM R. PENUEL

david_perkins
Harvard Graduate School of Education

DAVID PERKINS

Laura Perna
University of Pennsylvania

LAURA W. PERNA

University of Virginia

ROBERT PIANTA

andrew_porter
University of Pennsylvania

ANDREW PORTER

alejandro_portes
University of Miami

ALEJANDRO PORTES

sophia_rabe-hesketh
University of California, Berkeley

SOPHIA RABE-HESKETH

stephen_raudenbush
University of Chicago

STEPHEN RAUDENBUSH

C. Cybele Raver
Vanderbilt University

C. CYBELE RAVER

Stanford University

SEAN REARDON

william-reese
University of Wisconsin, Madison

WILLIAM REESE

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Harvard University

FERNANDO REIMERS

Northwestern University

BRIAN REISER

lauren_resnick
University of Pittsburgh

LAUREN RESNICK

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University of California, Santa Cruz

BARBARA ROGOFF

cecilia_rouse
Princeton University

CECILIA ROUSE

brian-rowan
University of Michigan

BRIAN ROWAN

robert_rueda
University of Southern California

ROBERT RUEDA

ruben-rumbaut
University of California-Irvine

RUBÉN RUMBAUT

russell-rumberger
University of California, Santa Barbara

RUSSELL RUMBERGER

geoffrey_saxe
University of California, Berkeley

GEOFFREY SAXE

OISE/University of Toronto

MARLENE SCARDAMALIA

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Northwestern University

DIANE WHITMORE SCHANZENBACH

Morton Schapiro
Northwestern University

MORTON SCHAPIRO

william_schmidt
Michigan State University

WILLIAM SCHMIDT

Barbara-SCHNEIDER
Michigan State University

BARBARA SCHNEIDER

alan_schoenfeld
University of California, Berkeley

ALAN SCHOENFELD

University of California, Berkeley

JANELLE SCOTT

donna_shalala
U.S. House of Representatives

DONNA SHALALA

lorrie_shepard
University of Colorado at Boulder

LORRIE SHEPARD

Northwestern University

MIRIAM SHERIN

robert_siegler
Teachers College, Columbia University

ROBERT SIEGLER

Edward Silver
University of Michigan

EDWARD SILVER

University of Southern California

GALE SINATRA

judith_singer
Harvard University

JUDITH SINGER

diana_slaughter
University of Pennsylvania

DIANA SLAUGHTER KOTZIN

Christine Sleeter
California State University, Monterey Bay

CHRISTINE E. SLEETER

PETER SMAGORINSKY
University of Georgia

PETER SMAGORINSKY

catherine-snow
Harvard University

CATHERINE SNOW

Daniel Solorzano
University of California, Los Angeles

DANIEL G. SOLORZANO

margaret_beale_spencer
University of Chicago

MARGARET BEALE SPENCER

james_spillane
Northwestern University

JAMES SPILLANE

robert-sternberg
Cornell University

ROBERT STERNBERG

University of Pennsylvania

HOWARD STEVENSON

james_stigler
University of California, Los Angeles

JAMES STIGLER

deborah_stipek
Stanford University

DEBORAH STIPEK

carola_suarez_orozco
University of Massachusetts, Boston

CAROLA SUÁREZ-OROZCO

marcelo_suarezo-orozco
University of Massachusetts, Boston

MARCELO SUÁREZ-OROZCO

william_tate
Louisiana State University

WILLIAM F. TATE IV

Judith Torney-Purta
University of Maryland at College Park

JUDITH TORNEY-PURTA

Elliot Turiel
University of California, Berkeley

ELLIOT TURIEL

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

KAROLYN TYSON

guadalupe_valdes
Stanford University

GUADALUPE VALDÉS

University of Texas at Austin

ANGELA VALENZUELA

deborah_vandell
University of California, Irvine

DEBORAH VANDELL

Boston College

MATTHIAS VON DAVIER

Vanessa Siddle Walker
Emory University

VANESSA SIDDLE WALKER

University of Minnesota

JOHN ROBERT WARREN

Mark Warschauer
University of California, Irvine

MARK WARSCHAUER

noreen_webb
University of California, Los Angeles

NOREEN WEBB

lois_weis
University at Buffalo, State University of New York

LOIS WEIS

amy_stuart_wells
Teachers College, Columbia University

AMY STUART WELLS

carl_wieman
Stanford University

CARL WIEMAN

Northwestern University

URI JOSEPH WILENSKY

john_willinsky
Stanford University

JOHN WILLINSKY

william_wilson
Harvard University

WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON

mark_wilson
University of California, Berkeley

MARK WILSON

suzanne-wilson
University of Connecticut

SUZANNE WILSON

sam_wineburg
Stanford University

SAM WINEBURG

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University of California, Davis

MAISHA WINN

Frank Worrell
University of California, Berkeley

FRANK C. WORRELL

Stanton Wortham
Boston College

STANTON WORTHAM

carol-camp-yeakey
Washington University, St. Louis

CAROL CAMP YEAKEY

hirokazu_yoshikawa
New York University

HIROKAZU YOSHIKAWA

kenneth_zeichner
University of Washington, Seattle

KENNETH ZEICHNER

Yong Zhao
University of Kansas

YONG ZHAO

University of California, San Francisco

BRUCE ALBERTS

Bruce Alberts, a prominent biochemist with a strong commitment to the improvement of science and mathematics education, was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Barack Obama in 2014. Dr. Alberts served as Editor-in-Chief of Science (2008-2013) and as one of President Obama’s first three Science Envoys (2009-2011).

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University of Maryland

PATRICIA ALEXANDER

Patricia Alexander is a Distinguished University Professor, the Jean Mullan Professor of Literacy, and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland where she heads the Disciplined Reading and Learning Research Laboratory. She has served as President of Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, Vice-President of Division C (Learning and Instruction) of the American Educational Research Association, and Past-President of the Southwest Educational Research Association.

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University of California, Los Angeles

WALTER ALLEN

Walter R. Allen is Allan Murray Cartter Professor in Higher Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also Distinguished Professor of Education and Sociology and Director of CHOICES, a longitudinal study of college attendance among African Americans and Latinos in California.

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University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

JAMES ANDERSON

James D. Anderson is Dean of the College of Education, the Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor of Education, and affiliate professor of History, African American Studies, and Law at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In 2021, Anderson was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honor societies in the nation.

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Stanford University

ALFREDO J. ARTILES

Alfredo J. Artiles  is the Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford University. His programmatic work engages the questions “how do educational equity remedies create new injustices and what are effective ways to reduce these paradoxes?”

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University of California, Los Angeles

RON AVI ASTOR

Ron Avi Astor holds the Marjorie Crump Chair Professorship in Social Welfare at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs with a joint appointment in the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies. His work examines the role of the physical, social-organizational, and cultural contexts in schools related to different kinds of bullying and school violence (e.g., sexual harassment, cyberbullying, discrimination hate acts, school fights, emotional abuse, weapon use, teacher/child violence).

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University of California

RICHARD ATKINSON

Richard C. Atkinson served from 1995-2003 as the seventeenth president of the University of California (UC) system. His eight-year tenure was marked by innovative approaches to admissions and outreach, research initiatives to accelerate the university’s contributions to the state’s economy, and a challenge to the country’s most widely used admissions examination —the SAT—that led to major changes in the way millions of America’s youth are tested for college admissions.

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Teachers College, Columbia University

THOMAS BAILEY

Thomas Bailey is the 11th President of Teachers College, Columbia University, and the George and Abby O’Neill Professor of Economics and Education. An economist, with specialties in education, labor economics, and econometrics, Dr. Bailey is widely regarded as one the nation’s leading authorities on community colleges.

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University of California, Los Angeles

EVA BAKER

Eva L. Baker is Distinguished Professor of Education at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. She has directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) since 1975.

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Stanford University

ARNETHA F. BALL

Arnetha F. Ball is a Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University in the Curriculum Studies, Teacher Education, and the Race, Inequality and Language Programs. Dr. Ball is also the Charles E. Ducommun Professor in the Graduate School of Education.

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University of Michigan

DEBORAH LOEWENBERG BALL

Deborah Loewenberg Ball is the William H. Payne Collegiate Professor of education at the University of Michigan, an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, a research professor in the Institute for Social Research, and the director of TeachingWorks. 

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Spencer Foundation/Northwestern University

MEGAN BANG

Megan Bang (Ojibwe and Italian descent) is a Professor of the Learning Sciences and Director of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research. Dr. Bang studies dynamics of culture, learning, and development broadly with a specific focus on the complexities of navigating multiple meaning systems in creating and implementing more effective and just learning environments in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics education.

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University of Washington, Seattle

JAMES BANKS

James A. Banks is Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle. He received a BE in social science education from Chicago State University and a MA and a PhD in social science and education from Michigan State University. 

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National Institute for Early Education Research

W. STEVEN BARNETT

W. Steven Barnett is an economist and educational researcher whose work focuses on the economics of child development and related public policies, particularly early education policy. He is the Board of Governors Professor of Education (Economics and Policy) in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University, and Founding Co-Director of the National Institute of Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers.

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University of Michigan

HYMAN BASS

Hyman Bass is the Samuel Eilenberg Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at the University of Michigan. He came to Michigan in 1999, after long service on the faculty of Columbia University, including Chair of the Mathematics Department.

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University of Michigan

MICHAEL BASTEDO

Michael Bastedo has scholarly interests in the governance, politics, and organization of public higher education, with particular interests in stratification, college admissions, rankings, and low-income students. He received the Early Career Award in 2013 from the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the first higher education scholar in the award’s history. He was elected as an AERA Fellow in 2021.

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Educational Testing Service

RANDY E. BENNETT

Randy Bennett holds the Norman O. Frederiksen Chair in Assessment Innovation in the Research & Development division at ETS. His work has focused on integrating advances in cognitive science, technology, and measurement to design equitable assessment approaches intended to have positive impact on teaching and learning.

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University of Southern California

ESTELA MARA BENSIMON

Dr. Estela Mara Bensimon directs Bensimon & Associates, committed to developing equity-mindedness through interrogating taken-for-granted practices from the standpoint of racial equity. She is a University Professor Emerita and founder of the Center for Urban Education having retired from USC in 2020.

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University of Notre Dame

MARK BERENDS

Mark Berends is the Hackett Family Director of the Institute for Educational Initiatives and also a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame, where he directs the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO). His research interests include school organization and classroom instruction and their relationship to student outcomes, with special attention to educational inequalities.

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Arizona State University

DAVID BERLINER

David C. Berliner is Regents’ Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University. His research and popular writing focus on teaching, teacher education, and educational policy.

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University of Arizona

ROBERT BERRY

Robert Q. Berry III, Ph.D., is the Dean and Paul L. Lindsey and Kathy J. Alexander, Chair of the College of Education at the University of Arizona. Berry was the inaugural Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and the Samuel Braley Gray Professor of Mathematics Education in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia.

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Boston College

MARINA BERS

Marina Umaschi Bers is the Augustus Long Professor of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College with a secondary appointment in the Department of Computer Science and affiliated faculty at the Schiller Institute for Science and Society. She is director of the interdisciplinary Developmental Technologies (DevTech) research group, which she started in 2001, when she was a professor at Tufts University’s Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development.

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Stanford University

HILDA BORKO

Hilda Borko is a professor of education at Stanford University. She received her BA in psychology, her MA in philosophy education, and her PhD in educational psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Howard University

A. WADE BOYKIN, JR.

Wade Boykin is a Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in the Department of Psychology at Howard University. He is also the Executive Director of Capstone Institute at Howard University, and formally was Co-director of the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR).

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NORC at the University of Chicago

NORMAN BRADBURN

Norman M. Bradburn, the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, serves on the faculties of the Harris School, the Department of Psychology, the Graduate School of Business, and the College. He is currently a Senior Fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago.

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Cornell University

CHARLES BRAINERD

Charles Brainerd is professor and Director of the JD/PhD Program in Law, Psychology and Human Development at Cornell University. Dr. Brainerd holds B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in experimental and developmental psychology. He has published over 300 research articles and chapters, and he has also published over 20 books.

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Boston College

HENRY BRAUN

Henry Braun is the Boisi Professor of Education and Public Policy, and director of the Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy, at the Lynch School of Education Boston College. Professor Braun specializes in testing and education policy; large-scale assessment surveys and achievement gaps; value-added modeling; standard setting, and higher education outcomes.

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Northwestern University

BRYAN MCKINLEY JONES BRAYBOY

Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Lumbee) is dean of Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy and the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Education and Social Policy.   

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Teachers College and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

JEANNE BROOKS-GUNN

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development at Teachers College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. A developmental psychologist, she obtained her B.A. from Connecticut College, Ed.M. from Harvard University and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Brown University

PRUDENCE CARTER

Prudence L. Carter is Sarah and Joseph Jr. Dowling Professor of Sociology at Brown University. From 2016-2021, Carter was E.H. and Mary E. Pardee Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Berkeley.

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Cornell University

STEPHEN CECI

Stephen Ceci currently works with Wendy Williams on a major project examining sex differences in cognitive performance, which has culminated in several peer-reviewed articles (e.g., American Scientist) and chapters. Ceci and Williams also created the Cornell Institute for Women in Science (CIWS) web page, and gave a large number of media interviews.

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Northwestern University

P. LINDSAY CHASE-LANSDALE

P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale is Professor Emerita of Human Development and Social Policy in the School of Education and Social Policy and Faculty Fellow Emerita at the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University. She is an expert on the interface between research and social policy for children and families and currently co-directs the Northwestern Two-Generation Research Initiative (NU2Gen).

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Arizona State University

MICHELENE T.H. CHI

Michelene T. H. Chi is the director of the Learning Sciences Institute and a foundation professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Arizona State University. She is a cognitive science researcher interested in issues of how students learn.

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Vanderbilt University

PAUL COBB

Paul Cobb is Research Professor in Mathematics Education at Vanderbilt University’s Department of Teaching and Learning. His research interests focus on how to support the improvement of mathematics teaching and learning at scale.

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Northwestern University

CYNTHIA E. COBURN

Cynthia E. Coburn is Professor at the School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University. Coburn studies the relationship between instructional policy and teachers’ classroom practices in urban schools, the dynamics of school district policy making, and the relationship between research and practice for school improvement.

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Boston College

MARILYN COCHRAN-SMITH

Marilyn Cochran-Smith is the Cawthorne Professor of Teacher Education for Urban Schools at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College. She is also Adjunct Professor of Education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, and a former Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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University of California, San Diego

MICHAEL COLE

Michael Cole is University Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Human Development and director of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition, both at the University of California, San Diego. He received his BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his PhD from Indiana University.

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Yale University

JAMES COMER

James P. Comer is Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale University and associate dean at the Yale School of Medicine. He received his AB from Indiana University, his MD from Howard University’s College of Medicine, and his MPH from University of Michigan.

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Graduate Center, City University of New York

COLETTE DAIUTE

Colette Daiute is Professor in the Ph.D. Programs in Psychology, Urban Education, Educational Psychology, The Committee on Globalization and Social Change, and MA in Childhood and Youth Studies. Dr. Daiute was formerly on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Stanford University

WILLIAM DAMON

William Damon is professor of education at Stanford University and one of the world’s leading scholars of human, social, and moral development. He focuses his work on the positive aspects of growing up rather than on the severe behavioral problems of adolescence.

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Stanford University

LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND

Linda Darling-Hammond is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University, and President of the Learning Policy Institute. Her research, teaching, and policy work focus on issues of school reform, educational equity, and teaching quality.

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University of California, San Diego

AMANDA DATNOW

Amanda Datnow is Professor and Chancellor’s Associates Endowed Chair in the Department of Education Studies and Associate Dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. Her research focuses on educational reform and policy, particularly with regard to issues of equity and the professional lives of educators.  Over the past decade, she has conducted numerous studies examining the use of data for instructional improvement, teacher collaboration, and leadership, as well as projects aimed at transformative educational change.

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Brown University

JOHN DIAMOND

John B. Diamond is Professor of Sociology and Education Policy in Brown’s Department of Sociology and Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Before coming to Brown, he was the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education and Professor of Education at Wisconsin – Madison. A sociologist of race and education, he studies the relationship between social inequality and educational opportunity, examining how educational leadership, policies, and practices operate through school organizations to shape students’ educational opportunities and outcomes.

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University of California, Berkeley

ANDREA DISESSA

Andrea diSessa is Evelyn Lois Corey Professor of Cognition and Development at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his AB in physics from Princeton University and his PhD, also in physics, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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University of Colorado, Boulder

RUBÉN DONATO

Rubén Donato is Professor of Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice in the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He received his BA from the University of California at Santa Cruz and his MA and Ph.D. from Stanford University.

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Strategic Education Research Partnership Institute

SUZANNE DONOVAN

Suzanne Donovan (National Office) is Executive Director of the SERP Institute, where she is building a program of work in partnership with school districts, and anchored in classroom and school practice. She was primary author and co-editor of the two SERP reports: Strategic Education Research Partnership proposed the design and governance structure of the SERP Institute, and Learning and Instruction: A SERP Research Agenda details an illustrative research and development agenda directly tied to classroom practice.

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University of California, Irvine

GREG DUNCAN

Greg Duncan is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine. With a 1974 Ph.D. in Economics, Duncan spent the first two decades of his career at the University of Michigan working on, and ultimately directing, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data collection project, which, in 2001, was named by the National Science Foundation to be one of the 50 most significant NSF-funded projects in the organization’s history.

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University of California, Santa Barbara

RICHARD DURAN

Richard Durán is a Professor in the Department of Education at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California Santa Barbara. His research interests include literacy, learning, and assessment of persons from varied language and cultural backgrounds.

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Southern Methodist University/Pennylvania State University Emeritus

RICHARD DUSCHL

Richard A. Duschl is Executive Director of the Caruth Institute for Engineering Education and Texas Instruments as well as Distinguished Professor in the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University. Leadership roles include serving as Editor, Science Education (1990-2001); President of US NARST (2009-2011); and Director, Division for Research on Learning, NSF (2012-2015).

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Harvard University

SUSAN DYNARSKI

Susan M. Dynarski is the Patricia Albjerg Graham Professor of Education at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Prior to joining the faculty at Harvard, Dynarski was professor of economics, education, and public policy at the University of Michigan.

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University of Colorado, Boulder

MARGARET EISENHART

Margaret A. Eisenhart is University Distinguished Professor Emerita of Educational Foundations and Research Methodology at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. Trained as a cultural anthropologist, she specializes in educational anthropology and ethnographic research methods.

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University of California, Los Angeles

FREDERICK ERICKSON

From 1998-2011 Frederick Erickson was George F. Kneller Professor of Anthropology of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where from 2000-2006 he was director of research at the Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School, UCLA. Since 2015 he has been Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

DOROTHY L. ESPELAGE

Dorothy L. Espelage is William C. Friday Distinguished Professor Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She studies youth violence and conducts large-scale school-based evaluations of social-emotional learning programs.

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The George Washington University

MICHAEL FEUER

Michael Feuer is dean of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development and professor of education policy at the George Washington University, past president of the National Academy of Education, and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He came to GW in 2010 from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, where he was the founding director of the Board on Testing and Assessment, founding director of the Center for Education, and executive director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

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University of Rochester

DAVID FIGLIO

David Figlio serves as Provost of the University of Rochester. He was previously the Orrington Lunt Professor and Dean of the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University, and he is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Michigan State University

ROBERT FLODEN

Robert Floden is University Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Michigan State University College of Education. Floden received an AB with honors in philosophy from Princeton University and an MS in statistics and PhD in philosophy of education from Stanford University.

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Michigan State University

KENNETH FRANK

Kenneth Frank received his Ph.D. in measurement, evaluation and statistical analysis from the School of Education at the University of Chicago in 1993. He is the Michigan State University Foundation Professor of Sociometrics.

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University of California, Los Angeles

MEGAN FRANKE

Megan Franke is an education professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. FMegan Franke is an education professor in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Her research focuses on understanding and supporting teacher learning for both preservice and inservice teachers.

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University of California, Berkeley

SARAH FREEDMAN

Sarah Warshauer Freedman is Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley. She served as director of the National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy and was founding faculty member for the Multicultural Urban Secondary English (MUSE) Credential and MA program..

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Teachers College, Columbia University

SUSAN FUHRMAN

Susan Fuhrman is the President Emerita of Teachers College, Columbia University, founding Director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE), and immediate Past-President of the National Academy of Education. Dr. Fuhrman’s substantial leadership track record includes her term as Dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education from 1995-2006, where she was also the school’s George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education.

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University of Pennsylvania

VIVIAN GADSDEN

Vivian L. Gadsden is the William T. Carter Professor of Child Development, Professor of Education, and Director of the National Center on Fathers and Families at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a faculty member in the Department of Africana Studies and the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program, and served as Associate Director of the National Center on Adult Literacy. 

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William T. Grant Foundation

ADAM GAMORAN

Adam Gamoran is the president of the William T. Grant Foundation, a charitable organization that supports research to improve the lives of young people. He spent three decades at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he held the John D. MacArthur Chair in Sociology and Educational Policy Studies. 

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University of California, Los Angeles

PATRICIA GANDARA

Patricia Gándara is Research Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences at UCLA. She received her PhD in educational psychology from UCLA.

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The Graduate Center, City University of New York

OFELIA GARCÍA

Ofelia García is Professor Emerita in the Ph.D. programs of Urban Education and of Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures (LAILAC) at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She has been Professor of Bilingual Education at Columbia University’s Teachers College, Dean of the School of Education at the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University, and Professor of Education at The City College of New York.

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Arizona State University

JAMES GEE

James Paul Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies and a Regents’ Professor at Arizona State University.  His book Sociolinguistics and Literacies (1990, Fifth Edition 2015) was one of the founding documents in the formation of the “New Literacy Studies”, an interdisciplinary field devoted to studying language, learning, and literacy in an integrated way in the full range of their cognitive, social, and cultural contexts.

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New York University

CAROL GILLIGAN

Carol Gilligan is University Professor and Professor of Applied Psychology and the Humanities at New York University. She was a member of the Harvard faculty for over 30 years and held the Patricia Albjerg Graham chair in Gender Studies. 

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University of Illinois at Chicago

SUSAN GOLDMAN

Susan R. Goldman, (PhD., University of Pittsburgh) is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Psychology, and Education and Co-Director of the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She conducts research on subject matter learning, instruction, assessment, and roles for technology, especially in literacy and mathematics.

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University of Delaware

ROBERTA MICHNICK GOLINKOFF

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D., Cornell University, is the Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Education at the University of Delaware and director of the Child’s Play, Learning, and Development Laboratory. She is also a member of the Departments of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Linguistics and Cognitive Science and has held many awards including the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and the American Psychological Association’s Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology.

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University of California, Los Angeles

LOUIS GOMEZ

Louis Gomez is a Professor of Education at UCLA. Before joining the UCLA faculty he was the Helen S. Faison Professor of Urban Education and Sr. Scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) at The University of Pittsburgh.

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University of Arizona

THOMAS GOOD

Thomas L. Good (Ph.D. Indiana University) is a Professor Emeritus and a long-time member of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Arizona. His previous appointments were at the University of Texas- Austin (in the Department of Educational Psychology), and the University of Missouri- Columbia (in the Curriculum and Instruction Department).

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Yale University; Teachers College, Columbia University

EDMUND GORDON

Edmund Gordon is the John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, Emeritus at Yale University, Richard March Hoe Professor, Emeritus of Psychology and Education, at Teachers College, Columbia University and Director Emeritus of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is also the Senior Scholar in Residence at the SUNY Rockland Community College.

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University of California, Los Angeles

SANDRA GRAHAM

Sandra Graham is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Education at UCLA and the University of California Presidential Chair in Education and Diversity. She received her BA from Barnard College, an MA in History from Columbia University, and her PhD in Education from UCLA.

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University of Pennsylvania

PAMELA GROSSMAN

Pam Grossman is the Dean of the Graduate School of Education and the George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. A distinguished scholar, she came to Penn from Stanford University’s School of Education, where she was the Nomellini-Olivier Professor of Education.

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University of Minnesota

MEGAN GUNNAR

Megan Gunnar is a professor of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. She is the principal investigator for The International Adoption Project.

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Northwestern University

JONATHAN GURYAN

Jonathan Guryan is the Lawyer Taylor Professor of Education and Social Policy, Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research and a courtesy member of the Economics Department and the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a co-founder and co-director of the Education Lab in the Urban Labs at the University of Chicago.

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University of Maryland, College Park

JOHN GUTHRIE

John T. Guthrie is the Jean Mullan Professor of Literacy in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland, College Park. As Director of the National Reading Research Center, he studied motivations, strategies and instructional programs reading at all school levels. 

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University of California, Berkeley

KRIS GUTIÉRREZ

Kris D. Gutiérrez is Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley and holds the Carol Liu Chair.  Gutiérrez is a learning scientist with research interests in literacy, educational policy, and qualitative, design-based approaches to inquiry.

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University of Pennsylvania

AMY GUTMANN

Amy Gutmann is the U.S. Ambassador to Germany. From 2004 to 2022, she served the President of the University of Pennsylvania, the longest serving in Penn’s history. She is also the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Stanford University

EDWARD HAERTEL

Edward Haertel is the Jacks Family Professor of Education, Emeritus at Stanford University, where his research and teaching has focused on quantitative research methods, psychometrics, and educational policy, especially test-based accountability and the use of test data for educational program evaluation. Haertel’s early work investigated the use of latent class models for item response data.

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Stanford University

KENJI HAKUTA

Kenji Hakuta is the Lee J. Jacks Professor of Education emeritus at Stanford University. An experimental psycholinguist by training, he is best known for his work in the areas of bilingualism and the acquisition of English in immigrant students.

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Stanford University

ERIC HANUSHEK

Eric Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is internationally recognized for his economic analysis of educational issues, and his research has had broad influence on education policy in both developed and developing countries.

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Boston College

ANDREW HARGREAVES

Andy Hargreaves is Research Professor at Boston College, Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada and Honorary Professor at Swansea University, UK. He is former President of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, is Adviser in Education to the First Minister of Scotland, and was Education Adviser to the Premier of Ontario (2014-2018).

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University of Southern California

SHAUN HARPER

Shaun Harper is a Provost Professor in the Rossier School of Education and the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He also is the Clifford and Betty Allen Chair in Urban Leadership, founder and executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center, and editor-at-large of TIME magazine.

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American Philosophical Society

ROBERT HAUSER

Robert M. Hauser is Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society. From 2010 through 2016, he was Executive Director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Stanford University

SHIRLEY BRICE HEATH

Shirley Brice Heath is Margery Baily Professor of English and Dramatic Literature and Professor of Linguistics Emerita, Stanford University, and past Professor at Large, Brown University (2003-2010). A linguistic anthropologist by training (Columbia University), she is best known in the United States for her longitudinal studies of linguistic development in the learning environments of families and communities.

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Northwestern University

LARRY HEDGES

Larry V. Hedges is Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics, Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, and Professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He received his BA from the University of California, San Diego, and his MA and PhD from Stanford University.

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Teachers College, Columbia University

JEFFREY HENIG

Jeffrey Henig is a professor of political science and education at Teachers College and a professor of political science at Columbia University. He is author, coauthor, or coeditor of eleven books, including The Color of School Reform: Race, Politics and the Challenge of Urban Education (Princeton, 1999) and Building Civic Capacity: The Politics of Reforming Urban Schools (Kansas, 2001), both of which were named- in 1999 and 2001, respectively- the best book written on urban politics by the Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.

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CRESST/UCLA

JOAN HERMAN

Joan Herman is Director Emerita of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA, where she currently serves as senior research scientist. Her research has explored the effects of testing on schools and the design of assessment systems to support school planning and instructional improvement.

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University of Wisconsin-Madison

DIANA HESS

Diana E. Hess is the dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin (UW)–Madison and holds the Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education. Dr. Hess’s research focuses on civic and democratic education.

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Harvard University

HEATHER HILL

Heather Hill studies policies and programs designed to improve teacher and teaching quality. Her recent research focuses on teacher professional development; instructional coaching; teacher evaluation; changes over time in teachers’ mathematical knowledge and instructional quality in mathematics; and the teacher experiences and characteristics that lead to high-quality instruction and stronger student outcomes.

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Temple University/Brookings Institution

KATHRYN HIRSH-PASEK

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a Professor of Psychology at Temple University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution was declared a “scientific entrepreneur” from the American Association of Psychology. Writing 16 books and 250+ publications, she served as President of the International Congress for Infant Studies and is on the Governing Board of the Society for Research in Child Development.

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Harvard University

ANDREW HO

Andrew Ho is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a psychometrician whose research aims to improve the design, use, and interpretation of test scores in educational policy and practice.

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New York Hall of Science

MARGARET A. HONEY

Margaret Honey joined The New York Hall of Science as president and CEO in November of 2008. Among her current interests at NYSCI is the role of design-based learning in promoting student interest and achievement in STEM subjects. 

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University of California, Los Angeles

TYRONE HOWARD

Tyrone C. Howard is the Pritzker Family Endowed Chair in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. His research interests center on issues tied to race, equity, gender, and educational opportunities for minoritized populations.

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University of California, Berkeley

GLYNDA HULL

Glynda Hull is Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley and holds the Elizabeth H. and Eugene A. Shurtleff Chair in Undergraduate Education. Her current research focuses on designing innovative online spaces for learning and exploring the burgeoning phenomenon of global schools.

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University of California, Los Angeles

SYLVIA HURTADO

Sylvia Hurtado is Professor in the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, and the division of Higher Education and Organizational Change. As a first generation Latina college student from San Antonio TX, she studied sociology of education in college. 

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University of Southern California

MARY HELEN IMMORDINO-YANG

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD, studies the psychological and neurobiological bases of social emotion, self-awareness and culture and their implications for learning, development and schools. She is a Professor of Education at the USC Rossier School of Education, a Professor of Psychology at the Brain and Creativity Institute, a member of the Neuroscience Graduate Program Faculty at the University of Southern California, and Director of the USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education (CANDLE).

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Emory University

JACQUELINE IRVINE

Jacqueline Jordan Irvine is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Urban Education Emerita in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University. Professor Irvine’s specialization is in multicultural education and urban teacher education, particularly the education of African American students. 

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Northwestern University

C. KIRABO JACKSON

C. Kirabo Jackson, a labor economist who studies education and social policy issues, is professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in ethics, politics, and economics from Yale University in 1998 and his doctorate in economics from Harvard University in 2007.

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Center on Education Policy

JACK JENNINGS

Jack Jennings’ career has had three phases. From 1967 to 1994, he was a counsel to the Education and Labor Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, retiring as general counsel. In 1995, he established the Center on Education Policy with the mission of working to improve public education.

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University of California, Berkeley

RUCKER JOHNSON

Rucker C. Johnson is the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.  As a labor economist who specializes in the economics of education, Johnson’s work considers the role of poverty and inequality in affecting life chances.

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Harvard University

SUSAN JOHNSON

Susan Moore Johnson is Jerome T. Murphy Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Susan Moore Johnson is the Jerome T. Murphy Research Professor in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she served as academic dean 1993-1999. A former high school teacher and administrator, Johnson has an ongoing research interest in the work of teachers and the reform of schools and school systems.

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University of Delaware

NANCY JORDAN

Nancy C. Jordan is Dean Family Endowed Chair and Professor at the University of Delaware. Her research focuses how children learn math and why so many struggle. Professor Jordan has received numerous grants, including awards from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation.

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Teachers College, Columbia University

SHARON KAGAN

Sharon Lynn Kagan is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Early Childhood and Family Policy, Co-Director of the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Professor Adjunct at Yale University’s Child Study Center. Scholar, pioneer, leader, and advocate, Dr. Kagan has helped shape early childhood practice and policies in the United States and in countries throughout the world.

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University of California, Riverside

JOSEPH KAHNE

Joseph Kahne is the Ted and Jo Dutton Presidential Professor for Education Policy and Politics and Co-Director of the Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG) at the University of California, Riverside. Professor Kahne’s research focuses on the influence of school practices and digital media on youth civic and political development. For example, with funding from the Institute of Educational Sciences (IES), and in partnership with scholars from Ohio State, Brown, and UCR, CERG has launched and is studying the impact of Connecting Classrooms to Congress (CCTC).  

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University of Wisconsin – Madison

DAVID KAPLAN

David Kaplan is the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dr. Kaplan holds affiliate appointments in the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Population Health Sciences and the Center for Demography and Ecology.

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Pennsylvania State University

GREGORY KELLY

Gregory Kelly (PhD., Cornell University) is Distinguished Professor of Science Education and Senior Associate Dean for Research in the College of Education at Penn State University. Early in his career he taught physics and mathematics, including four years in the Peace Corps (Togo).

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Kelly Advisors, LLC

JAMES KELLY

James A. Kelly has had a distinguished career in education policy, education finance, philanthropy, and teaching standards, assessments and certification. He was the Founding President of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

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University of California at Berkeley

DAVID KIRP

David L. Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, is a policy consultant and former newspaper editor as well as an academic. In his seventeen books and scores of articles, in both the popular press and scholarly journals, he has tackled some of America’s biggest social problems, including affordable housing, access to health, gender discrimination and AIDS.

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Educational Testing Service

IRWIN KIRSCH

Irwin Kirsch is the Ralph Tyler Chair in Large Scale Assessment and Director of the Center for Global Assessment at ETS in Princeton, NJ. In his role as director of the center he oversees several teams of research scientists, assessment designers and platform engineers who are responsible for the development, management and implementation of various large-scale national and international assessments.

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Michigan State University

JOSEPH S. KRAJCIK

Joseph Krajcik serves as director of the CREATE for STEM Institute and is the Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education at Michigan State University. In his role as director of CREATE, he works with faculty, teachers and researchers to improve the teaching and learning of science, mathematics and engineering kindergarten through college by engaging in innovation and research.

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University of California, Davis

MICHAL KURLAENDER

Michal Kurlaender is Professor of Education Policy and Chair at the School of Education, University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of educational inequality across a diverse set of educational pathways

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Duke University

HELEN LADD

Helen F. Ladd is the Susan B. King Professor Emerita of Public Policy and Economics at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Her education research focuses on school finance and accountability, teacher labor markets, school choice, and early childhood programs. 

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University of Wisconsin, Madison

GLORIA LADSON-BILLINGS

Gloria Ladson-Billings is the former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and faculty affiliate in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is a Fellow of the British Academy, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the Hagler Institute of Texas A&M University.  

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Harvard University

SARA LAWRENCE-LIGHTFOOT

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist, examines the culture of schools, the broad ecology of education, and the relationship between human development and social change. She has written 10 books: Worlds Apart: Relationships Between Families and Schools (1978), Beyond Bias: Perspectives on Classrooms (1979), and The Good High School: Portraits of Character and Culture (1983), which received the 1984 Outstanding Book Award from the American Educational Research Association. 

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Northwestern University

CAROL LEE

Carol D. Lee is Professor Emeritus of Education in the School of Education and Social Policy and in African-American Studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. She is a past president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), AERA’s past representative to the World Educational Research Association, past vice-president of Division G (Social Contexts of Education) of the American Educational Research Association, past president of the National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy, and past co-chair of the Research Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English.

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New York University

OKHEE LEE

Okhee Lee is a professor in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. She is widely known for advancing research, policy, and practice that simultaneously promote science and language learning for all students, particularly multilingual learners.

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Vanderbilt University

RICHARD LEHRER

Richard Lehrer is Professor Emeritus of Education at Vanderbilt University. A former high school science teacher, he received a Ph.D. in educational psychology and statistics from the State University of New York, Albany and a B.S. in Biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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Columbia University

HOPE LEICHTER

Hope Jensen Leichter is Elbenwood Professor of Education and director of the Elbenwood Center for the Study of the Family as Educator at Teachers College, Columbia University. She received her BA from Oberlin College and her PhD from Harvard University.

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University of California, Berkeley

ZEUS LEONARDO

Zeus Leonardo is Professor and past Associate Dean (2018-2021) of Education, and Faculty of the Critical Theory Designated Emphasis at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and a past Vice President of AERA’s Division G, Social Context of Education (2017-2020).

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Harvard University

NONIE K. LESAUX

Nonie K. Lesaux is the Larsen Professor of Education and Human Development. Her research focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of today’s children from diverse linguistic, cultural and economic backgrounds, and is conducted largely in urban and semi-urban cities and school districts.

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American Educational Research Association

FELICE LEVINE

Felice J. Levine is Executive Director of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Previously she was Executive Officer of the American Sociological Association (ASA).

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University of California, Berkeley

MARCIA LINN

Marcia C. Linn is the Evelyn Lois Corey Professor of Instructional Science at the Berkeley School of Education, University of California. She specializes in science and technology.

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University of California, Berkeley

JUDITH WARREN LITTLE

Judith Warren Little is Carol Liu Professor of Education Policy, emerita, and former dean at the Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley. She received her PhD in sociology from the University of Colorado and worked as Senior Program Director at Far West Laboratory (now WestEd) before joining the faculty at Berkeley.

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Brown University

SUSANNA LOEB

Susanna Loeb is Professor of Education and International and Public Affairs and Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. She was previously the Barnett Family Professor of Education at Stanford University, faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Analysis, and a co-director of Policy Analysis for California Education. 

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Arizona State University

K. TSIANINA LOMAWAIMA

K. Tsianina Lomawaima (Mvskoke/Creek Nation descent) is a retired professor of Indigenous studies (Arizona State University, 2014-2020; University of Arizona, 1994-2013; University of Washington, 1988–1994). Research interests include the status of Native people as U.S. citizens and Native nations as Indigenous sovereigns, the role of Native nations in shaping U.S. federalism, and the history of American Indian schooling.

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Harvard University

BRIDGET TERRY LONG

Bridget Terry Long, Ph.D. is Dean and Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). A member of the HGSE faculty since 2000, Long is an economist whose work focuses improving educational opportunity and student success.

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Cheyenne Arapaho Tribal College

HENRIETTA MANN

Dr. Henrietta Mann, Cheyenne, earned a Doctor of Philosophy Degree from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque in 1982. She was Director/Professor in Native American Studies at the University of Montana, Missoula for some 28 years. 

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National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment

SCOTT MARION

Scott Marion, Ph.D., is the president and executive director of the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment. He is a national leader in conceptualizing and designing innovative and balanced assessment systems to support instructional and other critical uses.

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Smith College

KATHLEEN MCCARTNEY

Kathleen McCartney is the 11th president of Smith College. A summa cum laude graduate of Tufts University, she earned both her master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology from Yale University. 

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University of California, Los Angeles

TERESA L. MCCARTY

Teresa L. McCarty is an educational anthropologist whose work focuses on Indigenous education and language education policy. She is the George F. Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Alice Wiley Snell Professor Emerita of Education Policy Studies at Arizona State University. A Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, Society for Applied Anthropology, and International Centre for Language Revitalisation, she has also been the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the School for Advanced Research.

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University of California, Santa Barbara

LORRAINE MCDONNELL

Lorraine McDonnell is an emerita professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to coming to UCSB, she was a senior political scientist at RAND.

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William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

KENT MCGUIRE

Kent McGuire is the Program Director of Education at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. He leads the investments of their teaching and learning and open educational resources strategies, with a focus on helping all students succeed in college, work and civic life.

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Arizona State University

DANIELLE MCNAMARA

Danielle S. McNamara, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Director of the Science of Learning and Educational Technology (SoLET) Lab, and Executive Director of the Learning Engineering Institute at Arizona State University. She is an international expert in the fields of cognitive and learning sciences, comprehension, writing, natural language processing (NLP), intelligent tutoring, and artificial intelligence in education. 

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The Spencer Foundation

MICHAEL MCPHERSON

Michael McPherson is president emeritus of the Spencer Foundation, having assumed that post in 2003. A nationally known economist whose expertise focuses on the interplay between education and economics, McPherson was previously president of Macalester College (1996-2003) and spent the twenty-two years prior to assuming the Macalester presidency as professor of economics, chairman of the economics department, and dean of faculty at Williams College. 

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Northwestern University

DOUGLAS MEDIN

Douglas Medin (Ph.D., University of South Dakota) taught at The Rockefeller University, University of Illinois, and the University of Michigan before assuming his current position as Professor of Psychology and Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Best known for his research on concepts and categorization, his recent research interests have focused on culture and cognition in general and the role of culture and experience in children’s development of biological concepts in particular.

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University of Washington

ANDREW MELTZOFF

Dr. Andrew N. Meltzoff holds the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Chair in Psychology and is the Co-Director of the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences. A graduate of Harvard, with a PhD from Oxford, he is an internationally renowned expert on infant and child development. 

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte

ROSLYN MICKELSON

Roslyn Arlin Mickelson is Chancellor’s Professor and Professor of Sociology, Public Policy, and Women & Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She taught public high school in Southern California for nine years. 

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University of California, Santa Barbara

JEFFREY MILEM

Jeffrey Milem’s research focuses on the ways in which colleges and universities can be organized to enhance equity, access, and success for all students; the racial context within higher education; and the relationship between how colleges and universities organize themselves and student outcomes and faculty role performance.

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Vanderbilt University

H. RICHARD MILNER IV

H. Richard Milner IV (also known as Rich) is Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Education and Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. In April 2022, Professor Milner received the prestigious Joseph A. Johnson, Jr. Distinguished Leadership Professor Award, one of Vanderbilt University’s highest honors.

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University of Michigan

ELIZABETH MOJE

Elizabeth Birr Moje is dean, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education, and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture in the School of Education at the University of Michigan. Moje teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in secondary and adolescent literacy, cultural theory, and research methods and was awarded the Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize with colleague, Bob Bain, in 2010. 

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University of Notre Dame

ERNEST MORRELL

Ernest Morrell is the Coyle Professor, a member of the faculty in the English, and Africana Studies Departments and Director of the Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame. Ernest is also director of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) James R. Squire Office for Policy Research in the English Language Arts.

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University of Michigan

PAMELA MOSS

Pamela Moss is the John Dewey Collegiate Professor of Education at the University of Michigan. Her scholarship engages the critical potential of methodological pluralism in education research: how it is and might be theorized, practiced, taught, supported by organizational and governmental policies, and embedded in the evolving infrastructures through which knowledge is produced and used to orient action in complex educational contexts.

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The University of Texas, Austin

CHANDRA MULLER

Chandra Muller is Alma Cowden Madden Centennial Professor of Liberal Arts in Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. Her current research focuses on the long run effects of high school coursework on midlife work and financial security, health, and political participation, with an emphasis on social inequality by gender, social class, disability status, and immigration status.

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Harvard University

RICHARD MURNANE

Richard Murnane, an economist, is Thompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Over the last 45 years, Murnane has studied relationships between the U.S. economy and the U.S. educational system.

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Pennsylvania State University

KAREN MURPHY

P. Karen Murphy is a Department Head and Distinguished Professor of Education (EDPSY) in the College of Education at Penn State. Dr. Murphy’s research investigates processes underlying students’ abilities to read and understand text and content, critically examine and evaluate the information presented, and make reasoned judgments from reading. 

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The Spencer Foundation

NA’ILAH SUAD NASIR

Na’ilah Suad Nasir is the sixth President of the Spencer Foundation, which funds education research nationally. Prior to joining Spencer, she held a faculty appointment in Education and African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley where she also served as the chair of African American Studies, then later as the Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion.

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Teachers College, Columbia University

ANNA NEUMANN

Anna Neumann, Professor of Higher Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, studies teaching in urban colleges and universities with an eye toward improving first-generation students’ subject-matter learning in first- and second-year college courses (in general/liberal education), and in post-graduate education (in law school). She seeks to illuminate what high-quality college teaching entails, how college and university professors learn to teach, and professional development practices and programs for supporting postsecondary teaching improvement.

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University of Massachusetts, Amherst

SONIA NIETO

Sonia Nieto has devoted her professional life to questions of diversity, equity, and social justice in education. Professor Emerita in Language, Literacy, and Culture at the College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Nieto’s research focuses on multicultural and bilingual education, teacher education, and the education of students of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

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University of Southern California

PEDRO NOGUERA

Pedro Noguera is the Dean and a Distinguished Professor of Education at the Rossier School of Education at USC. His research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions, as well as by demographic trends in local, regional and international contexts.

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University of California, Los Angeles

JEANNIE OAKES

Jeannie Oakes is Presidential Professor Emeritus in Educational Equity at UCLA, where she founded UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access; the University of California’s All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity; and Center X, UCLA’s urban teacher preparation program. She is also Senior Fellow in Residence at the Learning Policy Institute. 

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American Institutes for Research

JENNIFER O’DAY

Jennifer O’Day is an Institute Fellow at the American Institutes for Research. Over the past 25 years, Dr. O’Day has carried out research, advised national and state policy makers, and written extensively in the areas of systemic standards-based reform, educational equity, accountability, and capacity-building strategies.

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Pitzer College

MELVIN L. OLIVER

Melvin L. Oliver is the sixth president of Pitzer College, an award-winning professor, author and a noted expert on racial and urban inequality. Before joining Pitzer College, President Oliver served as the executive dean at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s College of Letters and Science, where he was also the SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences and a professor of sociology.

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University of Michigan

ANNEMARIE SULLIVAN PALINCSAR

Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar is the Ann L. Brown Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Education and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emerita. Annemarie’s primary research interest is in sensemaking and knowledge building with multiple media, especially in the context of project-based scientific inquiry.

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Teachers College, Columbia University

AARON PALLAS

Aaron Pallas is the Arthur I. Gates Professor of Sociology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He also served as a statistician at the National Center for Education Statistics in the U.S. Department of Education, and taught at The Johns Hopkins University, Michigan State University, and Northwestern University.

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University of Pittsburgh

LEIGH PATEL

Leigh Patel’s work is based in the knowledge that as long as oppression has existed so have freedom struggles. She is a community-based researcher as well as an eldercare provider, educator, and writer.

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The Ohio State University

LORI PATTON DAVIS

Lori Patton Davis, Ph.D. is one of the most influential scholars in the field of higher education. She is a Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs at The Ohio State University and Chair of the Department of Educational Studies in the College of Education and Human Ecology.

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Stanford University

ROY PEA

Roy Pea is the David Jacks professor of education and learning sciences at Stanford University, and Director of the Learning Sciences and Technology Design (LSTD) PhD Program. Pea’s research has centered on how innovations in computing and communications technologies can influence learning, thinking, collaboration, and educational systems, and most recently has been focusing on bridging the sciences of informal and formal learning, and studies of socially-augmented learning technologies. 

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University of California, Berkeley

DAVID PEARSON

P. David Pearson holds the Evelyn Lois Corey Emeritus Chair in Instructional Science in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as Dean from 2001-2010 and Professor from 2001-2017. His current research focuses on literacy history and policy.

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University of Illinois at Chicago

JAMES PELLEGRINO

James W. Pellegrino is Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also serves as co-director of UIC’s interdisciplinary Learning Sciences Research Institute. 

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University of Colorado Boulder

WILLIAM R. PENUEL

Bill Penuel is Distinguished Professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the School of Education and Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. He designs and studies curriculum materials, assessments, and professional learning experiences for teachers in science.

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Harvard Graduate School of Education

DAVID PERKINS

David Perkins is a Research Professor, retired from the Senior Faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a founding member of Project Zero, co-director for many years, and now senior co-director and member of the steering committee. Project Zero, founded in 1967, is a research and development group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education investigating human intelligence, creativity, understanding, and learning at all levels.

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University of Pennsylvania

LAURA W. PERNA

Laura W. Perna is GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education and Vice Provost for Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). Dr. Perna is past chair of Penn’s faculty senate.

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University of Virginia

ROBERT PIANTA

Robert Pianta, PhD, is the Batten Bicentennial Professor of Early Childhood Education, Professor of Psychology, and founding director of the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning at the University of Virginia. Dr. Pianta’s research and policy interests focus on the intersection of education and human development.

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University of Pennsylvania

ANDREW PORTER

Trained as a statistician/psychometrician, Andrew C. Porter is George and Diane Weiss Emeritus Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, he is Director of the Institute for Education Sciences Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction and Learning (C-SAIL). 

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University of Miami

ALEJANDRO PORTES

Alejandro Portes is Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Princeton University and Research Professor of Law and Distinguished Scholar of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami. He is the founding director of the Center for Migration and Development at Princeton.

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University of California, Berkeley

SOPHIA RABE-HESKETH

Sophia Rabe-Hesketh is a Professor of Educational Statistics and Biostatistics at the University of California, Berkeley. She was previously Professor of Social Statistics at the Institute of Education, University of London and Reader in Statistics at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London.

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University of Chicago

STEPHEN RAUDENBUSH

Stephen W. Raudenbush, EdD, joined the University of Chicago as the Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service Professor and chair of the new Committee on Education. Professor Raudenbush is best known for his expertise in quantitative methodology using the advanced research technique of hierarchical linear models, which allows researchers to accurately evaluate data from school performance. 

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Vanderbilt University

C. CYBELE RAVER

Dr. Raver offers a unique perspective on education as a developmental psychologist, professor, researcher, clinician, educator and administrator. As Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Vanderbilt University, Raver oversees all faculty, staff, programs and initiatives for Vanderbilt’s 10 schools and colleges.

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Stanford University

SEAN REARDON

Sean Reardon is professor of education and (by courtesy) sociology at Stanford University, specializing in research on the effects of educational policy on educational and social inequality, on the causes, patterns, trends, and consequences of social and educational inequality, and in applied statistical methods for educational research. His primary research examines the relative contribution of family, school, and neighborhood environments to racial/ethnic and socioeconomic achievement disparities.

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University of Wisconsin, Madison

WILLIAM REESE

William J. Reese is the Carl F. Kaestle WARF and Vilas Research Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has served as president of the History of Education Society, vice-president of the History and Historiography Division of the American Educational Research Association, and editor of the History of Education Quarterly.

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Harvard University

FERNANDO REIMERS

Fernando Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative at Harvard University. An expert in the field of Global Education, his research and teaching focus on understanding how to educate children and youth so they can thrive in the 21st century. 

Northwestern University

BRIAN REISER

Brian J. Reiser is the Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy in the Program in Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. Reiser’s work explores how to make science learning more meaningful in K-12 classrooms as students investigate questions and problems they identify.

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University of Pittsburgh

LAUREN RESNICK

Lauren Resnick is a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and director and senior scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center there. She received her AB from Radcliffe College and her AM and EdD from Harvard University. 

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University of California, Santa Cruz

BARBARA ROGOFF

Barbara Rogoff is the UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California-Santa Barbara Rogoff is UCSC Foundation Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California-Santa Cruz. She investigates cultural aspects of children’s learning and how communities arrange for learning, finding especially sophisticated collaboration and attention among children from Indigenous communities of the Americas.

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Princeton University

CECILIA ROUSE

Cecilia Elena Rouse is the Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education at Princeton University and is currently serving as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Biden Administration. She previously served as the Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs and was the founding director of the Princeton University Education Research Section.

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University of Michigan

BRIAN ROWAN

Brian Rowan is the Burke A. Hinsdale Collegiate Professor in Education, a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, and (by courtesy) a Professor of Sociology at the University Michigan. A sociologist by training (Ph.D., Stanford, 1978), Rowan’s scholarly interests lie at the intersection of organization theory and school effectiveness research. 

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University of Southern California

ROBERT RUEDA

Robert Rueda is Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology and former Stephen H. Crocker Professor of Education at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Psychology. His teaching focused on courses in the Psychology of Education, and his research has centered on the sociocultural basis of motivation, learning, and instruction, with a focus reading and literacy in English learners, and students in at-risk conditions.

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University of California-Irvine

RUBÉN RUMBAUT

Rubén G. Rumbaut is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine, where he is also affiliated with its School of Education; and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the 1980s he conducted seminal studies of refugees from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and of their children’s adaptations in U.S. public schools.

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University of California, Santa Barbara

RUSSELL RUMBERGER

Russell Rumberger is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Education. A faculty member at UC Santa Barbara since 1987, he has published widely in several areas of education: education and work; the schooling of disadvantaged students, particularly school dropouts and linguistic minority students; school effectiveness; and education policy. 

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University of California, Berkeley

GEOFFREY SAXE

Geoffrey B. Saxe is a professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). Since receiving his PhD in psychology from UCB in 1975, he has held postdoctoral and faculty positions at Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School (1976-1977), the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (1977-1981), and the University of California, Los Angeles (1981-1997). 

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OISE/University of Toronto

MARLENE SCARDAMALIA

Marlene Scardamalia is the inaugural Presidents’ Chair and University Distinguished Professor of Knowledge Innovation & Technology. She directs the Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology and has served as President of Knowledge Building International, 2012-2020. 

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Northwestern University

DIANE WHITMORE SCHANZENBACH

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach is the Margaret Walker Alexander Professor of Education and Social Policy, and Director of the Institute for Policy Research, at Northwestern University. She is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Northwestern University

MORTON SCHAPIRO

Morton Schapiro began his term as the 16th president of Northwestern University on September 1, 2009. He is a professor of economics in Northwestern’s Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and also holds appointments in the J. L. Kellogg School of Management and the School of Education and Social Policy.

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Michigan State University

WILLIAM SCHMIDT

William Schmidt is a University Distinguished Professor and founder and director of the Center for the Study of Curriculum Policy. He holds a faculty appointment in Educational Statistics and Measurement and a curtesy appointment in the Department of Statistics.

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Michigan State University

BARBARA SCHNEIDER

Barbara Schneider is the John A. Hannah University Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and the Department of Sociology. Her research focuses on how the social contexts of schools and families influence the academic and social well-being of adolescents into adulthood.

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University of California, Berkeley

ALAN SCHOENFELD

Alan Schoenfeld is the Elizabeth and Edward Conner Professor of Education and Affiliated Professor of Mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and a Laureate of the education honor society Kappa Delta Pi; he has served as President of AERA and vice President of the National Academy of Education.

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University of California, Berkeley

JANELLE SCOTT

Janelle Scott a Professor and the Robert C. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities at the University of California at Berkeley in the Graduate School of Education, African American Studies Department, and Goldman School of Public Policy. She earned a Ph.D. in Education Policy from the University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

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U.S. House of Representatives

DONNA SHALALA

Donna Shalala is an American politician and academic. She served as U.S. Representative for Florida’s 27th congressional district, as President of the University of Miami, was formerly President and CEO of the Clinton Foundation, and as HHS Secretary under the Clinton Administration.

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University of Colorado at Boulder

LORRIE SHEPARD

Lorrie A. Shepard is University Distinguished Professor and Dean Emerita in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on psychometrics and the use and misuse of tests in educational settings.

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Northwestern University

MIRIAM SHERIN

Miriam Gamoran Sherin is Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education at Northwestern University and the Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor of Learning Sciences in the School of Education and Social Policy. Sherin’s research seeks to improve our understanding of how teachers think and learn by examining a broad range of teacher knowledge across a variety of cognitive tasks.

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Teachers College, Columbia University

ROBERT SIEGLER

Robert Siegler is Schiff Foundations Professor of Psychology and Education. His research focuses on children’s thinking, particularly their mathematical and scientific thinking.

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University of Michigan

EDWARD SILVER

Edward A. Silver is the William A. Brown Collegiate Professor of Education; he teaches and advises graduate students in mathematics education and conducts research related to the teaching and learning of mathematics. In the past, he has served as chair of the Educational Studies Program and as associate dean of academic affairs in the School of Education at the University of Michigan on the Ann Arbor campus, and as dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, one of the university’s two regional campuses.

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University of Southern California

GALE SINATRA

Dr. Gale M. Sinatra is the Stephen H. Crocker Chair and Professor of Psychology and Education at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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Harvard University

JUDITH SINGER

Judith D. Singer is Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity and James Bryant Conant Professor of Education at Harvard University. An internationally renowned statistician, Singer’s scholarship focuses on improving the quantitative methods used in social, educational, and behavioral research.

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University of Pennsylvania

DIANA SLAUGHTER KOTZIN

Diana Slaughter Kotzin, PhD, has been Constance E. Clayton professor emerita in urban education of the University of Pennsylvania since July 2011. Her research interests included culture, primary education, and home-school relations facilitating in-school academic achievement. 

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California State University, Monterey Bay

CHRISTINE E. SLEETER

Christine E. Sleeter (PhD, University of Wisconsin) is Professor Emerita in the College of Education at California State University Monterey Bay, where she was a founding faculty member. Previously she was a faculty member at Ripon College, and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

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University of Georgia

PETER SMAGORINSKY

Peter Smagorinsky is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at The University of Georgia, emeritus; and Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. From 2012-2020 he served as the faculty advisor to the student-edited Journal of Language and Literacy Education at UGA. His research and teaching take a sociocultural approach to issues of literacy education, literacy teacher education, and related social concerns.

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Harvard University

CATHERINE SNOW

Catherine Snow is John and Elisabeth Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received her BA from Oberlin College and her MA and PhD from McGill University. 

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University of California, Los Angeles

DANIEL G. SOLORZANO

Daniel Solorzano is a professor in the University of California Los Angeles’ Departments of Education and Chicana/o and Central American Studies. He is also the Director of the Center for Critical Race Studies in Education at UCLA.

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University of Chicago

MARGARET BEALE SPENCER

Margaret Beale Spencer is the Charles L. Grey Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago. She is also an alumna of the Committee on Human Development.

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Northwestern University

JAMES SPILLANE

James Spillane is the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change at the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He is also professor of Human Development and Social Policy, professor of Learning Sciences, professor of Management and Organizations, and faculty associate at Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research. 

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Cornell University

ROBERT STERNBERG

Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. Previously, he has been Provost of Oklahoma State University and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University.

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University of Pennsylvania

HOWARD STEVENSON

Dr. Howard Stevenson is the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education and Africana Studies, Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division, Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He is Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative, designed to promote racial literacy in education, health, and community institutions.

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University of California, Los Angeles

JAMES STIGLER

James W. Stigler is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at UCLA. He is co-author of two popular books: The Teaching Gap (with James Hiebert) and The Learning Gap (with Harold Stevenson).

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Stanford University

DEBORAH STIPEK

Deborah J. Stipek is the former Dean and current Professor of Education at Stanford University. Her doctorate is from Yale University in developmental psychology.

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University of Massachusetts, Boston

CAROLA SUÁREZ-OROZCO

Carola Suárez-Orozco is a Professor in Residence at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Director of the Immigration Initiative at Harvard. She is also the co-founder of Re-Imagining Migration.

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University of Massachusetts, Boston

MARCELO SUÁREZ-OROZCO

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco assumed the role of chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston on August 1, 2020. Prior to coming to UMass Boston Suárez-Orozco served as the inaugural UCLA Wasserman Dean, leading two academic departments, 16 nationally renowned research institutes, and two innovative demonstration schools at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.

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Louisiana State University

WILLIAM F. TATE IV

William F. Tate IV is the president of Louisiana State University. Previously, he was provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at the University of South Carolina.

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University of Maryland at College Park

JUDITH TORNEY-PURTA

Judith Torney-Purta is a developmental and educational psychologist who is Professor Emerita in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland. She earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford University (in Psychology) and her PH.D. from the University of Chicago (in Human Development).

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University of California, Berkeley

ELLIOT TURIEL

Elliot Turiel holds the Jerome A. Hutto Chair in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also an affiliated professor in the Department of Psychology.

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University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

KAROLYN TYSON

Karolyn Tyson is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Georgetown University. She is the author of Integration Interrupted, winner of the 2011 Bourdieu Best Book Award from the Sociology of Education section of the American Sociological Association.

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Stanford University

GUADALUPE VALDÉS

Guadalupe Valdés’ research explores many of the issues of bilingualism relevant to teachers in training, including methods of instruction, typologies, measurement of progress, and the role of education in national policies on immigration. Specifically, she studies the sociolinguistic processes of linguistic acquisition by learners in different circumstances–those who set out to learn a second language in a formal school setting (elective bilingualism) and those who must learn two languages in order to adapt to immediate family-based or work-based communicative needs within an immigrant community (circumstantial bilingualism).

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University of Texas at Austin

ANGELA VALENZUELA

Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction and the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. She is Director of the Texas Center for Education Policy.

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University of California, Irvine

DEBORAH VANDELL

Deborah Lowe Vandell is Chancellor’s Professor and Founding Dean Emerita of Education at the University of California, Irvine. Prior to these appointments, she was the Sears Bascom Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Boston College

MATTHIAS VON DAVIER

Matthias von Davier is the J. Donald Monan, S.J., Professor in Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College (BC), and also serves as executive director at the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center. Prior to joining the faculty at BC, he held the Distinguished Research Scientist position at the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), in Philadelphia, PA.

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Emory University

VANESSA SIDDLE WALKER

Vanessa Siddle Walker is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Educational Studies at Emory University. For 25 years, she has explored the segregated schooling of African American children, considering sequentially the climate that permeated the schools, the network of professional collaborations that explains the schools’ similarities, and the hidden systems of advocacy that sought equality and justice.

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University of Minnesota

JOHN ROBERT WARREN

Rob Warren is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) at the University of Minnesota. At MPC he founded the Population Studies training program and was the inaugural co-director of the Population Health Sciences training program.

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University of California, Irvine

MARK WARSCHAUER

Mark Warschauer is Professor of Education at the University of California, Irvine, where he directs both the Digital Learning Lab and the Online Learning Research Center. Warschauer began his educational career as a Spanish bilingual mathematics teacher in San Francisco.

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University of California, Los Angeles

NOREEN WEBB

Noreen M. Webb is Distinguished Professor of Social Research Methodology in the UCLA Department of Education in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. Her research spans domains in learning and instruction, especially the measurement and study of teaching and learning processes and the performance of individuals and groups in mathematics and science classrooms, and measurement topics in generalizability theory. 

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University at Buffalo, State University of New York

LOIS WEIS

Lois Weis is State University of New York Distinguished Professor of Sociology of Education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She received her PhD in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Teachers College, Columbia University

AMY STUART WELLS

Amy Stuart Wells is a Professor and the Director of Sociology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is also Executive Director of Reimagining Education: Teaching, Learning and Leading for a Racially Just Society, which offers educators three ways to learn and engage with Teachers College faculty, students, and educators while learning about the research on teaching, culture and race to improve their practice.

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Stanford University

CARL WIEMAN

Carl Wieman holds a joint appointment as Professor of Physics and of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. He served as the Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in September 2010-12. 

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Northwestern University

URI JOSEPH WILENSKY

Uri Wilensky is the Lorraine H. Morton Professor of Learning Sciences, Computer Science and Complex Systems at Northwestern University, where he is the founding director of the Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling and co-founder of the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems. His research interests are in STEM learning, in learning about complexity across domains and in the use of computation to help learners make sense of complexity.

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Stanford University

JOHN WILLINSKY

John Willinsky is currently Khosla Family Professor of Education at Stanford University, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He received his BA in English from Laurentian University, his MEd in Educational Theory from the University of Toronto/Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and his PhD in Educational Foundations from Dalhousie University.

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Harvard University

WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON

William Julius Wilson is Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. He received his BA from Wilberforce University, his MA from Bowling Green State University, and his PhD from Washington State University. 

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University of California, Berkeley

MARK WILSON

Mark Wilson is a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, and also a Professor at the University of Melbourne. He received his PhD degree from the University of Chicago in 1984.

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University of Connecticut

SUZANNE WILSON

Suzanne Wilson is currently Professor of Curriculum & Instruction at the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. Wilson was previously University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University.

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Stanford University

SAM WINEBURG

Sam Wineburg is the Margaret Jacks Professor of Education and, by courtesy, of History, Emeritus, at Stanford University. Educated at Brown and Berkeley, he holds a PhD in Psychological Studies in Education from Stanford and an honorary doctorate from Sweden’s Umeå University.

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University of California, Davis

MAISHA WINN

Maisha T. Winn’s research spans a wide variety of understudied settings including her earlier work on the literate practices extant in bookstores and community organizations in the African American community to her most recent work in settings where adolescent girls are incarcerated.

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University of California, Berkeley

FRANK C. WORRELL

Frank C. Worrell is a Distinguished Professor in the Berkeley School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds an affiliate appointment in the Social and Personality Area in the Department of Psychology.

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Boston College

STANTON WORTHAM

Stanton Wortham is the Charles F. Donovan, S.J., Dean of the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College. He was formerly the Berkowitz Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Washington University, St. Louis

CAROL CAMP YEAKEY

Carol Camp Yeakey, is the Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Science and the Founding Director of the interdisciplinary program in Urban Studies and its Center on Urban Research and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. She also holds faculty appointments in Arts & Sciences as Professor of Education; of International & Area Studies; of American Culture Studies; and, of Urban Studies & Public Policy and was appointed a Faculty Scholar in the Institute for Public Health.

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New York University

HIROKAZU YOSHIKAWA

Hirokazu Yoshikawa is the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, and Co-Director of the Global TIES for Children center at NYU (for current research projects, click on Research below). He is a core faculty member of the Psychology of Social Intervention program, and a faculty affiliate of the Metropolitan Center for Equity and the Transformation of Schools and the Institute on Human Development and Social Change at NYU.

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University of Washington, Seattle

KENNETH ZEICHNER

Ken Zeichner is Boeing Professor of Teacher Education Emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle. From 1976 to 2009, he was a faculty member in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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University of Kansas

YONG ZHAO

Yong Zhao is Foundations Distinguished Professor in the School of Education with an appointment in the School of Business at the University of Kansas. He is also a professor of educational leadership at Melbourne Graduate School of Education.

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DEREK BOK

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Educational Testing Service

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NANCY H. HORNBERGER

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MAGDALENE LAMPERT

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Michigan State University

JUDITH LANIER

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MARVIN LAZERSON

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RICHARD LIGHT

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MILBREY MCLAUGHLIN

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University of California, San Diego

HUGH MEHAN

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DEBORAH MEIER

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JOHN MEYER

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Educational Testing Service

ROBERT MISLEVY

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University of California, Los Angeles

GARY ORFIELD

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University of Washington

WALTER C. PARKER

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Northwestern University

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Boston College

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New York University

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University of California, Berkeley

SHELDON ROTHBLATT

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Vanderbilt University

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CLIFTON WHARTON

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Stanford University

ANTHONY ALVARADO

Anthony Alvarado, Professor of Education, Stanford University, is former chancellor of instruction of San Diego City Schools. He received his BA and MA from Fordham University.

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University of Illinois

RICHARD ANDERSON

Richard C. Anderson is University Scholar and professor emeritus of education and psychology at the University of Illinois. Educated at Harvard, Anderson has been a school teacher and an assistant superintendent of schools.

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University of Pittsburgh

ISABEL BECK

Isabel Beck is professor emerita at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Beck has conducted extensive research on decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension, and has published many journal articles and several books on these topics.

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OISE/University of Toronto

CARL BEREITER

Carl Bereiter is a professor emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. He received his BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Wisconsin.  

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MDRC

HOWARD S. BLOOM

Since 1999, Dr. Bloom has led MDRC’s development and application of experimental and quasi-experimental methods for estimating program impacts, with an emphasis on using these methods to improve evaluations of educational interventions. Before coming to MDRC, Dr. Bloom spent 21 years teaching research methods, program evaluation, and applied statistics to a generation of graduate students in public policy and management at Harvard University and at New York University, where in 1993 he received the university-wide Great Teacher Award.

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Harvard University

DEREK BOK

Derek Bok has been a lawyer, professor of law, dean of the Harvard Law School, and president of Harvard University, where he currently serves as Three Hundredth Anniversary University Professor. He holds an AB from Stanford University, a JD from Harvard Law School, and an AM in economics from George Washington University.

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Xerox Palo Alto Research Center

JOHN BROWN

John Seely Brown is the former chief scientist of Xerox Corporation. He received his BA from Brown University and his MS and PhD from the University of Michigan.

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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

ANTHONY BRYK

Anthony S. Bryk served as the ninth president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching from 2008 through 2020, where he led the efforts to transform educational research and development, more closely joining researchers and practitioners to improve teaching and learning. He is now president emeritus and a senior fellow.

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Stanford University

EAMONN CALLAN

Eamonn Callan is Pigott Family Professor in the Stanford University School of Education. He is a philosopher of education whose work draws heavily on contemporary moral and political theory.

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Stanford University

MARTIN CARNOY

Dr. Carnoy is a labor economist with a special interest in the political economy of the educational system. He specializes in comparative analysis.

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Harvard University

COURTNEY CAZDEN

Courtney Cazden is Charles William Eliot Professor of Education Emerita at Harvard University. She received her AB from Radcliffe College, her MEd from the University of Illinois, and her EdD from Harvard University.

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DARYL CHUBIN

Daryl Chubin is Founding Co-Chair of the 12-year-old nonprofit organization, Understanding Interventions That Broaden Participation in Science (www.understandinginterventions.org). He served, in 2004-2011, as Founding Director of the Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, DC. 

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Duke University

CHARLES CLOTFELTER

Charles Clotfelter is Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies and Professor of Economics and Law at Duke University, where he has taught since 1979.  He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Northwestern University

ALLAN COLLINS

Allan Collins is professor emeritus of education and social policy at Northwestern University. He received his BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Michigan.

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University of California, Berkeley

K. PATRICIA CROSS

K. Patricia Cross is David Pierpont Gardner Professor of Higher Education, Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously she served as Dean of Students at Cornell, Distinguished Research Scientist at Educational Testing Service, Professor of Higher Education and Chair of the Department of Administration, Planning and Social Policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Stanford University

LARRY CUBAN

Larry Cuban is professor emeritus at Stanford University and former president of the American Educational Research Association. He received his BA from the University of Pittsburgh, his MA from Western Reserve University, and his PhD from Stanford University.

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University of Chicago

ROBERT DREEBEN

Robert Dreeben is professor emeritus at the University of Chicago and former chair of the Department of Education and of the Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). He received his AB from Oberlin in psychology (1952), his AM from Columbia in sociology (1954), and his PhD from Harvard in sociology (1962).

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University of Michigan

JACQUELYNNE ECCLES

Jacquelynne Eccles is Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of California, Irvine and Emeritus Professor at the University of Michigan. She received her BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and her PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Cornell University

RONALD EHRENBERG

Ronald G. Ehrenberg is Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics Emeritus at Cornell University, founding director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (1998–2021), and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He served as Cornell’s Vice President for Academic Programs.

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

EDGAR EPPS

Edgar Epps came to the UWM School of Education following a distinguished career as professor of urban education at the University of Chicago. His interests in sociology, social stratification and social mobility led him to investigate the role of education in social mobility.

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University of Pennsylvania

JOHN FANTUZZO

Dr. John Fantuzzo is the Albert M. Greenfield Emeritus Professor of Human Relations in Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the Founder and Co-Director of the Penn Early Childhood and Family Research Center and the Co-Founder of the Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy National Network in the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Harvard University

HOWARD GARDNER

Howard Gardner is the Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is a leading thinker on education and human development; he has studied and written extensively about intelligence, creativity, leadership, and professional ethics.

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Teachers College, Columbia University

HERBERT GINSBURG

Herbert P. Ginsburg, Ph.D., is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He has conducted basic research on the development of mathematical thinking, with particular attention to young children, disadvantaged populations, and cultural similarities and differences.

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San Jose State University

GENE GLASS

Gene V Glass is a lecturer in the Connie L. Lurie College of Education of San Jose State University. He is Emeritus Regents’ Professor at Arizona State University. He received his BA in German and mathematics from the University of Nebraska and a MS and PhD in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin. 

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Harvard University

PATRICIA GRAHAM

Patricia Albjerg Graham was born in Lafayette, Indiana, February 9, 1935. She graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1952, entered the University of Wisconsin that year and returned in 1953 to West Lafayette to Purdue University from she graduated “with highest distinction” in 1955 and married Loren R. Graham the same day.

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University of Chicago

JAMES HECKMAN

James J. Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at The University of Chicago. His recent research deals with such issues as evaluation of social programs, econometric models of discrete choice and longitudinal data, the development and measurement of skills over the lifetime, the economics of the labor market, and alternative models of the distribution of income

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Educational Testing Service

PAUL HOLLAND

Paul W. Holland held the Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics in the Research and Development Division at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey until he retired in 2006. His educational background includes a MA and PhD in statistics from Stanford University and a BA in mathematics from the University of Michigan. 

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University of Pennsylvania

NANCY H. HORNBERGER

Nancy H. Hornberger, Professor Emerita of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, is an educational linguist and anthropologist researching on multilingual education policy and practice in immigrant, refugee and Indigenous communities. With sustained commitment and work with Quechua speakers and Indigenous bilingual intercultural education in the Andes beginning in 1974, she has also taught, lectured, collaborated and advised internationally.

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Stanford University

MICHAEL KIRST

Michael Kirst Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Education at Stanford University and President of the California State Board Of Education since 2011. He has been on the Stanford faculty since 1969.

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Carnegie Mellon University

DAVID KLAHR

David Klahr is the Walter van Dyke Bingham Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development and Education Sciences in the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT and his Ph.D. in organizations and social behavior from Carnegie Mellon University. 

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Harvard Graduate School of Education

DANIEL KORETZ

Daniel Koretz is the Henry Lee Shattuck Research Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The primary focus of his research is educational assessment, particularly as a tool of education policy. 

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Teachers College, Columbia University

DEANNA KUHN

Deanna Kuhn is professor of psychology and education at Teachers College Columbia University. She holds a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, in developmental psychology.

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New York University

ELLEN CONDLIFFE LAGEMANN

Ellen Condliffe Lagemann is a Distinguished Scholar in the Steinhardt School at NYU. She was formerly the Levy Institute Research Professor at Bard College, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Bard Prison Initiative.

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University of Michigan

MAGDALENE LAMPERT

Magdalene Lampert is George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor in Education and Coordinator of Program Design and Development for the Teacher Education Initiative at the School of Education, University of Michigan. She conducts research on teaching and on the learning of teaching in, from, and for practice. 

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Michigan State University

JUDITH LANIER

Judith Lanier is a Distinguished Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University. She received her BA from Western Michigan University and her PhD from Michigan State University.

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Central European University, Budapest, Hungary University of Pennsylvania

MARVIN LAZERSON

Marvin Lazerson is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, and Professor at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. He received A.B. and M.A. degrees from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in History from Harvard University.

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Teachers College, Columbia University

HENRY LEVIN

Henry M. Levin is the William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education Emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is Director of the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies in Education, (www.cbcse.org).

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Harvard University

RICHARD LIGHT

Richard J. Light is a professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. His work focuses on ways to collect and analyze information to improve policy decisions.

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University of Michigan

WILBERT MCKEACHIE

Wilbert McKeachie is a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan and past director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. He received his BA from Michigan State Normal College and his MA and PhD from the University of Michigan.

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Stanford University

MILBREY MCLAUGHLIN

Milbrey McLaughlin is David Jacks Professor of Education and Public Policy Emeritus at Stanford University, former co-director of the Center for Research on the Context of Secondary School Teaching, and executive director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities. She received her BA from Connecticut College and her EdM and EdD from Harvard University.

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University of California, San Diego

HUGH MEHAN

Hugh Mehan is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Education at UCSD, appointments that link his commitments to research and practice. He started the Teacher Education Program (now the Department of Education) at UCSD and directed that Program from 1972 until 1998, when he became the founding director of the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Access, and Teaching Excellence.

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New York University

DEBORAH MEIER

Deborah Meier has been working in public education as a teacher, principal, writer, advocate since the early 1960s, and ranks among the most acclaimed leaders of the school reform movement in the U.S. She founded a network for public school serving underprivileged students in Ne York City and Boston.  

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Stanford University

JOHN MEYER

John. W. Meyer is Professor of Sociology, and by courtesy education, emeritus, at Stanford.  He has contributed to organizational theory, comparative education, and the sociology of education, developing sociological institutional theory.

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Educational Testing Service

ROBERT MISLEVY

Robert Mislevy is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland in College Park. From 2011 to 2021 he was the Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics at Educational Testing Service.

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University of California, Los Angeles

GARY ORFIELD

Gary Orfield is Professor of Education, Law, Political Science and Urban Planning at the University of California-Los Angeles, and Professor of Education and Social Policy at Harvard University during the transition of the Civil Rights Project to UCLA. Professor Orfield is interested in the study of civil rights, education policy, urban policy, and minority opportunity. 

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University of Washington

WALTER C. PARKER

Walter Parker is Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and, by courtesy, Political Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. He studies social studies curriculum and instruction, K-12, and concentrates on civic education—teaching and learning about democracy. 

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Harvard University

PAUL PETERSON

Paul Peterson is Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard University, Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance, and Editor-in-Chief ofEducation Next: A Journal of Opinion and Research. He received his BA from Concordia College and his MA and PhD from the University of Chicago.

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Northwestern University

PENELOPE PETERSON

Penelope Peterson accepted her appointment as Dean, Northwestern University, in September 1997 after serving 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. 

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Stanford University

DENIS PHILLIPS

Denis C. Phillips is professor emeritus of education and (by courtesy) of philosophy at Stanford University, where he was also associate dean and interim dean of education. Trained initially as a biologist and science teacher, he moved into the philosophy of social science and history of nineteenth and twentieth century thought, concentrating on the emergence of the social sciences and educational research.

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Boston College

DIANA PULLIN

Diana C. Pullin, J.D., Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Education Law and Public Policy in the Lynch School of Education and the School of Law at Boston College. The focus of all of Dr. Pullin’s work has been the improvement of access to meaningful education.

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New York University

DIANE RAVITCH

Diane Ravitch is research professor of education at New York University. She received her BA from Wellesley College and her PhD from Columbia University.

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University of California, Berkeley

SHELDON ROTHBLATT

Sheldon Rothblatt is professor emeritus of history at the University of California (UC), Berkeley. He was formerly chair of the department of history and director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education at Berkeley.

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Vanderbilt University

LEONA SCHAUBLE

Leona Schauble is a cognitive developmental psychologist with research interests in the relations between everyday reasoning and more formal, culturally-supported, and schooled forms of thinking, such as scientific and mathematical reasoning. Her research concerns topics such as belief change in contexts of scientific experimentation, strategy change, and causal inference.

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Harvard Graduate School of Education

ROBERT SCHWARTZ

Bob Schwartz joined the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1996, where he served, successively, as Lecturer, Professor of Practice, Academic Dean, Francis Keppel Professor in Educational Policy and Administration, and Senior Research Fellow. Prior to joining the HGSE faculty, Schwartz served in a variety of roles in education: high school teacher and principal; education advisory to the Mayor of Boston and the Governor of Massachusetts; Assistant Director of the National Institute of Education; Executive Director of The Boston Compact; and Education Program director at The Pew Charitable Trusts.

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Stanford University

RICHARD SHAVELSON

Richard J. Shavelson is Professor of Education and Psychology, Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Senior Fellow in the Woods Environmental Institute (all Emeritus) at Stanford University. He was president of the American Educational Research Association and is a fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, Humboldt Society (Germany), National Academy of Education and International Academy of Education.

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Stanford University

LEE SHULMAN

Lee S. Shulman is the 8th President of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the first Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus and Professor of Psychology Emeritus (by courtesy) at Stanford University and from 1963 to 1982 served as Professor of Educational Psychology and Medical Education at Michigan State University where he founded and co-directed the Institute for Research on Teaching (IRT). Shulman is past president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and received its highest honor, the career award for Distinguished Contributions to Educational Research.

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Stanford University

CLAUDE STEELE

Claude M. Steele is the new I. James Quillen Dean for the School of Education at Stanford University. Previously he served as the twenty-first Provost of Columbia University, as well as a Professor of Psychology. He was educated at Hiram College and at Ohio State University, where he received his Ph.D. in Psychology in 1971.

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Cornell University

KENNETH STRIKE

Kenneth Strike was professor emeritus at Cornell University and has most recently taught in the department of cultural foundations of education at Syracuse University. He received his PhD from Northwestern University.

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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

DAVID TATEL

David S. Tatel is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before his appointment by President Clinton in 1994, Tatel was a partner and head of the education group at Hogan and Hartson in Washington, DC, for fifteen years.

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Princeton University

MARTA TIENDA

Marta Tienda is Maurice P. During ’22 Professor of Demographic Studies and Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs Emerita, and research associate in the Office of Population Research at Princeton University. Professor Tienda is co-author of The Hispanic Population of the United States (1987), the first national comparison of the major nationality groups, and co-editor of two volumes about Hispanics and the future of America published by the National Academies of Science (2006).

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University of Southern California

WILLIAM TIERNEY

William G. Tierney is University Professor Emeritus and founding director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California. He is a past president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

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University of Michigan

MARIS VINOVSKIS

Maris Vinovskis is Emeritus Bentley Professor of History, former iprofessor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, and emeritus senior research scientist at the Center for Political Studies in the Institute of Social Research. He received his BA from Wesleyan University and his AM and PhD from Harvard University.

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University of California, Los Angeles

BERNARD WEINER

Bernard Weiner received his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and his PhD. from the University of Michigan in l963. Since 1965 he has been at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is currently retired but on recall with the academic title of Distinguished Research Professor.

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TIAA-CREF, Former Chairman and CEO

CLIFTON WHARTON

Clifton R. Wharton Jr. is the former chair and chief executive officer of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund, president emeritus of Michigan State University, and chancellor Emeritus of the State University of NewYork System. He was U.S. Deputy Secretary of State in 1993.

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Harvard University

JOHN WILLETT

John B. Willett is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education (Emeritus) at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. He was educated in England, at Oxford University, where he studied physics (specializing in quantum mechanics).

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International Associates


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OISE/University of Toronto

MICHAEL FULLAN

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OISE/University of Toronto

DAVID OLSON

Gakushuin University

MANABU SATO

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University of New Brunswick

J. DOUGLAS WILLMS

OISE/University of Toronto

MICHAEL FULLAN

Michael Fullan is Professor of Policy Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. He received his BA and PhD in sociology from the University of Toronto.

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OISE/University of Toronto

DAVID OLSON

David R. Olson is University Professor Emeritus of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and holds Honorary Doctorates from Gothenberg University (1994) and the University of Saskatchewan (1996) and University of Toronto (2012).

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Gakushuin University

MANABU SATO

Manabu Sato is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo. His research interests include action research in school reform, curriculum research, and use of new technology in teacher education.

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University of New Brunswick

J. DOUGLAS WILLMS

Dr. J. Douglas Willms is the Founder and President of the Learning Bar Inc. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Brunswick, where he held the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Literacy and Human Development. Professor Willms is an International Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Education, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and the Past-President of the International Academy of Education. 

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International Associates Emeriti


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Hebrew University of Jerusalem

RAMI BENBENISHTY

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King’s College, London

PAUL BLACK

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University of Leuven, Belgium

ERIK DE CORTE

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International Association of Universities

GUY NEAVE

Yossi-shavit
Tel Aviv University

YOSSI SHAVIT

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The University of Haifa

ANNA SFARD

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Tel Aviv University

SIDNEY STRAUSS

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

RAMI BENBENISHTY

Rami Benbenishty is a Professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Bar Ilan University, Israel. He got his Ph.D. in Social Work and Psychology from the University of Michigan, 1981.

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King’s College, London

PAUL BLACK

Paul Black took his first degree in physics, and subsequently obtained his PhD in crystallography at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in l954. Between 1956 and 1976 he was a faculty member in the Department of Physics in the University of Birmingham (England), but his interests gradually moved from research in physics to research and development in science education.

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University of Leuven, Belgium

ERIK DE CORTE

Erik De Corte is professor emeritus of educational psychology and former director (and co-founder) of the Center for Instructional Psychology and Technology (CIP&T) at the University of Leuven, Belgium, where he received his PhD in educational sciences in 1970. De Corte was the founder and first President (1985-1989) of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), President of the International Academy of Education (1998-2006), and the chair of the HERCulES (Higher Education, Research and Culture in European Society) Expert Group of the Academia Europaea (2009-2017) which assists the Council in developing and managing activities and initiatives of the Academy.

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International Association of Universities

GUY NEAVE

Guy Neave is a distinguished scholar in the area of comparative higher education and has been an active administrator and consultant in a variety of international organizations concerned with higher education, including the World Bank, UNESCO, and the Council of Europe. He has performed studies, written reports for government education agencies, and written on higher education for countries on almost every continent in the world.

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Tel Aviv University

YOSSI SHAVIT

Yossi Shavit is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Tel Aviv University. His research interests include educational and social stratification, and ethnic relations. Currently, he is studying social relations between Arab and Jewish students who attend mixed schools in Israel.

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The University of Haifa

ANNA SFARD

Anna Sfard has developed a theoretical framework of mathematical thinking known as ‘commognitive’. This theory, grounded in the assumption that mathematics is a special form of communication, or a discourse, has been used in studying the development and role of human discourses, and mathematical discourses in particular, in individual lives and in the course of history.

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Tel Aviv University

SIDNEY STRAUSS

Sidney Strauss received his PhD from the School of Education at Berkeley in 1967 and did two years postdoctoral work in the Psychology Department, also at Berkeley. He teaches in the School of Education (SOE) at Tel Aviv University (TAU) where he is the Branco Weiss Professor of Research in Child Development and Education.

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