Associate Professor
Curriculum and Instruction (CI)
Associate Professor
Curriculum and Instruction (CI)
226-A Teacher Education Building 
225 N. Mills Street
Madison, WI 53706
Office: 608/263-2707
lberland@wisc.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Biography
Leema K. Berland earned her PhD in the Learning Sciences from Northwestern University in 2008. Prior to joining the WI faculty, Dr. Berland was an assistant professor in STEM education at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Berland is currently a Principal Investigator on the National Science Foundation funded project “Fostering Pedagogical Argumentation: Reasoning With and About Student Ideas” and Co-Principal Investigator on the NSF funded project “Supporting scientific practices in elementary and middle school classrooms.” Dr. Berland’s work focuses on supporting and understanding student engagement in the scientific practices and on helping teachers do the same.
Education
Ph D, Learning Sciences
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
BA, Computer Science, Educational Studies, Magna cum laude
Carleton College
Northfield, MN