Download CV Leema K. Berland (Ph.D. 2008, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University) is a professor of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Berland is broadly interested in facilitating and studying students as they engage in sensemaking practices (with a focus on K-12 students sensemaking about scientific phenomena, teacher candidates sensemaking about pedagogical …
Download CV I study how people make sense of science in their personal, social, and political lives — and how educational platform such as schools and museums can help. I recently contributed to a National Academies report on science literacy, and am currently studying how science museums seek to become more equitable institutions. I also …
Download CV Li-Ching Ho is Professor of Social Studies Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction . Her research, conducted primarily in East and Southeast Asia, focuses on global civic education, issues of diversity in civic education, and environmental citizenship education. She was previously a recipient of the Vilas Faculty Associates Award, the Vilas …
Download CV ORCID ID Google Scholar page Research Gate Kathryn L. Kirchgasler is Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and is affiliated with the Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies, Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program, and Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies. Katie’s research investigates how education reforms today …
Download CV Nicole Louie’s research is centrally concerned with issues of inclusion, exclusion, and belonging in schools. She is especially interested in how people’s experiences of these phenomena are shaped by systemic racism and intersecting systems of oppression. Her current project seeks to explore participatory design research as a tool for advancing racial justice in …
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Download CV Dr. Russ earned her Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Maryland, working with the Physics Education Research Group to explore K–16+ student science learning. Upon completing that work, she spent 5 years in the Learning Sciences Program at Northwestern as a postdoctoral fellow and then Research Assistant Professor modeling teacher and student …