LRDC Board of Visitors History

LRDC's Board of Visitors has been drawn from distinguished scholars and educators who attend to the most important questions confronting the practical, empirical, and theoretical worlds of learning. Early Board of Visitors members consisted of some of the leading figures in education and psychology, including Benjamin Bloom, John B. Carroll, Robert M. Gagne, Ralph W. Tyler, Paul F. Lazarsfeld, and Arthur W. Melton.

Below is a list of board members and the terms they served.

Carl Bereiter, 1984 - 1997

Gautam Biswas, 2014 - 2021

Benjamin Bloom, 1970 - 1978

Hilda Borko, 2014 - Current

Ann Brown, 1990 - 1998

Anthony S. Bryk, 2000 - 2003

Jill Burstein, 2014 - 2016

Ruben A. Carriedo, 1992 - 2000

Iris Carl, 1992-1997

Thomas H. Carr, 2010 - 2021

John B. Carroll, 1964 - 1970

Paul Cobb, 2006 - 2012

Virginia Crandall, 1980 - 1980

Joseph M. Cronin, 1975 - 1977

Patrick Daly, 1977 - 1979

Goery Delacote, 2003 - 2003

James P. Dixon, 1964 - 1966

Suzanne Donovan, 2018 - Current

Guinevere Eden, 2006 - 2016

William Estes (Chair), 1977 - 1992

Helen Faison, 1977 - 2010

Michelle Figlar, 2022 - Current

Barry Fishman, 2018 - Current

Susan M Fitzpatrick, 2022 - Current

Susan Furhman, 2006 - 2006

Robert M. Gagne, 1966 - 1978

Adam Gamoran, 2006 - 2012

Rochel Gelman (Chair), 1978 - 1998

Jacob W. Getzels, 1973 - 1979

Carol Gibson, 1980 - 1988

Louis M. Gomez, 2003 - 2006

Edmond Gordon, 1980 - 1990

John I. Goodlad, 1964 - 1966

Arthur Graesser (Chair), 2014 - Current

Bert Green, 1980 - 1988

Kenji Hakuta, 1998 - 2003

Judith Harackiewicz, 2014 - 2021

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, 2022 - Current

Wayne Holtzman (Chair), 1970 - 1985

Phyllis Hunter 2000 - 2000

James Jenkins, 1971 - 1973

Judith Johnson, 2001 - 2006

Paul F. Lazarsfeld, 1964 - 1972

Nonie K. Lesaux, 2010 -2016

Walter Kintsch (Chair), 1992 - 2001

Magdalene Lampert, 1986 - 1997

Ping Li, 2018 - Current

Danielle McNamara, 2018 - Current

Finlay McQuade, 1986 - 1994

Arthur W. Melton, 1964 - 1972

Samuel Messick, 1978 - 1988

James Minstrell, 1992 - 2003

Johanna D. Moore, 2006 - 2012

Peter H. Odegard, 1964 - 1966

Nicole Patton-Terry, 2022 - Current

Kenneth Pugh, 2016 - 2021

Brian J. Reiser, 2006 - 2016

Leona Schauble (Chair), 2000 - 2016

Judah Schwartz, 1989 - 1998

Colleen Seifert, 2022 - Current

Timothy Shanahan, 2006 - 2021

Richard Shavelson, 1987 - 2000

Lee Shulman, 1984 - 1992

Alberta E. Siegel, 1975 - 1980

Catherine Snow, 1998 -2006

Reed Stevens, 2014 - Current

Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe, 1987 - 2006

Ralph Tyler (Chair), 1964 - 1978

Robert M. Travers, 1964 - 1972

Stanley W. Thompson, 2018 - 2021

Ruth Wattenberg, 2000 - 2006

Sheldon White, 1973 - 1974

Sam Wineburg, 2003 - 2006