*Indicates new member in 2026
Kristy Boyer*
Professor, Computer & Information Science & Engineering
University of Florida
1889 Museum Rd.
P.O. Box 116120
Gainesville, FL 32611
keboyer@ufl.edu
Research Interests: How intelligent systems can support human learning and sport across a variety of contexts including within classrooms, out-of-school settings, recreational sports, collegiate sports, and elite/professional sport. Her research group builds computational models of the processes and phenomena in these contexts.
Cynthia Coburn*
Northwestern University
Walter Annenberg Hall
2120 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
cynthia.coburn@northwestern.edu
Research Interests: 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 policy in education.
Suzanne Donovan
Executive Director
SERP Institute
1100 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 1310
Washington, DC 20036
202-224-8555
sdonovan@serpinstitute.org
http://serpinstitute.org/team.html
Research Interests: Building a program of work in partnership with school districts. Anchored in classroom and school practice. Primary author and co-editor of two SERP reports: Strategic Education Research Partnership and Learning and Instruction: A SERP Research. Directed the "How People Learn" Project at the National Academies since 1999. Previously on the faculty of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
Barry Fishman (Chair)
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Professor of Information & Education
The University of Michigan
610 E. University Ave, Room 3117
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
734-647-8027
fishman@umich.edu
Research Interests: Video games as models for learning environments, teacher learning and the role of technology in supporting teacher learning, and the development of usable, scalable, and sustainable learning innovations through design-based implementation research (DBIR), which he helped establish. Co-author of the Obama Administration's 2010 U.S. National Educational Technology Plan. Associate Editor of The Journal of the Learning Sciences 2005-2012.
Susan M. Fitzpatrick
Chief Strategist
LSRT Associates
221 North 1st Street
Owensville, MO 65066
susan@lsrtassociates.com
Research Interests: Received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Neurology from Cornell University Medical College (1984) and pursued post-doctoral training with in vivo NMR spectroscopic studies of brain metabolism/function in the Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics at Yale University. Dr. Fitzpatrick lectures and writes on issues concerning applications of neuroscience to clinical problems, the translation of cognitive science to educational settings, the role of private philanthropy in the support of scientific research, and on issues related to the public dissemination of and understanding of science.
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Professor, Department of Psychology
Temple University
13th and Cecil B. Moore S.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
khirshpa@temple.edu
Research Interests: The development of theoretical models that explain how students learn during reading, and uses those models to design and test innovative, AI technologies that transform instruction and improve learning. The significance of her approach is in the development of theoretically oriented work and its translation into school-based practical applications.
Pani Kendeou*
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
250 Education Sciences Bldg
56 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455
kend0040@umn.edu
Research Interests: The development of theoretical models that explain how students learn during reading, and uses those models to design and test innovative, AI technologies that transform instruction and improve learning. The significance of her approach is in the development of theoretically oriented work and its translation into school-based practical applications.
Gigi Luk*
McGill University
Education Building
3700 McTavish Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1Y2
gigi.luk@mcgill.ca
Research Interests: The cognitive consequences of bilingualism extends across the lifespan. In addition to investigating the science of bilingualism, she has examined how to harness scientific findings on bilingualism to improve the educational experience for children from diverse language backgrounds.
Kent McGuire*
Board Chair, Philanthropic Collaboration for Education
ckentmcguire@gmail.com
Research Interests: Advisor to both the Stuart and Spencer Foundations, where he assists with convening, networking, proposal review and making connections between the worlds of philanthropy, public policy and educational practice.
Danielle McNamara
Executive Director, Learning Engineering Institute
Arizona State University
950 S. McAllister
AZ 85287-1104
480-727-5690
dsmcnama@asu.edu
Research Interests: Cognitive processes involved in comprehension, writing, and learning, and to apply that understanding to educational practice by developing and testing educational technologies (e.g., iSTART, Writing Pal) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools (e.g., Coh-Metrix). NICHD. Previously served on the Governing Board for the Cognitive Science Society. Current President of the Society for Text and Discourse.
Yuko Munakata*
Department of Psychology and Center for Mind and Brain
University of California, Davis
135 Young Hall
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
ymunakata@ucdavis.edu
Research Interests: The cognitive, neural, and computational processes that support thinking and variations in thinking across diverse contexts. Her research focuses on executive functions, given the role that executive functions play in shaping thoughts and behaviors, the dramatic changes observed across development, and the links between executive functioning and important life outcomes.
Colleen Seifert
University of Michigan
Department of Psychology
104 East Hall, 530 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043
seifert@umich.edu
Research Interests: Complex human cognition, including memory, learning, problem solving, and creativity. With collaborators, she is currently investigating cognitive accounts of creative thinking, and ways to improve the creative process. She is invested in improving learning and pedagogy in design, higher education, and applications in the public interest.
Michael Strambler*
Yale Child Study Center
The Consultation Center
389 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
michael.strambler@yale.edu
Research Interests: Three main themes. Early childhood care and learning examines factors and practices in childcare, educational, and home settings. Psychosocial wellbeing involves acquiring intrapersonal and interpersonal life skills such as self-control and managing interpersonal conflict. Finally, the sociopolitics of health and education aims to understand how sociopolitical factors shape the delivery of healthcare and education.
