LRDC Faculty
LRDC research has illuminated the nature, forms, and processes of learning and supported the development of sound innovations in education policy and practice. A major strength of LRDC is its faculty and staff expertise. Among its faculty (senior scientists and research scientist) are education researchers, cognitive scientists, computer scientists, developmental and social psychologists, psycholinguists, evaluation and measurement specialists, organizational behavior researchers, and education policy analysts. Almost all hold joint appointments in University teaching departments (Business, Computer Science, Education, Intelligent Systems, Law, Linguistics, Political Science, and Psychology). Some have worked with LRDC for many years and bring special qualifications such as past teaching experience and extensive computer and data analysis expertise to their jobs.
Supporting the faculty is a corps of over 150 research associates, research specialists, and technical support staff. Among this corps are graduate student researchers working on LRDC-sponsored projects, part-time undergraduate hourly workers and postdoctoral fellows and research associates who come to LRDC after finishing doctoral training at other universities. The mix of new and experienced researchers offers significant training opportunities at LRDC and, at the same time, infuses LRDC with creativity and talent. Once projects are completed, former students and postdoctoral fellows continue their work at other major universities and research laboratories.
Evidence of the high quality of LRDC senior researchers is their outstanding publication record, election or appointment to governing positions in professional societies, memberships on major policy-making boards, and editorships of top scholarly journals. Senior scientists at LRDC serve or have served as presidents and board members of the National Academy of Education, the American Educational Research Association, the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Scientists, the Society for Research in Child Development, and several divisions of the American Psychological Association.
Senior scientists also serve on boards and committees of the National Research Council, review panels for the National Assessment of Educational Progress and other assessment programs, and numerous boards and commissions of scholarly organizations, foundations, and government bodies. They have earned many national research fellowships, honorary university degrees, and prestigious awards. This high quality extends to support staff, many of whom also enjoy significant research and publication records.
