Associate Dean for Teacher Education
School of Education, Room 122B
University of Colorado at Boulder
249 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: 303-735-3029
Fax: 303-492-7090
Email: jennie.whitcomb@colorado.edu

Jennie Whitcomb is Associate Dean for Teacher Education and senior lecturer in the area of teaching and teacher education. Recent publications reflect her research interest in teacher quality, teacher education policy, and the intersections among the practice and structure of teacher education and teacher learning. From 2005-2009 she co-edited the Journal of Teacher Education (with Hilda Borko and Dan Liston). She co-edited a casebook and facilitator’s guide Groupwork in Diverse Classrooms (with Judith Shulman and Rachel Lotan, Teachers College Press, 1998). Dr. Whitcomb has taught courses that introduce the teaching profession to teacher candidates as well as master’s and doctoral seminars in the following areas: the practice of teaching, research on teaching, teaching and learning environments, and literacy policy.

Dr. Whitcomb is a member of several professional organizations including American Educational Research Association, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, and the National Council of Teachers of English.

Education:
PhD Curriculum & Teacher Education, Stanford University, 1997
BA English, Stanford University, 1985