Professor of Education
School of Education, Room 320E
University of Colorado at Boulder
249 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: 303-492-4541
Fax: 303-492-7090
E-mail: william.penuel@colorado.edu
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Bill Penuel is professor in educational psychology and the learning sciences. His research focuses on teacher learning and organizational processes that shape the implementation of educational policies, school curricula, and afterschool programs. In his research, he examines learning and development from sociocultural, social capital, and complex social systems perspectives. One strand of his research focuses on designs for teacher professional development in Earth science education. A second strand examines the role of research-practice partnerships in designing supports for teacher learning in school districts. A third strand examines how children's interest in science develops over time and across different kinds of settings. This third strand includes a focus on young children's learning through digital media, including public television programs. His research has appeared in the American Educational Research Journal, Teachers College Record, the American Journal of Evaluation, Science Education, and the Journal of the Learning Sciences. He is currently Associate Editor of the Social and Institutional Analysis section at the American Educational Research Journal, and he is on the editorial board for Teachers College Record, American Journal of Evaluation, and Cognition and Instruction.

Education:
1996 PhD, Developmental Psychology, Clark University
1992 EdM, Human Development and Psychology, Graduate School of Education, Harvard
1991 BA, Psychology, Clark University