Educational Psychology and Learning Sciences (EPSY) Faculty

Kris Gutierrez, Professor and Inaugural Provost Chair, (PhD English and Education, University of Colorado Boulder)
Contact: 303-492-8450, e-mail: kris.gutierrez@colorado.edu
Research Interests: Designed learning environments, particularly STEM-oriented after-school clubs for students from non-dominant communities/English Learners; cultural historical activity theories of learning and development; re-mediation; literacy; teacher education
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Susan Jurow, Associate Professor (PhD Education, University of California, Berkeley)
Contact: 303-492-6557, e-mail: Susan.Jurow@Colorado.edu
Research Interests: Learning and teaching of disciplinary discourses; identity development in social practice; design of learning environments; how people learn across multiple contexts
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Ben Kirshner (Admissions Contact), Assistant Professor and Program Chair (PhD Psychological Studies in Education, Stanford University)
Contact: 303-492-6122, e-mail: Ben.Kirshner@Colorado.edu
Research Interests: Youth development, adolescent civic engagement and sociopolitical development; learning environments that engage young people in activism and social change; learning outside of school; participatory research
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Kevin O'Connor, Assistant Professor (PhD Psychology, Clark University)
Contact: 303-492-8554, e-mail: Kevin.OConnor@Colorado.edu
Research Interests: Communication, cognition, and learning; discourse analysis; learning in social movements; engineering education; sociocultural theories of learning and development
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Bill Penuel, Professor (PhD Psychology, Clark University)
Contact: 303-492-7749, e-mail: william.penuel@Colorado.edu
Research Interests: Teacher learning and organizational processes that shape the implementation of educational policies, school curricula, and after-school programs; science education; teacher professional development in science; geography learning
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Philip Langer, Professor Emeritus (PhD Education, University of Connecticut)
Contact: 303-492-8747, e-mail: Philip.Langer@Colorado.edu
Research Interests: Feedback, Psychological Dimensions of Military Leadership, Special Education
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