Susan R. Goldman, PhD

Susan R. Goldman (PhD, University of Pittsburgh) is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Psychology, and Education and Founding Co-Director of the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research examines the literacy demands of academic disciplines, especially for adolescents (www.projectreadi.org), and how teachers learn to support deep learning across subjects. She works closely with practitioners to bridge research and practice. Goldman is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Education, an Inaugural Fellow of the Society for Text and Discourse and the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), and a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. She has served as President of both ISLS and the Society for Text and Discourse.