Mitchell J. Nathan, BSEE,  Ph.D.

 
 

I am currently a Professor of Learning Sciences (Educational Psychology Dept.) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Director of the Center on Education and Work, and Director of the IES Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Mathematical Thinking, Learning and Instruction. I hold faculty appointments in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the Psychology Department, and the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research (WCER). I am also a member of the UW Cognitive Science Cluster and the Delta Program steering committee. I served as Chair of the Learning Sciences program from 2004 - 2010.


My research is largely rooted in cognitive, embodied and social perspectives on learning and instruction in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). I examine the nature of learning, teaching, and representations in both their internal (intra-personal) and external (inter-personal) forms as they serve meaning making, individual and group design, reasoning and problem solving in mathematics and engineering.


I enjoy making music, biking, hiking, & camping.

About me

Academic Profile

Professor of Learning Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Senior Research Scientist, Vanderbilt U.

Post-doc, University of Pittsburgh LRDC

Ph.D. University of ColoraDO-Boulder

B.S. Electrical & COmputer Engineering, Math & History, Carnegie Mellon UniV.

Some of my current affiliations

  1. •National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Space Studies Board and National Research Council (NRC) Board on Science Education - Planning committee for Sharing the Adventure with the Student: Exploring the Intersections of NASA Space Science and Education

  2. •The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Committee on Integrated STEM Education

  3. •Institute for (P-12) Engineering Research and Learning-INSPIRE

  4. •The Latin American School for Education, Cognitive and Neural Sciences, Universidad de Chile; Universidad de Buenos Aires; ELS International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal – Brasil.

  5. •The American Educational Research Association (AERA)

  6. •The International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)

  7. •The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)

  8. • The Cognitive Science Society

  9. •The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

You can download my curriculum vitae or one-page CV.