Alexandra (Ally) Collard is a second-year PhD student in the Graduate Group in Science and Mathematics Education (SESAME). Ally has Bachelor's degrees in Chemistry and Math from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Master's degree in Chemistry from Institut Polytechnique de Paris, where she studied Electrochemistry and Materials Chemistry. Ally also taught high school Chemistry in Colorado, where she worked to develop her skills in inquiry-based teaching. At UC Berkeley, she is now studying Chemistry Education, working with Anne Baranger's and Marcia Linn's groups. Her research focuses...
Julien Putz is a PhD candidate in the Graduate Group in Science and Mathematics Education (SESAME) at UC Berkeley, with a designated emphasis in Cognitive Science. Working with Prof. Dor Abrahamson in the Embodied Design Research Laboratory, he investigates the perceptual and imaginative processes that are part of diagrammatic reasoning in mathematics. His research draws on embodied and enactive approaches to cognition and combines first-person methods such as micro-phenomenological interviews with third-person measures such as eye-tracking. Focusing on proving and problem solving, he...
Libby Gerard, EdD, is an Associate Adjunct Research Professor in the University of California, Berkeley School of Education and a Research Director for the Technology-Enhanced Learning in Science (TELS) Center. Her research examines how innovative learning technologies can capture student ideas and help teachers and principals use those ideas to make decisions about classroom instruction. Gerard’s recent projects explore the use of automated assessment of student written essays...
Alan Schoenfeld is a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds the Elizabeth and Edward Conner Chair in the School of Education and is an Affiliated Professor in the Mathematics Department. Schoenfeld is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and a Laureate of the education honor society Kappa Delta Pi. He is an elected member of the International Academy of Education and the U.S. National Academy of Education, and has served as President of AERA and vice...
Siqi Huang is a Ph.D. candidate in Science and Mathematics Education at the University of California, Berkeley, mentored by Felix Klein Medalist Alan H. Schoenfeld. Siqi holds a B.S. in Mathematics from UCLA and an M.A. in Mathematics under Fields Medalist Richard Borcherds from UC Berkeley. Siqi is a 2024 Breaking Barriers Award recipient (funded by Women in California Leadership); a 2025 U.S. National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Alternate; and the 2025 recipient of the Outstanding Dissertation in Mathematics Education Award (funded by CPM Educational Program)....
