People

EDRL Director

Dor Abrahamson

A member of faculty at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education, I am a Professor of Secondary Mathematics Education in the Area of Cognition and Development. I was born in Haifa, Israel, a gorgeous, diverse, and harmonious city straddling the ever-green Mt. Carmel on the Mediterranean littoral. < Click name to read more >

Post Docs

Christina Krause

I have been sponsored by the European Union to spend two years at the EDRL to carry out my research project: SignEd|Math. In this project, I will design and implement a mathematical learning environment that takes into account deaf students’ specific needs while also … < Click name to read more >

Graduate Students

Brittney Cooper

My research is focused on language development and, in particular, how children develop relational concepts through social interaction and embodied activity. My current projects are related to language development among children who communicate using Augmentative and Alternative Communication.

Erin Foley

I study how multimodal engagements with data through improved access to the core aspects of working with data can facilitate data literacy and data visualization literacy.

Jacqueline Anton

My research interests include embodied interventions meant to support all students in their learning and conceptual understanding of foundational mathematics. am also interested in effective inclusion practices and tools in mathematics classrooms and disability studies…

Jerry The Goat!

About Me: Born a Capricorn (but of course), I was raised on organic alfalfa in a fine Western European free-range pasture. I joined the Embodied Design Research Laboratory around 2008. Little did I know that I would be culturally appropriated as the lab’s mascot. All these years later, I still have mixed feelings about being ...

Jessica Benally

I am a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences & Human Development program. My interest is in embodying Navajo/Diné Knowledge in mathematics curriculum, including land-based spatial perspectives through the Diné language.

Julien Putz

I am interested in the cognitive skills that constitute mathematical thinking, drawing primarily on the paradigm of embodiment. < Click name to read more >

Manooshree Patel

With my research, I aim to work towards increasing student access to a quality and humane STEM education at the secondary and higher education levels. I want to better understand how we might create culturally relevant pedagogies for a broader set of students, increase access points for students to engage with instruction, and build an ...

Ratih Ayu Apsari

I am interested in culturally situated embodied cognition in relation to the teaching and learning of mathematics. For further information, please click on my name.

Sam Hilkey

I’m a first year doctoral student in the SESAME cluster. My research interests include math identities, fractions, and logic puzzles, and I’m excited to see how the three interact! Background: After studying math in undergrad at UC Santa Cruz, I taught middle and high school math for 5 years and was part of the ...

Sofia Tancredi

I am interested in sensory regulation, movement and learning, embodied cognition, sensory dimensions of autism and ADHD, holistic education…

Zoe Silverman

I am a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences and Human Development cluster with an interest in object-based teaching and learning in museums.

Research-Practice Partners

César Botetano

César Botetano is a primary level teacher in Peru. He studied Psychology at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. < Click name to read more >

Ilona Iłowiecka-Tańska

Ilona Iłowiecka-Tańska is a researcher and educator at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw, Poland < Click name to read more >

Lizzy Dutton

I am an Algebra 1 and Precalculus teacher at Mission High School in San Francisco Unified. I completed the MACSME program at UC Berkeley in 2018, where I was a participant in EDRL … < Click name to read more >

Undergraduates

Cindy Chen

Hi! My name is Cindy, and I’m a rising Junior at Berkeley studying Computer Science, Applied Math, and Economics. I’m interested in building an accessible online educational platform for secondary school students and communities that are in need. I am also passionate about in-class teaching and topics related to student engagements. Right now we are working ...