Cooper Lecture Series: Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball

Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Jessie Jean Storey-Fry Distinguished University Professor of Education at the Marsal Family School of Education at the University of Michigan, will present a Cooper Lecture titled, “(Re)Building a Strong Teaching Profession:  Why Lortie's Schoolteacher Matters More Than Ever” on Wednesday, March 5 in Holloway Hall from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Professor Loewenberg Ball’s research focuses on the practice of teaching, using elementary mathematics as a critical context for investigating the challenges of helping children develop understanding and agency and to work collectively, and on leveraging the power of teaching to disrupt patterns of injustice. She has served on the National Science Board and the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute Board of Trustees and previously served as president of the American Educational Research Association (2017–2018) and as dean of the University of Michigan School of Education (2005–2016). Loewenberg Ball has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education and is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society and the American Educational Research Association.

This lecture is open to the UVA community. No RSVP is needed to attend. If you have questions, please contact Jesse Philips at [email protected].