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portraitJudith Warren Little
Dean of the Graduate School of Education
Professor
Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation

Office: 1501 Tolman Hall
Phone: 510-207-0868
Email: jwlittle at berkeley.edu
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Staff Contact: Rosandrea Garcia
Office: 1501 Tolman Hall
Phone: 510-643-6644
Email: rosa at berkeley.edu

J
udith Warren Little's research interests center on the organizational and occupational contexts of teaching, with special attention to teachers' collegial relationships and to the contexts, policies, and practices of teachers' professional development. In pursuing these interests, she attempts to balance attention to the daily life of schools “ the search for locally situated meanings, identities, and relationships “ with a broader view of the larger social, institutional, and policy environments in which the work of teaching resides.



Degrees
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Sociology

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Major Projects and Grants
2005- 2009 Co-principal investigator, Effects of Content-Focused and Practice-Based Professional Development Models on Teacher Knowledge, Classroom Practice, and Student Learning in Science (National Science Foundation; with WestEd and Heller Research Associates)

1999-2002 Co-principal investigator (with Maryl Gearhart), Review of Student Work as a Vehicle for Instructional Improvement. Wallace-Reader÷s Digest Funds.

1998-2002 Principal investigator, Teachers Professional Development in the Context of Secondary School Reform. Spencer Foundation ($150,000)

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Honors and Awards
Endowed chair: Carol Liu Professor of Education Policy (2002)
National Academy of Education Elected member (2000)
Spencer Foundation Faculty Mentor Award (1996-1998)

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Professional Affiliations and Memberships
National Academy of Education
American Educational Research Association
American Sociological Association

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Areas of Specialization / Interests
Development of Professional Learning Communities
Professional Development for Educators
Teacher Development
Teachers' Work

Last Modified: 9/22/10