Thomas M. Philip

Thomas M. Philip is a Professor in the Berkeley School of Education, where he also serves as the Faculty Director of the Berkeley Teacher Education Program. He studies how ideology shapes learning and how learning is a site of ideological contestation and becoming. As a learning scientist and teacher educator, he is interested in how teachers make sense of power and hierarchy, and act on their sense of agency as they navigate and ultimately transform classrooms and institutions toward more equitable, just, and democratic practices and outcomes. His scholarship also explores the possibilities and tensions that emerge with the use of artificial intelligence and digital learning technologies in classrooms.

Philip is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). His research has been recognized by the AERA Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) Midcareer Award; the AERA Division G (Social Context of Education) Early Career Award; the AERA Division C (Learning & Instruction) Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies; the National Association for Multicultural Education’s Research Award; and, the National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Under his leadership, the Berkeley Teacher Education Program (BTEP) was awarded the 2023 AERA Division K Award for Innovations in Research on Equity and Social Justice in Teaching and Teacher Education and the 2024 UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Excellence and Equity.

Degree(s)

PhD, Cognition and Development, University of California, Berkeley

BS, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

Contact

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School of Education
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