Principal Investigator, Janet W. Schofield, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Learning Research and Development Center
Professor, Department of Psychology
816 LRDC, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 624-7473
Dr. Schofield is a social psychologist whose research during the
last 20 years has explored the impact of social and technological
change on classroom social processes. For example, she has
studied how the introduction of computer technology influences
the structure and functioning of high school classrooms. Her
work has led to numerous publications as well as invited
presentations at national and international scientific meetings.
Her book, _Black and White in School: Trust, Tension or Tolerance_,
received the Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations prize from the
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. A second
book, titled _Computers and Classroom Culture_, will be
published by Cambridge University Press in early 1995.
After receiving a B.A. _magna cum laude_ from Radcliffe College
in 1968 and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1969 and
1972, Dr. Schofield served as a research psychologist at the Office
of Economic Opportunity and the National Institute of Education.
She joined the Psychology Department at the University of
Pittsburgh in 1974. In addition to serving on the Psychology
faculty, she is also a Senior Scientist at the University's
Learning Research and Development Center. She has been a
consultant to university presses, textbook publishers, state and
local school districts, and the Associate Commissioner for Equal
Educational Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Education.
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