Chair - Gloriana González, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Secretary/Treasurer - Melissa M. Soto, University of Florida
Program Chair - Trena Wilkerson, Baylor University
Assistant Program Chair - Miriam Volk, University of Potsdam
Graduate Student Representative - Ariane Faria dos Santos, University of British Columbia
Gloriana González is a Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She studies mathematics classrooms with a particular focus on implementations of problem-based instruction through lesson study. Her current work supported by a National Science Foundation grant with Saad Shehab engages geometry teachers in lesson study for them to teach lessons using a human-centered design approach. Her experience implementing lesson study with pre-service and in-service teachers have prompted her enthusiasm for learning more about how this strategy can be used widely. The Lesson Study SIG community is a wonderful place to share this enthusiasm about lesson study!!
Melissa M. Soto is a Clinical Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Florida. She has facilitated Lesson Study (LS) groups with Kindergarten, 3rd-5th grade teachers and served as a Mathematics and Equity Commentator. Dr. Soto has spent 15 years providing Cognitively Guided Instruction mathematics professional development (PD) to K-6th grade teachers throughout the U.S. In Fall 2016, Dr. Soto and three colleagues from across the U.S. began engaging in LS as a form of PD for Mathematics Teacher Educator.
Trena Wilkerson is Professor of Mathematics Education and Department Chair in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education at Baylor University. She served on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Board of Directors from 2014 to 2017 and as President of NCTM from 2020-2022, along with various professional leadership roles, such as with the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, the School Science and Mathematics Association, and state mathematics education organizations. She has also served in leadership roles in the AERA Lesson Study SIG being one of its founding members. She teaches both graduate and undergraduate mathematics education courses, mentors doctoral students, conducts professional development for PK-12 teachers and engages in research in the teaching and learning of mathematics with a particular focus on Lesson Study. Her Lesson Study work has been with both preservice and Inservice teachers along with engaging with mathematics teacher educators. She finds Lesson Study to be a powerful way to engage impact teaching and learning mathematics, especially her own! She has authored or co-authored numerous articles and book chapters has been a speaker for numerous state, national, and international mathematics education conferences and meetings. She has received several state and national awards for teaching, research, and leadership with the most recent, the 2024 Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education from the Association for Women in Mathematics. Excited to work together with our Lesson Study SIG community!
Miriam Vock is a psychologist and full professor of Empirical Teaching and Intervention Research at the University of Potsdam, Germany, where she has worked since 2011, training future secondary school teachers in pedagogy and didactics. Her research centers on teacher collaboration, lesson study, gifted and talented students, and inclusive education. She has led several large-scale research projects in these areas, including Germany's most comprehensive lesson study project to date, launched in 2018. In the project’s first phase, 20 schools nationwide together with the team of researchers co-constructed materials and procedures for implementing Lesson Study in Germany. In the second phase, Lesson Study is now being transferred to many other schools in the country via school networks. This state-funded initiative has led to numerous publications by Miriam and her team. She is particularly interested in how lesson study can be implemented sustainably in schools and how the effects of lesson study on learners and teachers, but also on school culture, can be validly measured and made visible. The Lesson Study SIG is a great community for sharing and discussing Lesson Study research!
Chair
Sharon Dotger, Syracuse University, 2021-2024
Jennifer M. Lewis, Wayne State University, 2016-2021
Secretary/Treasurer
Daisy Sharrock, High Tech High Graduate School of Education, 2021-2024
Sharon Dotger, Syracuse University, 2018-2021
Treasurer
Rongjin Huang, Middle Tennessee State University, 2016-2018
Program Chair
Beatriz E. Quintos, University of Maryland, 2025-2026
Karie Brown, Georgia State University, 2024-2025
Mark Koester, Metropolitan State University of Denver, 2023-2024
Gloriana Gonzalez, University of Illinois, 2022-2023
Jennifer Suh, George Mason University, 2021-2022
Gabriel Matney, Bowling Green State University, 2020-2021
Co-Program Chair
Trena Wilkerson, Baylor University, 2025-2026
Beatriz E. Quintos, University of Maryland, 2024-2025
Karie Brown, Georgia State University, 2023-2024
Mark Koester, Metropolitan State University of Denver, 2022-2023
Gloriana Gonzalez, University of Illinois, 2021-2022
Jennifer Suh, George Mason University, 2020-2021
Gabriel Matney, Bowling Green State University, 2019-2020
Trena Wilkerson, Baylor University, 2018-2019
Colleen M. Eddy, University of North Texas, 2018-2019
Catherine C. Lewis, Mills College at Northeastern University, 2017-2018
Dittika Gupta, Midwestern State University, 2017-2018
Membership Chair
Sherry Love Hix, 2018-2020
Awards Chair
Rongjin Huang, Middle Tennessee State University, 2018-2020
Webmaster
Jennifer Heckathorn, 2020-2021
Graduate Student Representative
Meghan Smith Durkin, Stanford University, 2025-2026
Oliver Soper, Bowling Green State University, 2024-2025
Johana E. Thomas Zapata, Washington State University, 2024-2025