Bruce Sherin

Role: Professor of Learning Sciences at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy (SESP).
Affiliations: Affiliated with research labs focused on educational technology and qualitative data analysis. Creator of Tactic Text, a web-based text mining tool for qualitative researchers.
Education: PhD in Science and Mathematics Education (UC Berkeley, 1996); MA in Physics (UC Berkeley, 1987); BA in Physics (Princeton University, 1985).

Research Interests:

• Conceptual change in science education
• Computational linguistics and automated analysis of qualitative data
• Design of programming environments for learning
• Role of symbolic representations in physics expertise
• Development of Tactic Text for qualitative data analysis

Publications: Over 50 peer-reviewed articles focusing on learning sciences, computational tools for education, and methodological innovations in qualitative research. Recent work explores machine learning applications in coding discourse datasets and AI-driven educational interventions.

Awards:

• NSF CAREER Award (2001)
• Spencer Dissertation Year Fellowship (1994)

Labs/Teams: Leads projects at SESP on educational technology design and learning analytics. Collaborates with researchers in cognitive science, computer science, and education policy.