Judit Moschkovich

Judit Moschkovich is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Education in the Education Department at UC Santa Cruz, affiliated with Crown College and the Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas. She specializes in mathematics education for bilingual and multilingual students, focusing on language integration in mathematical learning and equity in STEM education. Her research addresses how language diversity impacts mathematical discourse and conceptual development.

Education: PhD in Education (Mathematics, Science, and Technology), UC Berkeley.

Research Interests: Mathematical thinking in bilingual contexts, equitable teaching practices for English learners, and sociocultural approaches to learning. She has led projects like CEMELA (Center for Mathematics Education of Latinos/as) and contributed to the 'Understanding Language' initiative at Stanford.

Notable Awards: 2019 AERA SIG-RME Distinguished Scholar Award, 2018 AERA Fellow, and 2019 Martin M. Chemers Award for Outstanding Research.

Grants: Over $3M in funding from NSF, DOE, and NAEd, including leadership in the Equity in Math Education Research (EMERG) program.

Labs/Teams: Collaborator in the International Council for Mathematics Instruction (ICMI) Study #21 and editorial roles in journals like Journal for Research in Mathematics Education and Cognition and Instruction.