Rosemary S. Russ
Position title: Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Ann Wallace Faculty Fellowship
- 2020-21 Update
- Russ is focusing her Impact 2030 project on understanding the learning histories of those incarcerated in the local jail in Madison. Funds will support her summer research efforts. Learn more
Russ examines how teachers and learners conceptualize knowledge and learning across a variety of contexts. Her work assumes the types of knowledge people use during sensemaking about the world depends critically on how they understand themselves as learners (or not). In doing so, she expands traditional notions of who counts as learners and what counts as learning.