GlobalEd 2 - Principal Investigators

Scott W. Brown will serve as the Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI). Dr. Brown is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. He has published three books/monographs on issues related to educational psychology, and published over 120 refereed journal articles and book chapters in the field of educational psychology, educational technology, learning and cognition. He has presented over 250 papers at professional conferences. He has been a visiting professor at Utah State University and Victoria University (Wellington, New Zealand). In over 25 years of service at the University of Connecticut he has held positions as the Director of the Teachers for a New Era project, Director of the Bureau of Educational Research and Service, and the department head for Educational Psychology. He has been awarded over $9 million in federal, state and private grants.

249 Glenbrook Road Unit-2064
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-2064
Gentry Room 208
Phone: 860-486-0181
Fax: 860-486-8325
Email: scott.brown@uconn.edu

Personal Web Site: http://www.globaled.uconn.edu/swb/

(Temporarily at Storrs Hall, Room -014, University of Connecticut )

Kimberly A. Lawless will serve as Co-Principal Investigator (PI). She is a professor of Educational Psychology and Language, Literacy, and Culture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Lawless studies how individuals acquire and comprehend information from nonlinear digital environments, focusing on how aspects of the learner, the media, and the task influence navigational strategy and learning outcomes. She has procured over five million dollars in grant funding and published over 90 articles in these areas.

College of Education
1040 W Harrison M/C 147
Chicago, Il 60607
Phone: 312-996-2359
Fax: 312-996-8134
Email: klawless@uic.edu

Mark A. Boyer will serve as a Co-Principal Investigator on the project. Dr. Boyer is a professor of political science at the University of Connecticut. His research focuses on international relations and the GlobalEd project (www.globaled.uconn.edu), where he has worked for over eight years training teachers and coordinating the simulation. Dr. Boyer is the co-editor of International Studies Review and has published extensively in the field international relations, specifically at the nexus of conflict and cooperation and on learning outcomes related to middle and high school students. Dr. Boyer will coordinate the GlobalEd 2 simulation.

341 Mansfield Road , Unit 24
University of Connecticut
Storrs , CT 06269-1024
Phone: 860-486-3156
Fax: 860-486-8307
Email: mark.boyer@uconn.edu