Libby Gerard

WISE Director

Research Team

Libby is a Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research examines how innovative learning technologies can capture student ideas and help teachers and principals use those ideas to make decisions about classroom instruction. Libby designs and leads teacher and principal professional development by using student embedded assessment data to inform instructional customization and resource allocation. Prior to being a Research Scientist, Libby was a postdoctoral scholar at UC Berkeley. She also taught preschool and elementary school in Oakland, California and in Alessandria, Italy. Libby’s research is published in leading peer-reviewed journals including Science and Review of Educational Research.