Advisory Board

The Reasoning Center

 

Marvin Croy is Associate Professor of Philosophy at UNC-Charlotte. He has written extensively on the subject of computer assisted learning, particularly in logic and cognitive science. He is the recipient of awards and substantial grants for his work in developing software and Internet materials in these fields.

Robert Cavalier is a member of the philosophy faculty of Carnegie Mellon University and co-author of CAI programs for logic. He is Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon's Center for Design of Educational Computing (CDEC). He has published in ethics and educational computing. He is Executive Director of the annual "Computing and Philosophy" Conference and he is chair of the APA's Philosophy and Computing Committee.

Jennie Dautermann is associate professor of English and associate
dean of Arts and Sciences at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She
has served as Miami's director of college composition and instructor
of technical communication. A scholar of non-academic writing, cross
cultural communication and writing pedagogy, she is currently
national secretary of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Ed Dubinsky is the preeminent authority and advocate for mathematics education at the university level. He has held professorships at a number of universities, including the Polish Academy of Sciences, the University of Bonn, the University of California at Berkeley, and he is presently Visiting Professor at Kent State. He has received numerous awards and substantial grants for his work in mathematics education. He has chaired numerous conferences and committees in this area for such organizations as the American Mathematical Society.

Kenneth Heller is Professor and Associate Head, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota. He specializes in high energy particle physics and is the author of numerous articles in this field. He is currently Chair of the American Physical Society Forum on Education. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, and has won several awards for his work in undergraduate education in physics.

Nobert Hornstein is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maryland. He specializes in theories of syntax and logical form. He has published numerous articles and books, including Logic as Grammar and Logical Form : From Gb to Minimalism.

Robert J. Sternberg is IBM Professor of Psychology and Education in the Department of Psychology at Yale University and Director of the Yale Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Psychological Association. He is the author (or co-author) of over 800 articles and 20 books on intelligence, cognitive development, and reasoning abilities.