Pam Grossman
School of Education
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
Pam. Grossman is a Professor of English Education in the School of Education at Stanford University. Her research interests include the content and processes of teacher education, the connection between professional knowledge and professional preparation in teaching, the teaching of English in secondary schools, and the role of subject matter in high school teaching. Her publications include: The Making of a Teacher: Teacher Knowledge and Teacher Education, a co-edited volume (with Sam Wineburg), entitled Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Challenges to Implementation as well as articles in Teachers College Record, American Educational Research Journal, Educational Researcher, Journal of Literacy Research, Teaching and Teacher Education , and Review of Research in Education.
Her most recent research includes a four-year longitudinal study of beginning language arts teacher and a study of the formation of professional community among teachers. She has recently served as Member-at-Large for the American Educational Research Association and on the Standing Committee on Research for the National Council of Teachers of English. She has just been elected incoming Vice-President for Division K, Teaching and Teacher Education, of AERA.