Katie McMillan Culp

Biography

Katherine McMillan Culp, senior research scientist, has been studying innovative programs to improve the quality of technology use in K–12 classrooms and informal educational settings since 1991.

Dr. Culp has directed a series of program evaluations focused on technology-rich teacher development and student learning in math and science. She has also conducted qualitative studies of technology integration at both the classroom and district levels, including a review of technology use in elementary schools in Chicago, and one of the earliest studies of laptop computer use. From 2000–2006, she directed evaluations of several of the Intel Corporation’s Innovation in Education Initiatives, ambitious efforts to encourage and support direct use of technology by students and teachers. She also developed and initiated an evaluation of eMINTS, a large-scale professional development program for teachers based in Missouri.

Dr. Culp is now the director of research for the Regional Educational Laboratory for the Northeast and Islands. She continues to develop and oversee research at CCT while contributing to the lab’s efforts to translate rigorous research into usable knowledge for policy makers and practitioners.

Dr. Culp joined CCT as an administrative assistant in 1990. She is a graduate of Amherst College (1988), holds a doctorate in developmental psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University (1999), and has two young, fabulous children.

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