Biography

Arizona State University - Education

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences - Arizona State University
Research
J. Bryan
Henderson
Phoenix, Arizona Area
Dr. J. Bryan Henderson is interested is in the utilization of educational technology to facilitate critical, peer-to-peer science learning. His classroom-based research on critical speaking and listening intersects with his psychometric development of assessments that gauge how students learn science through evidence-based argumentation. Dr. Henderson received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and is currently an Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences at Arizona State University, where he is a recipient of the ASU Centennial Professorship Award for outstanding teaching, leadership, and service. With six college degrees and a research background in astrophysics, Dr. Henderson has extensive experience teaching a multitude of courses in learning theories, statistics, and physics. In 2018, he was named a National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Henderson has published in the Harvard Educational Review, as well as in prestigious science education journals including the Journal of Research in Science Teaching (JRST), for which he has been named to serve as an Associate Editor. Dr. Henderson has been elected to serve as Program Chair of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) SIG for Science Teaching and Learning. He is a Principal Investigator on a 3-million-dollar collaborative research grant between ASU and UC Berkeley, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Henderson also serves as the Director of the Braincandy project (www.braincandy.org), which provides teachers a free digital platform to support students with arguing to learn in the classroom.