Barbara Schneider is the John A. Hannah Chair and University Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and the Department of Sociology at Michigan State University (MSU).
Her research focuses on how the social contexts of schools and families influence the academic and social well-being of adolescents into adulthood. Schneider has also developed tools and research methods for measuring real-time everyday experiences that improve academic learning.
A recipient of over 100 million dollars in external funding, her current study entitled, “Culturally Responsive Science Learning: An Evidence-Based Approach in the Rural South” is designed to advance secondary school science learning and instruction. Professor Schneider has published over 150 articles and reports and written 20 books, three of which include: Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement; The Ambitious Generation: America’s Teenagers Motivated but Directionless; and Learning Science: The Value of Crafting Engagement in Science Environments.
