Amanda Datnow
Amanda Datnow is Chancellor鈥檚 Associates Endowed Chair in the Department of Education Studies and Associate Dean of the School of Social Sciences at University of California, San Diego. Her research focuses on educational reform and policy, particularly as these related to issues of equity and the professional lives of educators. Over the past decade, she has conducted numerous studies examining the use (and misuse) of data for instructional improvement, teacher collaboration, and leadership, as well as projects aimed at transformative educational change. She is also engaged in research-practice partnerships with local districts.
Datnow earned her Ph.D. in education from UCLA. She led UC San Diego's Department of Education Studies from 2008 to 2013, as it transitioned from a program to a department, and began her tenure as associate dean for the School of Social Sciences in 2014. Datnow is a member of the National Academy of Education and a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association.