Rachel S. Phillips, PhD

1420 Terry Ave, Seattle, WA, 98101 206.999.3748 rachel.phillips@outlook.com

EDUCATION: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY · LEARNING SCIENCES · June 2011University of Washington · Seattle, Washington

MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING · ELEMENTARY EDUCATION · May 2006American University · Washington, DC

MASTER OF ARTS · FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY · February 2003John Jay College of Criminal Justice · New York, NY

BACHELOR OF ARTS· PSYCHOLOGY · June 2001Lenoir-Rhyne University · Hickory, NC

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND EVALUATION EXPERIENCE:Director of Research and Evaluation, Code.org, Seattle, WA 2015-present

Collaborate across all teams to develop a comprehensive organizational strategy and identify key programmatic and strategic questions for K-12 program evaluation.

Advise the Education team on program improvements as a result of evaluation results. Act as liaison between Code.org and all external evaluation projects and organizations. Develop evaluation reports, analyze and summarize key findings to share with internal and external

parties (funders, districts, educators). Design and implement data collection instruments to measure and improve the K-12 professional

development programs and student learning outcomes Work with fundraising team to provide outcome information for proposal writing and reporting.

Research and Curriculum Development Consultant, bgC3, Kirkland, WA 2013-2015 Lead curriculum developer for the Big History Project (www.bighistoryproject.com). Conducted all classroom-based research, including design, data collection, analysis, and writing. Led teacher professional development activities. Worked with International Baccalaureate and the College Board to create advanced versions of the

course.

Project Director, iTest, College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2014-2015 Lead researcher on a National Science Foundation funded project. The goal of this work is to expose

traditionally underserved middle and high school students to the STEM fields through tinkering. Led all research activities, including documentation of work with youth, data analysis, and writing. Responsible for mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, teaching, creating and

monitoring a tinkering lab, and creating curriculum for the tinkering lab.

Postdoctoral Scholar, College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle 2011-2014 Conducted classroom-based research on a Gates Foundation funded project in partnership with

UW’s Center for Game Science. The goal of our work was to create innovative fraction related math games and curriculum to help youth learn math in a non-traditional format.

Used design-based research, and qualitative and quantitative methodologies to inform program development and implementation and identify future program and audience needs. Partnered with four teams and provided research and analytical support to all.

Performed project management duties and oversaw a team of graduate student researchers.

Graduate Research Assistant, LIFE Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2006-2009 Evaluated the Bellevue School District curriculum. Evaluated curriculum implementation across a school district in partnership with SRI International. Examined schooling in youth prisons with colleagues at Stanford University and UC-Berkeley.

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SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Teaching Associate, College of Education, University of Washington 2011-2015Teacher, Interagency Academy, Seattle Public Schools 2011-2012Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Education, University of Washington, 2009-2011Adjunct Professor, School of Education, Teaching and Health, American University, 2007-2010Instructor, Pipeline Project, University of Washington, 2008

SELECTED COURSE DEVELOPMENT: Uses of Technology in Education for Teachers, American University, Washington, DC Human Learning and Educational Practice, University of Washington, Seattle, WASocial and Emotional Learning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:Phillips, R.S. & Horstman, T. (2014). Engagement and games for learning: Expanding definitions and methodologies. Simulation & Gaming.

Penuel, W., Phillips, R., and Harris, C. (2014). Analyzing curriculum implementation from integrity and actor-oriented perspectives. Journal of Curriculum Studies.

Phillips, R. S. & Bransford, J. (2012). Understanding diverse students’ needs: Intersections between learning, schooling, culture and identity. In J. Banks (Ed), Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education (Sage Publications).

Phillips, R. S. (2011). Towards authentic student centered practices: Voices of alternative school students. Education and Urban Society.

*Harris, C., Phillips, R., & Penuel, W. (2011). Examining teachers’ instructional moves aimed at developing students’ ideas in learner-centered science classrooms. Journal of Science Teacher Education.

Young, M., Phillips, R., & Nasir, N. (2010). Schooling in a youth prison. Journal of Correctional Education. 61(3), 203-222.

Bransford, J., Copeland, M., Honig, M., Nelson, H. G., Mosborg, S., Gawel, D., Phillips, R. S., & Vye, N. (2010). Adaptive people and adaptive systems: Issue of learning and design. In A. Hargreaves, M. Lieberman, M. Fullan, & D. Hopkins (Eds.), The second international handbook of educational change (Springer International Handbooks of Education, Vol. 23). Dordrect, The Netherlands: Springer.

Svihla, V., Vye, N., Brown, M., Phillips, R., Gawel, D., & Bransford, J. (2009). Interactive Learning Assessments for the 21st Century. Education Canada. 49(3), 44-47.

*Selected as a National Science Teacher’s Association “Research Worth Reading” article for 2012.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS: Phillips, R. (2015, April). Alternative School Pathways: Educating Incarcerated Youth. Paper presented at the annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference.

Phillips, R., Horstman, T., Ballweber, C., Conforti Preszler, N., Vye, N. and Bransford, J. (2014, June). Educational games in the classroom: Design-based research and methods for classroom mediation. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS).

Phillips, R., Petrick Smith, C., Martin, T., Horstman, T., Janisiewicz, P., and Aghababyan, A. (2013, August). Maximizing the use of human coders and automated techniques to study learning in educational games. Paper

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presented at the 15th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI).

Phillips, R., Harris, C., Penuel, W., & Cheng, B.H. (2010, December). Strategies for Managing Elementary Students’ Ideas, Questions, and Contributions in Inquiry-based Science. Paper presented at the National Science Teacher Association Regional Conference. Nashville, TN.