A. Lin Goodwin named to National Academy of Education

A. Lin Goodwin, the Thomas More Brennan Professor in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, is one of 22 education leaders and scholars elected for membership in the National Academy of Education, a prestigious organization that advances high quality research to improve education policy and practice.

Goodwin, director of the Lynch School’s doctoral program in curriculum and instruction, joined Boston College in 2022 after serving as dean of the Faculty (School) of Education at the University of Hong Kong for five years. She also was vice dean and the Evenden Foundation Chair in Education at Columbia University Teachers College; a senior research fellow at the Learning Policy Institute; and vice president of the American Educational Research Association Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education).

In 2022, she received the Spencer Foundation Mentor Award honoring her work with emerging academics and doctoral students. Goodwin is the recipient of several multi-million-dollar United States federal grants to support an innovative teaching residency program at Teachers College that she designed and launched in 2009, which thus far has prepared 13 cohorts of exceptional teachers for New York City schools.

“We are thrilled that Lin Goodwin has been elected to the National Academy of Education,” said Stanton E.F. Wortham, the Charles F. Donovan, S.J., Dean of the Lynch School. “Across her productive career, she has made important contributions to teacher education, educational research, and several institutions where she has held leadership positions. It is wonderful to have her on our faculty, and we applaud her for this well-deserved recognition.”

Goodwin is the eighth Lynch School faculty member to be elected to the NAE.  Previous inductees include Wortham, Marina Bers, Henry Braun, Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Andy Hargreaves, Diana Pullin, and Matthias von Davier.  

The academy consists of over 300 U.S. members and international associates who are elected based on outstanding scholarship or leadership related to education. In addition to serving on expert study panels that address pressing issues in education, members are also engaged in the academy’s professional development fellowship programs.