Robert Q. Berry III

Robert Q. Berry III is the Samuel Braley Gray Professor of Mathematics Education and the past President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the world's largest mathematics education organization. Equity issues in mathematics education are central to Berry’s research efforts. He studies Black children’s mathematics experiences, teaching practice measurement, equitable teaching and learning and interactions between technology and mathematics education. He has extensive experience in classroom observation and is the lead developer of an observation instrument, Mathematics Scan, which measures standards-based teaching practices. Berry has collaborated on the Children’s Engineering Initiative in the Curry School of Education to use digital fabrication to incorporate engineering into mathematics education. He has published over 100 articles, book chapters and proceedings. His articles have appeared in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Journal of Teacher Education and the American Educational Research Journal. Berry is a two-time recipient of NCTM’s Linking Research and Practice Publication Award. He was also recognized as the 2011 Mathematics Educator of the Year by the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (VCTM) and received the University of Virginia’s All-University Teaching Award.