Pamela Grossman (born 1953) is the Dean of the Graduate School of Education and the George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and emerita professor, Academic Council, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University.
Throughout her professional career, Professor Grossman has made unique and longstanding contributions in the disciplines of educational sciences through her seminal work on teaching, teacher education and teachers’ professional learning.
Her scientific contributions include methodological and conceptual innovations in ways of studying teachers, teaching and cross-professional learning and a research program for systematic programmatic research that bridges theory and practice within studies of teaching and learning.
Grossman is at the forefront of rethinking how teachers are educated and studying the connections between the quality of their classroom practice, the support they receive, and the likelihood they remain in teaching. Her publications have high outreach and impact and set standards for research design and conceptual frameworks around the world.