Dr. Richard Ingersoll is a leading expert on America’s elementary and secondary teaching force. His research examines teaching as a job, teachers as employees, and schools as workplaces—from a teacher’s pre-employment training through their last day in the classroom.
After teaching in both public and private schools for a number of years, Dr. Ingersoll obtained a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. From 1995 to 2000 he was a faculty member in the Sociology Department at the University of Georgia. In 2000 he came to the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and in 2012 was appointed Board of Overseers Professor of Education and Sociology.
He has published more than 100 articles, reports, chapters, and essays on topics such as teacher turnover, migration, and attrition; math and science teacher shortages; teacher education and the problem of underqualified teachers; induction and mentoring for beginning teachers; school accountability; teacher leadership and empowerment in schools; changes in the demographic character of the teaching force; the status of teaching as a profession; and shortages of teachers from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups.
Without further introduction, I give you Dr. Richard Ingersoll.
