Philip Bell is Assistant Professor in the College of Education at the University of Washington where he also serves as the Administrative Lead of the Cognitive Studies in Education Graduate Program, and as Chair to the Committee on Faculty Affairs. His research is in the areas of science education, design and study of learning environments and technologies, theories of learning and instruction in science and history, children’s epistemologies and images of disciplines, influence of pervasive technologies on development, and design-based research methods in education. Dr. Bell is a member of many educational associations, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Association of Internet Researchers (AIR), and the Cognitive Science Society (CSS). He has served as a member of several advisory boards, including the Interim Board of Directors for the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), and the Center for Information Technology in Science (ITS). Dr. Bell received his Ph.D. in Education in Human Cognition and Development from the University of California, Berkeley.