Dr. Rebecca Woodland Named New Vice President of INSciTS Organization
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Dr. Rebecca Woodland, Professor of Educational Policy, Leadership and Evaluation in the Department of Educational Policy, Research and Administration, has been named the new Vice President of The International Network for the Science of Team Science (INSciTS).
INSciTS is a global, membership-based organization of scholars, researchers, and policymakers working towards providing evidentiary support of team science and the positive role cross-disciplinary collaboration can play in developing solutions to the world’s complex problems.
With beginning her position this year, Dr. Woodland notes, “One specific aim we have for this year is to deliver a highly engaging, useful, connection enhancing conference that will take place in Silver Spring Maryland this July 2025.” The annual INSciTS conferences invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners interested in Team Science to share their methods on team collaboration and transdisciplinary science. Attendees and speakers at the conference are from a wide range of professional and academic backgrounds.
“Those who know me know that I love collaboration; relationships are the unseen forces that power all of life. A big part of my professional life has been devoted to the study and support of meaningful connections between people within and across education-based organizations. As INSciTS Vice-President I am excited to champion team-based science as a vital approach to addressing society's most complex and pressing challenges,” Dr. Woodland comments.
Dr. Woodland has been a part of the EDUC faculty since 2021. She earned her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Political Science, her M.A. in Special Education from the University of Northern Colorado, and her Ph.D in Educational Leadership from Colorado State University. In addition to her role as a Professor, Dr. Woodland has held several leadership positions at the University, as she is the Director of Program Evaluation at the Center for Educational Assessment, Program Director for the Program Evaluation Graduate Certificate and Associate Director to the Center for Education Policy. She also serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Evaluation, Evaluation and Program Planning, the SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Design, and SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation.
Her past research has centered on evaluating team collaboration in professional learning communities, particularly within PK-12 schools. In her paper, “Evaluating PK–12 Professional Learning Communities: An Improvement Science Perspective,” Dr. Woodland discusses her development of the Teacher Collaboration Assessment Rubric, a tool that can be utilized to measure the effectiveness of professional learning communities.
For more information on Dr. Woodland’s research, visit her website. For more information about The International Network for the Science of Team Science, visit the INSciTS website.