CATHERINE LEWIS

Catherine Lewis, Ph.D., is a senior research scholar at Mills College and principal investigator on investigations of lesson study funded by the National Science Foundation and federal Department of Education. She has conducted research in Japanese and U.S. schools for 25 years and has been instrumental in introducing and nurturing lesson study outside Japan through more than a dozen publications and videotapes, including Lesson Study: A Handbook of Teacher Led Instructional Change (www.rbs.org) and How many seats? (www.lessonresearch. net). A graduate of Harvard University (B.A.) and Stanford University (Ph.D.), Lewis is proud to have four generations of public school teachers in her family.