A. Lin Goodwin

 A. Lin Goodwin

Bio and Research Interests

Professor A. Lin GOODWIN (葛文林) is the Thomas More Brennan Endowed Professor of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College. Previously she was Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong (2017-2022), and Vice Dean at Teachers College, Columbia University (2011-2017), where she also held the Edward Evenden Professorship in Education. Professor Goodwin served as Vice President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)—Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education, 2013-2016.

An internationally renowned teacher education scholar, Professor Goodwin’s research examines teacher/teacher educator beliefs, identities and development; equitable education and powerful teaching for immigrant and minoritized youth; comparative analyses of international teacher education practice and policy; and the experiences of Asian/Asian Americans in U.S. schools. She has been recognized for exemplary research by AERA’s Committee on Scholars of Color, and is the National Institute of Education (Singapore) inaugural Dr. Ruth Wong Professor of Teacher Education. In 2022 she received a Spencer Foundation Mentor Award honoring her work with emerging academics and doctoral students. She is an AERA Fellow, the recipient of Division K’s 2023 Legacy Award for her “significant and exemplary contributions to the field of teaching and teacher education,” and an elected member of the National Academy of Education. Her work has taken her around the world where she has collaborated with local educators to support equitable and inclusive outcomes for all students. She began her career as a special education teacher in secondary school.