David Williamson Shaffer
| David Williamson Shaffer | |
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Shaffer in 2006
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| Born |
May 10, 1964 New York, New York |
| Residence | USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University MIT |
| Known for |
Epistemic Frame Theory Epistemic Frame Games Epistemic Network Analysis |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields |
Learning Sciences Education Educational Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Doctoral advisor | Seymour Papert |
| Doctoral students | Mary Geraldine Navoa Svarovsky David Hatfield Elizabeth Bagley |
David Williamson Shaffer (born May 10, 1964 in New York City, NY) is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the departments of Educational Psychology and Biomedical Engineering, a Game Scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research Wisconsin Center for Education Research, and Principal of EFGames, LLC.
Shaffer received an A.B. in History and East Asian Studies from Harvard University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT. Shaffer was a student of James J. Kaput, William J. Mitchell and Seymour Papert, who studied with Jean Piaget.
Shaffer began his career as a teacher at The Mountain School, an independent school in Vershire, VT. He taught and worked as a teacher-trainer in the US Peace Corps in Nepal from 1989-1991 in a secondary-level science and math teacher development program sponsored by the Asian Development Bank.
After completing his studies at MIT, Shaffer taught in the Technology in Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and conducted research in medical education at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.
In 2001, Shaffer became an Assistant Professor in Education Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006, and to Full Professor in 2008. He has been a Principal Investigator and Game Scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research since 2001, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2005.
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