Thomas M. Philip, Ph.D.

Thomas M. Philip, Ph.D.
Professor
University of California Berkeley

Dr. Philip is a Professor in the Berkeley School of Education and Faculty Director of the Berkeley Teacher Education Program (BTEP). He studies how ideology shapes learning and how learning is a site of ideological contestation and becoming. As a learning scientist and teacher educator, he is interested in how teachers make sense of power and hierarchy, and act on their sense of agency as they navigate and ultimately transform classrooms and institutions toward more equitable, just, and democratic practices and outcomes. His scholarship also explores the possibilities and tensions that emerge with the use of artificial intelligence and digital learning technologies in classrooms. Philip is a Fellow of the AERA and of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. Under his leadership, the BTEP was awarded the 2023 AERA Division K Award for Innovations in Research on Equity and Social Justice in Teaching and Teacher Education and the 2024 UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Excellence and Equity.