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John B. Nash, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

John B. Nash is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership Studies. He teaches a range of courses on school reform, design thinking and research methods. His current research agenda investigates how technology, innovation and policy interact and influence schools and educators in different contexts. 

Professor Nash is the former associate director for evaluation at the Stanford Center for Innovations (SCIL), where he conducted applied research on improving program evaluation in grant-funded initiatives. He was also a grantmaker for the Wallenberg Global Learning Network, an arm of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation of Stockholm, Sweden, focused on enhancing learning outcomes through educational technology in the U.S., Sweden and Germany. 

Prior to his work at SCIL he served as the Associate Director of Assessment and Research at the Stanford Learning Laboratory, where he directed an interdisciplinary team of research scientists examining the effects of innovative technologies on learning.  Prior to moving to Stanford, Professor Nash was a member of the graduate faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso in the department of Educational Leadership and Foundations.