Philip Bell is a Professor of Education at the University of Washington Seattle and holds the Shauna C. Larson Chair in Learning Sciences. He pursues a cognitive and cultural program of research about how people learn about science and technology in ways that are personally consequential to them both in and out of school. His current work involves design-based research on novel learning experiences and resources that promote educational equity as well as broad-scale design-based implementation research conducted through collaborative partnerships of researchers and practitioners. He serves as the Executive Director of the UW Institute for Science and Math Education that conducts equity-focused R&D projects in STEM education and as the Co-Director of the Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE) Science of Learning Center. Bell has a background in human cognition and development, science education, computer science, and electrical engineering.