Amber Rowland

Amber Rowland, Ph.D. is an Associate Research Professor at the University of Kansas. She specializes in collaborative, practical and engaging adult professional learning with an emphasis on current instructional practices and the powerful integration of technology. She is particularly interested in the power of conversation in teacher learning and is constantly pursuing methods for tapping into the collaborative capacity of educators and students. She is currently Co-Principal Investigator for two Department of Education grants. VOISS Advisor is the research and development of a teacher advisory system designed to support middle school teachers who are facilitating the learning, practice and generalization of social competency skills via virtual reality. APLM-WRITE is a professional learning platform to support coaches and teachers as they implement evidence-based practices using WRITE. She also serves as Co-Director of the Advanced Learning Technologies in Education Consortium at the Center for Research on Learning and co-leads the subgrant on the State of Kansas Striving Readers initiative. Dr. Rowland’s experiences range from Kindergarten to the college classroom where she has taught at multiple levels, both face-to-face and online. She travels to local, state and national venues and conferences working with teachers on digital-age instruction and the general integration of technology to support all learners, especially those who struggle. In 2008, Amber was recognized as one of the 20 emerging leaders in education technology by the National School Boards Association “20 to Watch” initiative and in 2016, she was recognized as a Kansas University, Woman of Distinction. amber.rowland@ku.edu