About

Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa is an educational researcher with a focus on mind, brain, and education (MBE) science. She holds a Ph.D. from Capella University, where her work examined the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and education within the learning sciences. She is an associate editor at Nature Partner Journal: Science of Learning, which helps her stay current on the latest developments in how people learn. Her research areas include educational quality indicators, learning in the digital age, paradigm changes through technology, multilingualism, and teacher training practices. She has extensive experience teaching from kindergarten through university levels and has collaborated with schools, universities, governments, and NGOs in over 40 countries. As an author, she has written 15 books on MBE science and numerous articles, with recent works including 'Writing, Thinking and the Brain' (2024), 'Questions Kids Ask About Their Own Brains' (2024), and 'Bringing the Neuroscience of Learning to Online Teaching' (2021). She is also the founder of Connections: The Learning Sciences Platform, which provides evidence-based resources to educators. Her overarching goal is to improve social, democratic, and economic structures through better education, emphasizing research, teacher education, and student support.

Awards & honors

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza…
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD…

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