Rob Tierney is a Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia (2000-2010) and Past Dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney (2010-13 He has served as a member of the Faculties at various universities in the United States, Australia, Canada and China.  Rob has published books and scholarly articles focused upon literacy education, teacher development, cross-national educational research, educational assessment and equity. His ongoing projects include research on global epistemologies and cross-cultural research, digital literacy and meaning making, the nature of educational scholarship across countries, teacher development projects in China and Nigeria as well as indigenous developments in Australia. In recent years, he has been the lead editor of the fourth edition of the International Encyclopedia of Education.  Together with David Pearson, Rob has published two books: “A history of literacy education: waves of research and practices” published by Teachers College Press and “Fact checking the Science of Reading: Opening up the Conversation” available open access at https://literacyresearchcommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fact-chec...