Benjamin Forsyth, PhD

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies & Teacher Education

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology

Benjamin Forsyth
Location

SEC 151

Phone
(319) 273-6888

Benjamin Forsyth, PhD

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies & Teacher Education

Associate Professor, Educational Psychology

Benjamin Forsyth, PhD, is the associate dean for undergraduate studies and teacher education in the College of Education at the University of Northern Iowa. His work is focused on overseeing the university-wide Educator Preparation Program which comprises nearly 150 faculty across four colleges, 2,100 teacher education students majoring and minoring in 44 areas of study, along with seven graduate programs leading to licensure in education. Forsyth has previously served as director of educator preparation, which included leading the College of Education Advising and Teacher Education Success Office, and he also served as head of the Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations and Leadership Studies. He joined the University of Northern Iowa in 2010 and holds a PhD in educational psychology and educational technology from Michigan State University and a BA in physics teaching with a mathematics minor from Brigham Young University. Prior to his graduate studies, Dr. Forsyth taught high school physics in Washington state.

Teaching Interests

Courses taught:

Reflections on Learning
Learning and Instruction in Classroom Contexts
Teacher as Change Agent
Teaching Science for Understanding
Foundations of Instructional Psychology
Educational Research
Foundations of Inquiry
Contexts in Contemporary Education
Great Scholars in Education

Research Interests

Mechanisms of far transfer
Interdisciplinary education
Epistemic belief systems
Improving accessibility to teaching and other education professions
Eye tracking