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About
Dr. Kimberle Jackson-Butler
Dr. Jackson-Butler is the founder and principal of RE+Cognition LLC, an educational consulting company focused on applying relevant research from the learning sciences to help organizations develop a more inclusive and equitable workplace. As an educator, Dr. Jackson-Butler has worked in schools for over 20 years with direct experience as a school administrator and school counselor. Prior to her administrative positions, she also worked as a family and child therapist in her private practice, before opening her consulting practice in 2013.
Dr. Jackson-Butler received her doctorate from Johns Hopkins University School of Education in Neuroscience Education and a Master’s Degree in Family Counseling from Loyola Marymount University. Her research focuses on implementing research-based strategies from the field of neuroscience education, psychology, and the learning sciences to support student achievement in K-12 classrooms. Additionally, her research emphasizes the misalignment between teacher efficacy beliefs and educating students from diverse backgrounds. The body of her work builds on the foundation of instructional practices, diversity/inclusion/equity, and the social contexts in which belief changes and interventions improve instructional practices and influence student outcomes.
Dr. Jackson-Butler’s work also includes supporting organizations and educational institutions in professional development, leadership coaching, policy review, and strategic planning with a focus on equity and creating culture change with a neuroscience lens.
Dr. Jackson-Butler is very passionate about qualitative research and creating strategies that support culturally diverse, equitable learning environments that implement the use of neuroscience principles and actionable practices that challenge the inequities that exist in our society.