University Scholarship
Publications and Grants

Appointments

  • Professor, 2014-Present
    Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, US
  • Assistant Professor, 2011-2014
    Education, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, US

  • PhD, 2005-2011
    Education, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, US

Profile updated October 29, 2026.

Grants

National Science Foundation - Directorate for Education and Human Resources, 2016 - 2021, USD 168,486.00
Partnering for Success: The Sweetwater/SDSU Mathematics Readiness Challenge
California Department of Education, 2016 - 2018, USD 1,280,000.00
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Education and Human Resources, 2015 - 2018, USD 1,078,378.00
Educational technology Middle school education
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Education and Human Resources, 2014 - 2015, USD 99,563.00
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Education and Human Resources, 2012 - 2014, USD 200,000.00

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Kevin Pelaez; Ernesto Daniel Calleros; Jose Parra; William Zahner
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2026, journal article
Art in mathematics education Association for Borderlands Studies Bilingualism Language and culture
William Zahner; Mary E. Pilgrim; Amelia Stone-Johnstone; Brinley Poulsen Stringer
Community College Review, 2026, journal article
William Zahner; Ernesto Daniel Calleros; Lynda Wynn; Kevin Pelaez
Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 2026, journal article
Cited by 1
William Zahner; Kristin Tenney; Kevin Pelaez; Jeffrey Choppin
Journal of Education, 2026, journal article
Cited by 7
Mathematics Research in education series
Gil Schwarts; Patricio Herbst; Daniel Chazan; Orly Buchbinder; Lawrence M. Clark; Rob Wieman; William Zahner
Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2025, journal article
Cited by 2

Isabel White; William Zahner; Alexander White
International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2025, journal article
Discourse analysis Group problem solving Problem solving Quantitative research
Jeffrey Choppin; Christine Green; William Zahner
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2024, journal article
Cited by 3
Lynda Wynn; William Zahner; Carren Walker
Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2024, journal article
Cited by 2
William Zahner; Lynda Wynn
Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 2023, journal article
Cited by 11
William Zahner; Cristian R. Aquino-Sterling
Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2022, journal article
Cited by 11
William Zahner; Ernesto Daniel Calleros; Kevin Pelaez
Zdm – Mathematics Education, 2021, journal article Cited by 24
Learning and Instruction, 2017, journal article
Cited by 4
Educational psychology Pattern recognition systems Polynomials
William Zahner; Nick Dent
The Mathematics Teacher, 2015, journal article Cited by 1
Knowledge representation (Information theory) Knowledge, Theory of Semiotics
Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2014, journal article
Cited by 26
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2012, journal article Cited by 11
William Zahner; Griselda Velazquez; Judit Moschkovich; Phil Vahey; Teresa Lara-Meloy
The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2012, journal article Cited by 42
Diana Bernbaum Wilmot; Alan Schoenfeld; Mark Wilson; Danielle Champney; William Zahner
Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 2011, journal article
Cited by 62
Academic achievement Education, Higher Educational tests and measurements Mathematics
William Zahner; Judit Moschkovich
Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2010, journal article
Cited by 13

Data and Process

Jennifer G. Cromley; Julie L. Booth; Theodore W. Wills; Briana L. Chang; Thomas F. Shipley; William Zahner; et al.
Psycextra Dataset, data set

Other

William Zahner; Judit Moschkovich
Modeling Students' Mathematical Modeling Competencies, 2013, other
William Zahner; Judit Moschkovich
Modeling Students' Mathematical Modeling Competencies, 2009, other