Anita A Wager

Anita A. Wager is a Professor of the Practice at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College and Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs. She holds a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with a specialization in mathematics education from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as well as degrees from Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, and the University of Delaware.

Wager’s scholarship focuses on early childhood mathematics, equitable mathematics pedagogy, and teacher education. She is a co-author of Young Children’s Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction in Early Childhood Education (2017) and co-editor of Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice: Conversations with Educators (2012).