David A. Kolb

David A. Kolb is an educational theorist best known for his work on experiential learning and learning styles. He founded and chairs Experience Based Learning Systems, Inc., and is professor emeritus of organizational behavior at Case Western Reserve University. He previously taught at the MIT Sloan School of Management and earned a bachelor’s degree from Knox College and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University.

Kolb is the author of Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development and coauthor, with Kay Peterson, of How You Learn Is How You Live: Using Nine Ways of Learning to Transform Your Life. His other published works include Conversational Learning: An Experiential Approach to Knowledge Creation, Innovation in Professional Education, and Organizational Behavior: An Experiential Approach.