David Kretschmer joined the Board in 2001. Dr. Kretschmer is a professor and chair of the Department of Elementary Education at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). He joined the faculty at CSUN in 1987 as a lecturer after teaching science for several years at the high school and middle school levels and serving as a math and science specialist at the elementary level. Dr. Kretschmer coordinates the Accelerated Collaborative Teacher (ACT) Preparation Program for multiple subject candidates at CSUN. His research interests include teacher’s science pedagogical content knowledge, student’s alternative conceptions and conceptual change in the sciences, and teacher education.

He has a bachelor’s degree in biology/science education from Oregon State University, a M.Ed. in curriculum and the study of schooling from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and a Ph.D. in education, also from UCLA.