Sinatra, Gale M.

Gale M. Sinatra is an American educational psychologist known for her leadership and research on climate science education, education psychology, and enhancing the public's interest of science. She was instrumental in developing the conceptual change learning model. Sinatra is a distinguished professor of Psychology and the Stephen H. Crocker Chair of Education at the University of Southern California (USC). She was the Chair of the American Psychological Association (APA) Climate Change Task Force and previously served as the President and Editor of APA's Division 15 journal, Educational Psychology. In 2022, Sinatra was elected to the National Academy of Education, an organization for researchers who have advanced policy and practice in their research.