Gary Natriello is the Gottesman Professor of Educational Research and Professor of Sociology and Education in the Department of Human Development at Teachers College, Columbia University.  Professor Natriello teaches graduate courses on assessment processes and meritocracy, the responsible use of data, research methods, the social dimensions of online learning, and technology and human development. 

Professor Natriello is the Chair of the Department of Human Development and the Program Director for the Learning Analytics Program and the Data, Learning and Society Program.

Professor Natriello holds an A.B. (English) from Princeton University, an A.M. (sociology) from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. (sociology of education) from Stanford University.  He has also been a post-doctoral fellow in the NIMH Program in Structurally Induced Social Problems and Mental Health in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University.

Professor Natriello’s research interests include school organization, the social aspects of evaluation processes, at-risk youth, and the sociology of online learning.  Professor Natriello is the author of several books, including Creating Learning Settings: Physical, Digital, and Social Configurations for the Future of Education; Digital-Age Innovation in Higher Education: A Do-It-Yourself Approach; Schooling Disadvantaged Children:  Racing Against Catastrophe (with E.L. McDill and A.M. Pallas); and From Cashbox to Classroom (with W. Firestone and M. Goertz). Recent articles include: The Adaptive Learning Landscape; Using learning analytics to accelerate change; and The paradox of learning in the intelligence age: Creating a new learning ecosystem to meet the challenge (With Hui Soo Chae).