Barbara K. Hofer is a Professor of Psychology at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, where she teaches courses in developmental, educational, and cultural psychology and conducts research at the intersection of these areas. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association. Hofer received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, an Ed.M from Harvard, and a B.A from the University of South Florida. She is the recipient of the Review of Research Award from the American Educational Research Association (with Paul Pintrich) and the McKeachie Early Career Teaching Award from the American Psychological Association, She has published several dozen articles and book chapters, and was a Faculty Fellow at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, in 2002 and 2008.