Kimberly Williams is an educational consultant in New York state. She also works at Cornell University to improve faculty teaching and with graduate students to conduct research on their teaching. She also teaches online courses for the College of Graduate Studies for Plymouth State University (part of the University of New Hampshire). She was a visiting professor in the Education Department at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY. She has also served on the faculty at Dartmouth College, Plymouth State University Graduate Studies, the State University of New York, and Syracuse University. She is currently writing two books--one on the history and philosophy of contemporary policy debates and one on the assessment of cognition/thinking in schools.