Andrew Phuong

Andrew Estrada Phuong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He earned a master’s degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Phuong studies what makes great teaching transformational. He uses rigorous research methods, including randomized controlled trials, multilevel regression modeling, and advanced qualitative techniques, to examine how evidence-based teaching practices and professional development strategies improve student learning.

His work focuses on how adaptive teaching, advising practices, and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, support student engagement, sense of self-efficacy, and success across college settings.

Prior to joining UC San Diego, he taught pedagogy courses and led campus-wide, award-winning professional development programs at the University of California, Berkeley. His research spans multiple disciplines, including STEM fields such as computer science, data science, mathematics, and statistics, as well as the humanities and social sciences.

Committed to organizational transformation, he uses multilevel modeling and qualitative research to explain how professional development innovations increase the adoption of evidence-based practices. Across more than a dozen college STEM courses, his research has demonstrated that adaptive professional development can enhance teaching effectiveness and positively impact student success at scale.

He has consulted with a wide range of educational professionals, including faculty, staff, advisors, and institutional leaders, to improve assessment practices, increase student achievement, and support the success of instructors, counselors, advisors, and managers.

At UC San Diego, Dr. Phuong teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on topics including research design, introductory and advanced quantitative methods, measurement and assessment, organizational change and leadership,learning sciences, coaching, counseling, advising, design-based research, and professional development.