Bryant Jensen is a Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at BYU. His research addresses what it means to teach equitably and how teachers learn, with the goal of transforming their interactions and lesson activities to improve learning opportunities for children and youth from disadvantaged communities. He collaborates with educators and research colleagues to design and test supports, such as peer observation systems for teachers to learn together to enact equitable and ambitious teaching practices throughout the US and in the Global South. His work with the Wheatley Institute examines religiosity as a resource to enhance student learning opportunities and the fulfillment and efficacy that teachers and school leaders experience in the workplace.
Bryant has been a Fulbright scholar in Mexico and Argentina and a Visiting Professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He has published two books on school improvement for Mexican and Mexican American students and over 100 book chapters, policy reports, and research articles on topics related to educational change. He is an Associate Editor of Review of Educational Research and serves on various editorial boards. His work has been cited by NPR, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The 74, USA Today, BBC, and The Deseret News, and funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education, Fulbright, the Mexican government, BYU, Latter-day Saint Charities, and other foundations.
Bryant is a first-generation college graduate and is raising six children with his wife, Taryn.