Noah Weeth Feinstein is Professor of Curriculum & Instruction and Community & Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He studies how people make sense of science in their personal, social, and political lives, and how educational platform such as schools and museums can help.
Professor Weeth Feinstein is best known for his work on the competent outsider approach to science literacy, which has appeared in venues such as Science, Science Education, and Public Understanding of Science, as well as the U.S. National Academies consensus report on science literacy. Professor Weeth Feinstein also writes about environmental and sustainability education, public knowledge, and racial equity in science museums, and has become increasingly interested in the role of education in climate change adaptation.