Karen S. Karp

Karen S. Karp is a mathematics educator who focuses her work on the intersection of mathematics education and special education. She was previously a professor in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University and prior to that a distinguished teaching professor of elementary mathematics education at the University of Louisville. She is the author or co-author of 27 book chapters, 66 articles, and 42 books, including the recent co-authored book Proactive Intervention: Priming for Success and other titles such as the U.S.Department of Education Institute of Science’s What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide on Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Intervention in the Elementary Grades, Strengths-based Teaching and Learning in Mathematics: 5 Teaching Turnarounds for Grades K-6, and Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally which won the 2024 Legacy Award from the Textbook and Academic Authors' Associtaion. .

Dr. Karp is a former member of the board of directors of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and a former president of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. In 2020 she won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics Education from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She was also a member of the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction. She holds teaching/administrative certifications in elementary education, secondary mathematics, K-12 special education, and educational administration.