Susan C. Levine has an extensive track record of research in the area of mathematical development, addressing both content knowledge and attitudes about math learning. Her research focuses on the development of early mathematical thinking, including numerical and spatial aspects of math, and how variations in home and school input relate to children's learning and attitudes in this domain. She was a co-PI of the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center, an NSF Science of Learning Center. The University of Chicago Science of Learning Center is an outgrowth of this center.
Levine received her BA with honors from Simmons College in 1972, majoring in psychology, mathematics and education and her PhD in psychology from MIT in 1976.