Biography:Arthur C. Graesser
Dr. Arthur C. Graesser | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Alma mater | University of California, San Diego (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cognitive psychology, Educational psychology, Educational data mining |
| Institutions | University of Memphis, University of Oxford |
Arthur C. Graesser (born 1950) is a professor of psychology and intelligent systems at the University of Memphis[1][2] and is an honorary research fellow in education at the University of Oxford.[3]
He has served as the editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology[4] and Discourse Processes, has been president of four scientific societies, and has published over 600 scientific articles and three books, garnering over 30,000 citations.[5]
He is widely known for his role in the development of a range of intelligent tutoring systems, including the AutoTutor platform, and Operation ARA, co-developed with Diane F. Halpern and distributed by Pearson Education.[6] He also co-led the development of Coh-Metrix computational tool that produces linguistic, coherence, and discourse measures on texts.
In 2018, Graesser was awarded the Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education.[7] Graesser has also been awarded the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for Text and Discourse [8] and the Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training Award from the American Psychological Association.[9]
Graesser received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. He has graduated 32 doctoral students.[10]
References
- ↑ "IIS webpage". 2016. http://www.memphis.edu/iis/people/faculty_affiliates/agraesser.php. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ "Bloomberg Business Executive Profile". 2016. https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=111404076&privcapId=107467503&previousCapId=107467503&previousTitle=Time%20To%20Know,%20Inc.. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ "OUCEA webpage". 2016. http://oucea.education.ox.ac.uk/about-us/directory/professor-arthur-graesser/. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ Graesser, Arthur (2009). "Inaugural editorial for Journal of Educational Psychology". Journal of Educational Psychology 101 (2): 259–261. doi:10.1037/a0014883.
- ↑ "Google Scholar A. Graesser". 2016. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SA-2DGsAAAAJ&hl=en. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ "Operation ARA webpage". 2016. http://operationara.com/Faq. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ "McGraw Prize Winners". 2018. https://www.mcgrawprize.com/winners/. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ↑ "ST&D awards webpage". 2016. http://www.societyfortextanddiscourse.org/about-2/awards/distinguished-scientific-contribution-award-winners/. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ "APA awards webpage". 2016. http://www.apa.org/about/awards/appsyc-edutrain.aspx?tab=3. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ "Arthur Graesser CV". 2016. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-xloTsxGxlGejFWOEFSZlRCbXM/view. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
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