Arthur C. Graesser

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]

Dr. Arthur C. Graesser
NationalityUSA
CitizenshipUSA
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsCognitive psychology, Educational psychology, Educational data mining
InstitutionsUniversity of Memphis, University of Oxford

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
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  2. "Bloomberg Business Executive Profile". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  3. "OUCEA webpage". 2016. Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  4. Graesser, Arthur (2009). "Inaugural editorial for Journal of Educational Psychology". Journal of Educational Psychology. 101 (2): 259–261. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.184.2986. doi:10.1037/a0014883.
  5. "Google Scholar A. Graesser". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  6. "Operation ARA webpage". 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  7. "McGraw Prize Winners". 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  8. "ST&D awards webpage". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  9. "APA awards webpage". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  10. "Arthur Graesser CV". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
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