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]

Arthur C. Graesser
Born1950 (age 72–73)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

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 has also been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Society for Artificial Intelligence in Education, one of only two such awards bestowed as of 2023.[10]

Graesser received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, San Diego. He has graduated 32 doctoral students.[11]

References
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  2. "Bloomberg Business Executive Profile". Bloomberg News. 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. "Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Prof. Art Graesser". 2021.
  11. "Arthur Graesser CV". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
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