Author: Daniel H. Robinson

Daniel H. Robinson, Ph.D., M.Ed., is Associate Dean of Research and the K-16 Mind, Brain, and Education Endowed Chair in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Arlington. He previously served as Chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at UTA from 2017 to2020, and Director of the School of Education at Colorado State University from 2012 to 2013. As a faculty member, he has taught at Mississippi State University (1993 to 1997), the University of South Dakota (1997 to 1998), the University of Louisville (1998 to 1999), the University of Texas at Austin (1999 to2012), and Colorado State University (2012 to2015). Dr. Robinson served as Editor of Educational Psychology Review from 2006 to 2015 and as Associate Editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology from 2014 to 2020. He has also served as an editorial board member of nine refereed international journals. Dr. Robinson has published more than 100 articles, books, and book chapters, presented more than 100 papers at research conferences, and taught more than 100 college courses. His research interests include educational technology innovations that may facilitate learning and team-based approaches to learning. He was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, and was named as one of the most published authors in educational psychology journals from 1991 to 2002, 2003 to 2008, and 2009 to 2014, Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2004, 2010, 2015. Veronica X. Yan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles in cognitive psychology and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Mind and Society Center at the University of Southern California. She now directs the Science of Learning and Metacognition lab, which bridges social, cognitive, and educational psychology fields to explore how people can be empowered to become motivated and effectively self-regulated learners. She serves as an academic editor for the Plo S One journal. She is the recipient of the UCLA Shepherd Ivory Franz Distinguished Teaching Award (2014) and the UT Educational Psychology Excellence in Teaching Award (2020). Dr. Yan is not only well-published in academic journals and books on educational psychology, but she also conducts professional development workshops and provides consulting for educational technology companies. Joseph A. Kim, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at Mc Master University. After receiving his doctorate in experimental psychology (Mc Master University), Dr. Kim completed a postdoctoral fellowship at University of California San Francisco, and he is Associate Professor in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour. As a teaching professor, Dr. Kim is actively involved in all aspects of the scholarship ofteaching and learning. He coordinates the innovative Mc Master Introductory Psychology program (Mac Intro Psych), which combines traditional lectures with interactive online resources and small group tutorials. The program has been prominently featured in Maclean”s, the Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star. In 2010, Dr. Kim received the Innovator of the Year Award (Mc Master VPR) and also led his development team to receive the 2010 President”s Award for Excellence in Course and Resource Design. With an active interest in curriculum and education, Dr. Kim consults on several policy groups including the Council of Ontario Universities Online Workgroup and the Innovation and Productivity Roundtable for the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.