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Richard E. Mayer is Professor of Psychology at the University of California,
Santa Barbara (UCSB) where he has served since 1975. He received a Ph.D.
in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1973, and served as a
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at Indiana University from
1973 to 1975. His research interests are in educational and cognitive
psychology. His current research involves the intersection of cognition,
instruction, and technology with a special focus on multimedia learning
and computer-supported learning. He is past-President of the Division
of Educational Psychology of the American Psychological Association, former
editor of the Educational Psychologist and former co-editor of Instructional
Science, and former Chair of the UCSB Department of Psychology. He is
the year 2000 recipient of the E. L. Thorndike Award for career achievement
in educational psychology, and the winner of 2008 Distinguished Contribution
of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training Award from the
American Psychological Association. He was ranked #1 as the most productive
educational psychologist in the world for 1991-2001 (Contemporary Educational
Psychology, vol. 28, pp. 422-430). Currently he is Vice President for
Division C (Learning and Instruction) of the American Educational Research
Association. He currently serves on the editorial boards of 14 journals
mainly in educational psychology. He has served as a local school board
member in Goleta, California since 1981. He is the author of more than
390 publications including 23 books, such as Multimedia Learning: Second
Edition (2009), Learning and Instruction: Second Edition (2008), E-Learning
and the Science of Instruction: Second Edition (with R. Clark, 2008),
and the Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning (editor, 2005). Contact Information
Phone: (805) 893-2472 Mailing Address
Department of Psychology
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