The sixth episode of the Learning Cosmos Podcast could not be better. I had the absolute honor of interviewing a legend:
Henry L. Roediger, III (aka Roddy) is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He received a B.A. in Psychology from Washington & Lee University in 1969 and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1973. He has taught at Purdue University, the University of Toronto, and Rice University, where he was the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Psychology. Roediger’s research interests lie in human learning and memory, spanning topics such as false memory, retrieval practice effects, implicit memory phenomena, and collective memory, among others.
Roediger served as editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, and he was the founding editor of Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. He has served as president of the Association for Psychological Science, the Midwestern Psychological Association, and the Experimental Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association. In addition, Roediger served as chair of the Governing Board of the Psychonomic Society, chair of the Society of Experimental Psychologists, and chair of the Psychology section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Roediger’s honors include the William James Fellow Award, and also the Mentor Award, from the Association for Psychological Science; the Howard Crosby Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists; the John P. McGovern Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a John Simon Guggenheim Award; and a doctor of social science, honoris causa, from Purdue University. Roediger is a member of the Society of Experimental Psychologists, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences.
Roddy’s profile on Memory Lab: http://psychnet.wustl.edu/memory/people/henry-l-roediger-iii/
His book: Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Stick-Science-Successful-Learning/dp/0674729013
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