Jonathan Plucker is a professor of educational psychology

Educational psychology

Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Educational psychology is concerned with how students learn and develop, often focusing...

 and cognitive science

Cognitive science

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 at Indiana University

Indiana University

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. A well-known expert on creativity

Creativity

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 and intelligence

Intelligence

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, he is the author or editor of four books. He was the 2007-2008 president of the American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association

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's Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts (Division 10). He received the National Association of Gifted Children's 2007 E. Paul Torrance Award for creativity research.

Dr. Plucker received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from The University of Connecticut in 1991, where he also received a master's degree in educational psychology in 1992. After briefly serving as an elementary school teacher, he attended the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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, where he received his doctorate in edcucational psychology in 1995.

After briefly teaching for two years at the University of Maine

University of Maine

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, he arrived at Indiana University

Indiana University

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in 1997 as a visiting assistant professor. He become a tenure-track assistant professor in 1998, with promotion to associate professor in 2001 and full professor in 2006.

He currently directs the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy and Consortium for Education and Social Science Research at Indiana University.