R. D. Roberts - General

Richard Roberts
General Background

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Educational Background

1985 B.A. (Hons.) University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Major: Psychology Minors: English, Social Theory, Philosophy
Empirical Thesis: An Investigation of Dual Task Performance within an Information Theory Framework
Supervisor: Associate Professor H. C. Beh
Theoretical Thesis: Psychological Measurement: Fact or Fiction?
Supervisor: Dr. J. Michell

1996 Ph.D. University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Majors: Individual Differences, Human Performance
Minors: History and Philosophy of Psychology, Quantitative and Measurement Psychology
Thesis: Speed of Processing within the Structure of Human Cognitive Abilities
Supervisor: Dr. L. Stankov

Honors and Awards

H. Tasman Lovell Memorial Medallion for 'Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation'.
International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Early Career Researcher Awardee

Professional Societies

American Psychological Society

American Psychological Association

International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID)
International Society for Intelligence Research

Experimental Psychology Society

Refereeing for Professional Journals/Organizations

Reviewer for the Australian Journal of Psychology
Reviewer for the International Journal of Selection and Assessment
Reviewer for the Journal of General Psychology
Reviewer for research proposals submitted to the Life Science Directorate of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Additional Scholarly Activities
Co-organizer (with P. C. Kyllonen and P. L. Ackerman) of:
The Minnesota Symposium on the Future of Learning and Individual Differences Research: Processes, Traits, and Content.

This conference (held on October 9-12, 1997) was jointly sponsored by the American Psychological Association, The University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, The University of Minnesota College of Education, and by a $45,000 grant from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research.The conference brought together distinguished scholars from around the world to discuss how current empirical research, new methodological techniques, and cutting-edge theory could integrate in a way that enhances interdisciplinary efforts towards solving basic and applied problems of learning and individual differences.

This conference later spawned an edited book (co-editors Ackerman, Kyllonen, & Roberts) that the APA published in 1999. You can find out more about the content and contributors to this book by following this link.

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Educational Background 1985 B.A. (Hons.) University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Major: Psychology Minors: English, Social Theory, Philosophy Empirical Thesis: An Investigation of Dual Task Performance within an Information Theory Framework Supervisor: Associate Professor H. C. Beh Theoretical Thesis: Psychological Measurement: Fact or Fiction? Supervisor: Dr. J. Michell 1996 Ph.D. University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Majors: Individual Differences, Human Performance Minors: History and Philosophy of Psychology, Quantitative and Measurement Psychology Thesis: Speed of Processing within the Structure of Human Cognitive Abilities Supervisor: Dr. L. Stankov Honors and Awards H. Tasman Lovell Memorial Medallion for 'Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation'. International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Early Career Researcher Awardee Professional Societies American Psychological Society American Psychological Association International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID) International Society for Intelligence Research Experimental Psychology Society Refereeing for Professional Journals/Organizations Reviewer for the Australian Journal of Psychology Reviewer for the International Journal of Selection and Assessment Reviewer for the Journal of General Psychology Reviewer for research proposals submitted to the Life Science Directorate of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Additional Scholarly Activities Co-organizer (with P. C. Kyllonen and P. L. Ackerman) of: The Minnesota Symposium on the Future of Learning and Individual Differences Research: Processes, Traits, and Content. This conference (held on October 9-12, 1997) was jointly sponsored by the American Psychological Association, The University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, The University of Minnesota College of Education, and by a $45,000 grant from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research.The conference brought together distinguished scholars from around the world to discuss how current empirical research, new methodological techniques, and cutting-edge theory could integrate in a way that enhances interdisciplinary efforts towards solving basic and applied problems of learning and individual differences. This conference later spawned an edited book (co-editors Ackerman, Kyllonen, & Roberts) that the APA published in 1999. You can find out more about the content and contributors to this book by following this link.


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