Contact Information
Daniel T. Willingham
Department of Psychology
Box 400400 willingham@virginia.edu
University of Virginia twitter: DTWillingham
Charlottesville, VA 22904 facebook: DTWillingham
Department of Psychology
Box 400400 willingham@virginia.edu
University of Virginia twitter: DTWillingham
Charlottesville, VA 22904 facebook: DTWillingham
Brief Bio
Daniel Willingham earned his B.A. from Duke University in 1983 and his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from Harvard University in 1990. He is currently Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1992. Until about 2000, his research focused solely on the brain basis of learning and memory. Today, all of his research concerns the application of cognitive psychology to K-16 education.
He writes the “Ask the Cognitive Scientist” column for American Educator magazine, and is the author of Why Don't Students Like School?, When Can You Trust the Experts?, Raising Kids Who Read. and The Reading Mind (2017). His writing on education has appeared in sixteen languages.
In 2017 he was appointed by President Obama to serve as a Member of the National Board for Education Sciences.
He writes the “Ask the Cognitive Scientist” column for American Educator magazine, and is the author of Why Don't Students Like School?, When Can You Trust the Experts?, Raising Kids Who Read. and The Reading Mind (2017). His writing on education has appeared in sixteen languages.
In 2017 he was appointed by President Obama to serve as a Member of the National Board for Education Sciences.
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Articles: I hold the copyright for for the text (but not the layout or art) of all the American Educator articles. I hold the copyright for none of the other articles.
Blog: Feel free to reprint any blog entry written before March 10, 2014--with attribution, of course. And I'd be grateful if you would provide a link to the original. Blogs written March 11, 2014 and after my not be reprinted without permission. I co-own the copyright with RealClearEducation.com
Videos: All the videos are under Creative Commons license. They can be reproduced in their entirety (but not edited), posted on your site, used in professional development, etc., but money cannot change hands. (I interpret that broadly to mean not just that your business is a non-profit, but that you haven't charged for the particular event at which the video is shown. If you're unclear, email me. And I can also provide a video file.)