About our authors
Jeanne Ellis Ormrod received her A.B. in psychology from Brown University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in educational psychology from The Pennsylvania State University. She earned licensure in school psychology through postdoctoral work at Temple University and the University of Colorado at Boulder and has worked as a middle school geography teacher and school psychologist. Dr. Ormrod was Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) until 1998 and is currently Professor Emerita in UNC's School of Psychological Sciences. She has published and presented extensively on cognition and memory, cognitive development, instruction, and related topics but is probably best known for this book and four others: Human Learning (currently in its 8th edition); Educational Psychology: Developing Learners (10th edition, coauthored with Eric Anderman and Lynley Anderman); Child Development and Education (coauthored with Teresa McDevitt, currently in its 7th edition); and Practical Research (coauthored with Paul Leedy, currently in its 12th edition). After raising three children (two of whom have become teachers themselves), she now lives in New Hampshire with her husband, Richard. Within the past few years, she has had the good fortune to visit schools in diverse cultural settings, including Rwanda, Tanzania, Thailand, Malaysia, and Peru's Amazon region.
Brett D. Jones is Professor of Educational Psychology in the School of Education at Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). He received his B.A.E. in architectural engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Jones has held faculty positions as an educational psychologist at Duke University, the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, and Virginia Tech. He has taught over 20 different types of university courses related to motivation, cognition, and teaching strategies. Dr. Jones has also conducted workshops and invited presentations at many universities and has presented more than 150 research papers at conferences. His research, which includes examining instructional methods that support students' motivation and learning, has led to more than 100 research articles, several book chapters, and two other books (Motivating Students by Design: Practical Strategies for Professors and The Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing, the latter of which was coauthored with M. Gail Jones and Tracy Hargrove). He and his wife stay busy with their two children, who enjoy school, athletics, and cheering for the Hokies, Nittany Lions, and Tar Heels.
