Summary
Philip Pavlik is a cognitive psychologist and professor specializing in the mathematics of practice, forgetting, and conceptual learning, with over a decade of academic experience bridging basic memory research and educational applications. His work, informed by doctoral mentorship under John R. Anderson and postdoctoral training with Kenneth Koedinger, develops computational models to predict recall and optimize instruction across transferable and procedural knowledge. As a systems scientist at Carnegie Mellon and now faculty at the University of Memphis, he combines rigorous experimental methods, statistical modeling, and educational data mining—serving editorial roles that shape the field’s research standards. Notably, his research trajectory moved from fact-memory tasks to mapping knowledge dependency structures, aiming to make cognitive theory directly useful for instructional design.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Certificate in Business Sales, Certificate, Certificate in Business Sales at Washtenaw Community College
Certificate, Cognitive Neuroscience Certificate, Certificate, Cognitive Neuroscience Certificate at Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
B.A., Economics, B.A., Economics at University of Michigan
Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University
Non-degree credit, Psychology Concentration, Non-degree credit, Psychology Concentration at Northern Michigan University
Spanish