Associate Professor, Educational Psychology Phone: (610) 499-4497 Fax: (610) 499-4623 Email: richard.thurlow@widener.edu Address: 15 Hyatt Hall One University Place Chester, PA 19013-5792 Return to: Faculty List Center for Education Home Widener Home

Areas of Expertise and Research Interests

• Learning and Cognition
• Discourse Comprehension
• Literacy and Technology

Richard Thurlow earned his Bachelor's degree in Music Education from the University of Minnesota. He taught music at the elementary, middle, and high school levels for ten years and was an assistant director of the University of Minnesota Bands for two years. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota with a minor in Cognitive Science. He has published in the fields of text comprehension, narrative theory, and computer assisted instruction. He is co-editor of Linking Literacy and Technology (2000, International Reading Association), a book on applications of instructional technology for developing literacy.