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• Research Biography
• Degrees
• Key Professional Appointments
• Activities & Honors
• Grants
• Selected Publications

Research Biography

Degrees

• Ed.D., Educational Psychology, Harvard University, 1960
• A.M.T., Social Science Education, Harvard University, 1957
• A.B.,cum laude, American History, Harvard University, 1956

Key Professional Appointments

• NTNU Chair Professor, Educational Psychology, National Taiwan Normal University, 2012--
• Professor Emeritus, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, 2010--
• Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1967-2010
• Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1963-2010
• Professor, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 2003-----
• President, China Children's Books, 2002-----
• Director, Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1976-----

Activities & Honors

• Gallery of Scientists, Recognizes eminent senior scientists who have made important and lasting contributions to the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior, Federation of Associations in Brain and Behavioral Sciences - Foundation, 2011- present
• Distinguished Scholar Lecture, 100th Anniversary Lecture Series, Tsinghua University, 2010
• Conference on Reading Chinese and Related Asian Languages, in honor of Richard C Anderson's distinguished research career, Ontario Institute for the Study of Education, 2010
• Fellow, Society for Text and Discourse, 2009- present
• Fellow, American Educational Research Association, 2009- present
• Sylvia Scribner Award, American Educational Research Association, 2006
• Distinguished Career Teaching Award, College of Education, 2002
• Outstanding Mentor Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001
• Edward L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association, 1997
• Distinguished Research Award, American Educational Research Association, 1994
• William S.Gray Citation of Merit, International Reading Association, 1992
• University Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988
• Oscar Causey Award, National Reading Conference, 1987
• President, American Educational Research Association, 1984
• Fellow, National Academy of Education, 1979- present

Grants

• Principal Investigator, Mindful Instruction of Nonmainstream Children, Institute of Education Sciences, 2008
• Principal Investigator, Improving Comprehension and Writing through Reasoned Argumentation, U.S. Department of Education, 2004

Selected Publications

• Anderson, R. C., Ku, Y. -M., Li, W., Chen, X., Wu, X., & Shu, H. (in press). Learning to see the patterns in Chinese characters. Scientific Studies of Reading
• Kuo, L.- J. & Anderson, R. C. (2012). Effects of early bilingualism on learning phonological regularities in a new language. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 111, 455-467.
• Zhang, J., Anderson, R. C., Wang, Q., Packard, J., Wu, X., Tang, S., & Ke, X. (2011). Insight into the structure of compound words among speakers of Chinese and English. Applied Psycholinguistics. Online first view. doi:10.1017/S0142716411000555
• Kim, I.-H., Anderson, R. C., Miller, B., Jeong, J., & Swim, T. (2011). Influence of cultural norms and collaborative discussions on children's reflective essays, Discourse Processes, 48, 501-528.  DOI:10.1080/0163853X.2011.606098 More about this publication...
• Jadallah,M., Anderson, R.C., Nguyen-Jahiel, K., Miller, M., Kim, I.-H., Kuo, L.-J., Wu, X., & Dong, T. (2011). Influence of a teacher's scaffolding moves during child-led small-group discussions. American Educational Research Journal, 48, 194-230. doi:10.3102/0002831210371498