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Patricia Alexander is the Jean Mullan Professor of Literacy and Distinguished ScholarTeacher in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland. She served as the president of Division 15 (Educational Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, and vice-president of Division C (Learning and Instruction) of the American Educational Research Association. Since receiving her PhD in 1981, Alexander has published over 280 articles, books, or chapters in the area of learning and instruction. She has also presented over 400 papers or invited addresses at national and international conferences. She currently serves as the senior editor of Contemporary Educational Psychology, was past editor of Instructional Science and associate editor of American Educational Research Journal--Teaching, Learning, and Human Development, and presently serves on over 10 editorial boards.

Alexander is a Fellow of the APA, AERA, and the Society for Text and Discourse. Her honors include the Oscar S. Causey Award for outstanding contributions to literacy research from the National Reading Conference (2001), the E. L. Thorndike Award for Career Achievement in Educational Psychology from APA Division 15 (2006), and the Sylvia Scribner Career Award from AERA Division C (2007).

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