ANNE COOK

(she/her)

Professor

Educational Psychology

  • Professor
    Educational Psychology

BIO

Anne Cook is a Professor in the Learning Sciences Program in the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Utah and is the Director of the Martha Bradley Evans Center for Teaching Excellence. Her research focuses on cognitive processes in reading comprehension. She has conducted research and published works on memory reactivation and validation during reading, inferential processes, conceptual components of word processing, and the use eye tracking technology to measure moment-to-moment processing. She has served in several leadership roles in the department and university, including Director of the Learning Sciences Program, Chair of the Interdepartmental Masters in Statistics Program, Associate Chair and Chair of the Educational Psychology Department, and Director of Student and Faculty Affairs in the College of Education. 

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    Educational Psychology1 Jul 2014 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, Educational Psychology16 Aug 2002 - 30 Jun 2007
  • Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Educational Psychology1 Jul 2007 - 30 Jun 2014
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Linguistics1 Jul 2009 - 1 Jul 2015
  • University Professor
    University of Utah1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2022
  • Director
    University of Utah, Martha Bradley Evans Center for Teaching Excellence, United States15 Aug 2022 - present
  • Special Assistant
    University of Utah, Office for Faculty, United States1 Jun 2020 - present

DEGREES

  • BA, Psychology
    Louisiana State University1995
  • MA, Cognitive Psychology
    University of New Hampshire1997
  • MST, College Teaching
    University of New Hampshire2000
  • PhD, Cognitive Psychology
    University of New Hampshire2000

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Massachusetts Amherst, Psychology, Amherst Center, United States1 Jun 2000 - 30 Jun 2002
    Postdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Rayner