Douglas J. Hacker

Douglas J. Hacker received the B.S. degree in secondary education from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA, in 1977, the master’s degree in educational psychology from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, in 1991, and the Ph.D. degree in educational psychology (human development and cognition) from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, in 1994.. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Prior to his tenure with the University of Utah, he was an Assistant/Associate Professor with the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA. His research areas of interest include writing processes, metacognition, self-regulated learning, teacher education, and program evaluation. Prof. Hacker served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Educational Psychology and as an editor for numerous other top-tiered journals.