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

Research Biography

Degrees

• Ph.D., Physics, University of Massachusetts, 1979
• B.S., Physics, University of Massachusetts, 1974

Key Professional Appointments

• Associate Dean for Research, College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2010--
• Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005--
• Professor, Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005--
• Professor, Physics, University of Massachusetts, 1993-2005
• Associate Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Massachusetts, 2003-2003
• Visiting Staff Associate, LRDC, University of Pittsburgh, 1992-1993
• Associate Professor, Physics, University of Massachusetts, 1987-1993
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics, University of Massachusetts, 1981-1987

Activities & Honors

• Fellow of the American Physical Society, Citation: “For ground-breaking applications of principles and methodologies from cognitive science to physics education research and for elucidating expert-novice performance differences in physics learning and problem solving.", American Physical Society, 2010- present
• Member of Committee on Education, American Physical Society, 2007-2010
• Steering Committee, National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology, National Academy of Sciences, 2006-2010
• Committee member, Committee on Assessing Technological Literacy, National Academy of Sciences, 2003-2006
• Committee Member, Blue Ribbon Committee, Centers for Teaching & Learning Program, National Science Foundation, 2003-2006
• Recipient of the Chancellor's Medal for exemplary and extraordinary service, University of Massachusetts, Unknown, 2001
• Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, Unknown, 2000-2001
• Committee Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Graduate Record Examination, Educational Testing Service, 1999-2006
• Selected one of "125 Alumni to Watch," University of Massachusetts, Unknown, 1988

Selected Publications

• Feil, A. & Mestre, J.  (2010).  Change Blindness as a Means of Studying Expertise in Physics. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 19(#4), 480-505. 
• Stelzer, T, Brookes, D.T., Gladding, G., & Mestre, J. (2010).  Impact of multimedia learning modules on an introductory course on electricity and magnetism.  American Journal of Physics, 78(7), 755-759.
• Smith, A.D., Mestre, J.P., & Ross, B.H. (2010). Eye-gaze patterns as students study worked-out examples in mechanics. Physical Review-Special Topics: Physics Education Research, 6(#2) 6.020118 (9 pages). Available online at http://prst-per.aps.org/pdf/PRSTPER/v6/i2/e020118.
• Thaden-Koch, T., Dufresne, R., & Mestre, J. (2006). Coordination of knowledge in judging animated motion. Physical Review Special Topics Physial Education, 2, 020107.
• Mestre, J. P. (Ed.). (2005). Transfer of learning from a modern multidisciplinary perspective. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.