Department of Psychology

Aimee Callender received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis in 2008. In the Fall of 2008, she joined the Psychology Department at Auburn University as an Assistant Professor. Her research interests are centered on using what cognitive psychologists have learned in the laboratory and applying those principles to improve educational practice. In particular, she is interested in text comprehension, memory for text, and investigating new ways to improve comprehension for texts that are encountered in a classroom setting. This involves evaluating reading comprehension measures, investigating study strategies, and understanding the study strategies undergraduates use on their own.

• 2008, Ph.D., Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis
• 2005, M.A., Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis
• 2002, B.A. Psychology, Wheaton College (IL)

• Callender, A.A. & McDaniel, M.A. (in press). The limited benefits of rereading educational texts. Contemporary Educational Psychology.
• McDaniel, M.A. & Callender, A.A. (2008). Cognition, memory, and education. In H.L. Roediger (Ed.), Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference. Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
• Callender, A.A. & McDaniel, M.A. (2007). The benefits of embedded questions for low and high structure builders. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99, 339-348.

• PSYC2010, Introduction to Psychology