Arthur C. Graesser (born 1950) is a professor of

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at the

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and is an honorary research fellow in

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at the

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. He has served as the editor of the

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, has been president of four scientific societies, and has published over 600 scientific articles and three books, garnering over 30,000 citations. He is widely known for his role in the development of a range of

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, including the

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platform, and Operation ARA, co-developed with

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and distributed by

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. He also co-led the development of

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computational tool that produces linguistic, coherence, and discourse measures on texts. In 2018, Graesser was awarded the Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education. Graesser has also been awarded the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for Text and Discourse and the Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training Award from the American Psychological Association. Graesser has also been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Society for Artificial Intelligence in Education, one of only two such awards bestowed as of 2023. Graesser received his Ph.D. in psychology from the

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. He has graduated 32 doctoral students.

References

External links

Graesser's personal webpage
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